STORIES
The Delaware Journalism Collaborative is a partnership of local news and community organizations working to bridge divides statewide. The Collaborative reports on and engages communities throughout Delaware on issues of racial, politicial, geographic and other types of polarization that divide us and advance solutions for how we can work together more effectively.
Taking Sides
As we approach Election Day, the Delaware Journalism Collaborative looks at a unique post-election tradition in the First State.
History of Return Day
Celebrated on the Thursday after Election Day, voters, politicians and other interested folks return to the center of Georgetown to hear voting returns.
How do people feel about Return Day?
After reaching out to dozens of Delawareans, most of them upstaters, for their perspective on Return Day and the Confederate flag controversy that has made national news, the response was overwhelming silence.
Return Day on The Green
A dispute over burying the hatchet: Return Day caught up in growing polarization The Green hosted by Tom Byrne, Delaware Public Media Delaware Public Media is part of the recently launched Delaware Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of local news and community organizations working to bridge divides [...]
10 Tips to a Civil Conversation—and, Actually Change Someone’s Mind
Family get-togethers can be contentious, especially when dinner time turns into a free-for-all debate with your crazy uncle from away. What was once civil conversations can rapidly escalate into heated debates unless you avoid “explosive topics” like current political, social, and religious issues. But [...]
Veteran journalist Darel La Prade tapped as project manager for statewide collaborative
La Prade has been a journalist for more than four decades. He has experience as a reporter, editor and publisher. Most recently, he served as the group publisher for the Delmarva Group of Independent Newsmedia Inc., a position he held for five years.
Survey Offers Insight on Delaware’s Direction and Government’s Priorities
A recent public opinion survey, commissioned by the Delaware Journalism Collaborative, offers an amazing new window into the attitudes and concerns shared by the state’s residents.
Journalism Collaborative Sets Candidates’ Debates
The candidates for governor and for the U.S. House of Representatives will meet in two separate debates in August. Both debates are sponsored by the Delaware Journalism Collaborative. The first debate will feature the candidates running to become the state’s next governor. This [...]