Open Notebooks

The Open Notebooks series is a way for us to invite you into the journalistic process and encourage your collaboration in the news. It’s our goal that the Notebooks help you to see journalists as we really are so you’ll understand that we are not the enemies of the people, we are just people, trying to make sense of this complex and confounding world. Just like you.

Shasta Scout reporter Madison Holcomb on a hike in Whiskeytown during her first weekend in Shasta County.

Open Notebook: A reflection on the value of trust and fairness after my summer as a journalist in Shasta County

Our Open Notebook series offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at how our journalists work. In this Notebook entry, reporter Madison Holcomb shares what she’s learned about the importance of trust-building with sources from reporting on the communities of Shasta County.

Latest in Open Notebooks
Open Notebook: On Covering the Police 

Our Open Notebook series offers readers a behind-the-scenes look at how our journalists work. In this Notebook entry, reporter Nevin Kallepalli shares what he's learned about justice from reporting on the police.

Open Notebook: We’re All Responsible for Creating A More Just Future. That’s Why I Joined Scout.

New Associate Editor, Michelle Weidman, grew up in rural Shasta County’s Happy Valley. She spent fifteen years in other communities after college but says no other single place has made as much of an impact on her as this one has. Weidman writes that she joined Shasta Scout because she believes transparent, authentic, and trust-worthy local media has a critical role to play in strengthening our divided community.

Open Notebooks: Here’s How I’m Seeking To Balance My Abortion Coverage.

Our Open Notebook series offer our readers a behind-the-scenes look at how our journalists work. In this Notebook entry, Annelise Pierce shares how her personal history informs her approach to abortion stories, what that coverage costs her emotionally, and how she defines "balance" when it comes to this complex and polarizing topic.

Orienting and Shaping Shasta Scout’s Indigenous Affairs Beat

Our monthly Open Notebooks updates are a way for us to invite you into the journalistic process and encourage your collaboration in the news. It’s our goal that the Notebooks help you to see us as we really are so you’ll see that journalists are not the enemies of the people, we are just people, trying to make sense of this complex and confounding world. Just like you. We welcome your participation in our process. Join us!

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People-Powered Elections Coverage

Our monthly Open Notebooks updates are a way for us to invite you into the journalistic process and encourage your collaboration in the news. It’s our goal that the Notebooks help you to see us as we really are so you’ll see that journalists are not the enemies of the people, we are just people, trying to make sense of this complex and confounding world. Just like you.

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