The Dallas Morning News is hosting multiple events in Red Bird next month as its journalists work from a pop-up newsroom in an effort to meet residents where they are.
From March 10 to 12, dozens of reporters, editors and visual journalists will be working in a temporary newsroom located at The DEC Network, formerly The Dallas Entrepreneur Center, at 3560 W. Camp Wisdom Road, Suite 200.
The newsroom will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day, when residents in the community can meet with journalists, discuss story ideas and receive professional headshots.
These pop-up newsrooms are part of The News’ ongoing effort to build trust with communities across North Texas through engagement and dialogue.
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“We’re excited for our pop-up newsroom event at the Shops at RedBird,” Amy Hollyfield, The News’ managing editor, said. “This is a great opportunity for our journalists to meet community members and for residents to meet us and learn about our work. There’s so much going on at RedBird and we expect to come away with innumerable story ideas.”
In addition to the pop-up newsroom, The News has organized a set of community gatherings during the same timeframe.
A health care-related panel on Tuesday, March 10, from 6-7:30 p.m., will discuss the relationship between food and medicine. The News’ health reporter Emily Brindley will moderate the event, which will be at The DEC Network.
On Wednesday, March 11, The News will partner with Crossroads Community Services to host a listening session for their community. The News regularly hosts listening sessions, both in the newsroom and throughout North Texas, allowing residents to speak with journalists about what’s important to their community and how we can improve our journalism.
Dallas College plans to host an open house for students most of the day on Thursday, March 12, and The News will host a journalism roundtable for students in the morning.
The event at the Shops at RedBird is the second pop-up newsroom The News has hosted, following an October pop-up at The Hub, affiliated with St. Philip’s School and Community Center, in South Dallas. About 30 journalists rotated in and out of the temporary office, meeting with nearly six dozen residents.
To learn more about The News’ Trust Initiative, visit https://www.dallasnews.com/trust/.
This reporting is part of the Future of North Texas, a community-funded journalism initiative supported by the Commit Partnership, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, the Dallas Mavericks, the Dallas Regional Chamber, Deedie Rose, Lisa and Charles Siegel, the McCune-Losinger Family Fund, The Meadows Foundation, the Perot Foundation, the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and the University of Texas at Dallas. The News retains full editorial control of this coverage.
Those wanting to visit the pop-up newsroom can RSVP here:
Those planning to attend the “Food as Medicine” panel can RSVP below: