Dallas Free Press was recognized by the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Local Independent Online News Publishers for its innovative use of text messaging to grow readership and its commitment to community-centered journalism.

The Dallas Free Press has been selected as a host newsroom partner for Report for America, and is seeking donations to cover the salary of a fellow who will be reporting on the impact of gentrification in South Dallas and West Dallas.

For more than two years, West Dallas Investments has been trying to win favor from La Bajada neighbors, its board, the West Dallas community, and the City Plan Commission. They've run into opposition from almost every direction, but despite this, the developers have appealed their case to City Council, where it is on the agenda this Wednesday, Dec. 8.

The Dallas Free Press has been recognized for its local journalism efforts, including its coronavirus coverage, text message service, and new publisher of the year, and has partnered with local media outlets to provide coverage of South Dallas and West Dallas.

Dallas Free Press was named the New Publisher of the Year by LION Publishers, and received awards for Best Coronavirus Coverage and Game-Changer for its text messaging service, recognizing its commitment to community-centered journalism.

Dallas Free Press has added two new community journalists to their staff, and is seeking a development manager to focus on fundraising, supported by a 2-year fellowship with training and guidance provided by LION.

Dallas Free Press is seeking an adept communicator who is highly organized to build strong relationships with potential major donors, funders and corporate sponsors.

John Spriggins, manager of the South Dallas Cultural Center, launched the Juanita J. Craft House Artist in Residency to provide artists with studio space to create work that “capture[s] the immediacy of the moment where historical neighborhoods are rapidly changing due to socio-economic shifts."

Dallas Free Press conducted a study with UT Austin's Center for Media Engagement to better understand the needs of South and West Dallas communities, and will host events this fall to present the findings and discuss how their work will respond to the community's requests.

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Dallas Free Press has launched a journalism pathway from Dallas high schools to Dallas newsrooms, starting with efforts to educate high school students. We are looking for a part-time journalism pathway coordinator to work with students in South Dallas and West Dallas.

The Dallas Media Collaborative is searching for a part-time Project Manager to coordinate and lead its efforts toward a connected, city-wide solutions journalism network.

A neighborhood-led plan "will be used to shape the future of West Dallas for the next 10 to 20 years,” and act to "slow down the fast-paced gentrification that is running a risk of literally changing the thread of our community and wiping away the history," says James Armstrong III.

Now that anyone who wants a vaccine can get one, the challenge is overcoming barriers such as internet access needed to register for the vaccine and transportation needed to get to appointments, plus the even more daunting barrier of trust.

Dallas Free Press has launched a pop-up newsroom at the MLK Food Park in South Dallas to listen to neighbors' stories, provide wooden nickels for food vendors, and highlight the importance of civic journalism and government transparency.

Two in five Dallas ISD seniors are in danger of not graduating, so alumni rolled out the red carpet when Pinkston seniors returned Monday.

Dallas Free Press has compiled a list of resources for South Dallas residents in the aftermath of the winter storm.

Dallas Free Press has compiled a list of resources for West Dallas residents in the aftermath of February's winter storm.

West Dallas residents affected by power outages were provided with food, water, blankets, light and hope by volunteers, while environmental justice advocacy group Downwinders At Risk encouraged neighbors to submit public comments to push back against the presence of roofing plant GAF in their neighborhood.

For many families in South Dallas, COVID has forced them to choose between sending their kids to school and facing financial and health risks, or keeping them home and dealing with isolation and learning loss.

Dallas ISD high school, middle school, and elementary students have missed days of school. Authorities presented a plan to address this.

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Dallas Free Press is seeking input from South Dallas residents to shape their reporting and storytelling, and is offering a $50 gift card raffle for those who complete the survey, as well as paid interviews and gift cards for those who complete the survey in person.

Dallas Free Press is looking forward to 2021 with a range of initiatives, including a food apartheid series, internet access reporting, a media collaborative, civic engagement, and a deep dive into the history of Dallas' Black schools.

This Dallas Free Press survey will inform our community journalism efforts in South Dallas and West Dallas, and help our launching-soon local media collaborative determine its focus topic.

Dallas Free Press is releasing a survey to inform their community journalism efforts in South and West Dallas, and to help their launching local media collaborative determine its focus topic, with the results of the survey to be distributed to subscribers and used to shape their work in the coming year.

West Dallas Investments has proposed a 400-foot office tower near the historic La Bajada neighborhood, while the City of Dallas is offering up to $10,000 in home repairs to 200 West Dallas residents and surveying residents to address disproportionate fines and fees.

On Thursday, the City Plan Commission will consider West Dallas Investments’ request to allow a 400-foot tower on the north side of Singleton, adjacent to La Bajada, with the hope of attracting a Fortune 500 company like Amazon, Google, AT&T or Toyota.

Dallas Free Press is committed to providing quality, trustworthy journalism to all communities in Dallas, and is seeking to hire two full-time reporters to focus on South Dallas and West Dallas in 2021.

Dallas Free Press is working to bridge the digital divide in Dallas by partnering with KERA and the Solutions Journalism Network to report on internet initiatives and provide coverage to the community through various platforms.

The Dallas Free Press is hiring journalists to cover the challenges of food apartheid in South Dallas and West Dallas, while listening to and amplifying the voices of the community.

Dallas Free Press has been using Subtext to send texts with community information to South Dallas and West Dallas residents, and is actively working to grow its reach.

The $2 million set aside solely for seven census tracts in the 75212 zip code comes from funds City Manager T.C. Broadnax pulled together from former city bond packages.

This WFAA airs from reporter David Schechter reveals how banks are still redlining southern Dallas neighborhoods.

The Dallas Morning News and the Dallas Free Press, in partnership with the national Solutions Journalism Network, are looking for a reporter to spend the next five months reporting on "food apartheid" in Dallas.

The Nov. 3 presidential election is attracting record numbers of early voters in Dallas to the polls, but there are local decisions to be made, too, including five Dallas ISD bond propositions totaling $3.7 billion.

We’ve pulled the data from projects at West Dallas schools, in either Dallas ISD Trustee Maxie Johnson’s District 5 or Trustee Miguel Solis’ District 8, to chart their construction timelines, costs and completion expectations.

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During a typical month, Dennis Gant may welcome one or two new residents to the former South Dallas apartment building that now operates as a dormitory for men who just left prison and are trying to get on their feet.

In the last three weeks, however, six new residents have been released to the care of Trinity Restoration Ministries.

Dallas County had declared a state of emergency two weeks prior as cases of the novel coronavirus rose. Williams reached out to Carter, whose nonprofit Carter’s House provides children’s clothing and baby items to families from its headquarters at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. The two women had teamed up previously to host pop-up baby boutiques for single parents, and they decided to face the pandemic head-on in another joint effort.

The coronavirus pandemic already is taking its toll on Dallas. And COVID-19 is likely to more fiercely attack disenfranchised sections of the city.