The Open Newsroom at Red Hook

The Open Newsroom is a collaboration between THE CITY and Brooklyn Public library to figure out how local news can better serve you.

Access to quality food in Red Hook can be limited. What could the community do to solve that? What could journalists do to tell that story?

How does information from the Department of Education reach Red Hook parents and caregivers? Could that be improved?

Does Red Hook feel like an island?

Join THE CITY, Brooklyn Public Library and Red Hook residents on Feb. 25 to answer these questions, find solutions to these issues, build something new and then reach the people who need it the most.

This is the fourth round of The Open Newsroom at Red Hook Library — an initiative between THE CITY and BPL to make local news a collaborative process with neighborhood residents.

For this round, we’ll share the resources and research we’ve collected over the past few months based on what residents told us were most important to them.

We’ve even expanded on the topics that came up at the last meeting, that now include:

• Access to quality food in all of Red Hook, not just schools

• How the Department of Education can better communicate with parents and caregivers in Red Hook, especially ahead of the rezoning discussion

• The history of Red Hook and why there are issues accessing food and transportation, among other things; the present day troubles residents face that may make the neighborhood feel isolated; and the solutions folks can take to mitigate these challenges

If you want to get involved, have answers to these questions, thoughts about how we might tell these stories, ideas for solutions or resources to share, come to The Open Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 25, at 5:30 p.m.

Your input is important to this process.

If you’ve missed any of the past meetings, or haven’t attended a single one, don’t sweat it. We’ll catch you up… and also provide snacks.

If you have any questions, you can email us at opennewsroom@thecity.nyc or call/text us at (646) 389-9289

Oh, and bring your friends!

♿ The library is fully accessible

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Here’s some more general information about the Open Newsroom.

THE CITY, a new, independent, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that serves the people of New York, is launching a year-long project with Brooklyn Public Library called The Open Newsroom. The two organizations will convene at least 24 neighborhood meetings at six library branches over the next year to better understand how information finds its way to and through a community and to explore how to make local news more collaborative.

You’ll also learn more about the kinds of local reporting THE CITY is doing — and, more importantly, THE CITY will get to know you and better understand what’s important to you and your neighbors.

Reporters from THE CITY, library staff and community leaders will always be on hand.