inewsource Events

inewsource hosts a variety of events, from public trainings to participate in our new Documenters program to special events for members.

Member Events

Members support our community journalism while also gaining access to special events. View ways to give and become a member today.

RECENT EVENTS

National City Public Library-Documenters Program Launch Celebration

June 1, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. – National City Public Library

We celebrated the San Diego Documenters program launch at the National City Public Library on June 1, 2024. Community members and leaders gathered to learn more about our growing bilingual program in partnership with the library.

Steve Breen and Grant Oliphant discuss cartooning, art and community storytelling

June 2, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Comic-Con Museum

inewsource Pulitzer Prize-winning Cartoonist Steve Breen and Conrad Prebys Foundation CEO Grant Oliphant discuss their shared love and history of cartooning, art and their place in community storytelling. Grant’s father, Pat Oliphant, is the legendary cartoonist who inspired Steve to be an editorial cartoonist.

Dig This: inewsource investigates illegal rent increases in San Diego

April 25, 2024 – Virtual event

Investigative Reporter Cody Dulaney, Managing Editor Jamie Self, and Madeline Howard, senior staff attorney at Western Center on Law & Poverty, discuss our investigative series on illegal rent increases in San Diego. The impact: Nearly 30,000 low-income families now have the same protection from excessive rent increases as other California renters.

Spotlight Club Events

Supporters who give $1,200 or more annually become members of the Spotlight Club, a growing community committed to protecting credible and in-depth journalism essential to a thriving democracy and healthy communities. Join today.

RECENT EVENTS

inewsource conversation with Dean Baquet

Jan. 28, 2024 – Hosted by Joan and Irwin Jacobs at Rancho Valencia

Dean Baquet, who served as executive editor of The New York Times for eight years until June 2022, joined inewsource for a special event for Spotlight Club members giving $2,500+. Today, Baquet is focused on studying the local news landscape and trying to strengthen it through the Times’ Local Investigations Fellowship.

Photos from event.

Full listing of past Spotlight Club events

Documenter Trainings

Our new Documenters program trains and pays community members to document public meetings across San Diego County.

Documenter training

July 18, 2024, 6 p.m. – Coronado Public Library

Free public training on how to take notes at public meetings and get paid to do it!

The Coronado Public Library has partnered with San Diego Documenters to support community-driven journalism and uplift those most affected by governmental decision-making.

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Documenter training

July 25, 2024, 6 p.m. – Coronado Public Library

Free public training on how to take notes at public meetings and get paid to do it!

The Coronado Public Library has partnered with San Diego Documenters to support community-driven journalism and uplift those most affected by governmental decision-making.

More details