{"id":123,"date":"2021-03-15T10:40:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T14:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informmuncie.wordpress.com\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2021-05-02T14:19:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T14:19:22","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:35.02639%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1440\" data-id=\"499\" data-link=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/about-us\/attachment\/la0b5195-1\/\" data-url=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B5195-1-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/informmuncie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B5195-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1707\" data-id=\"502\" data-link=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/about-us\/attachment\/la0b5303-1\/\" data-url=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B5303-1-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/informmuncie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B5303-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:64.97361%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1707\" data-id=\"512\" data-link=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/about-us\/attachment\/la0b6791-2\/\" data-url=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B6791-2-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/informmuncie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B6791-2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.78742%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1707\" data-id=\"503\" data-link=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/about-us\/attachment\/la0b5347-1\/\" data-url=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B5347-1-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/informmuncie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B5347-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:33.21258%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1707\" data-id=\"510\" data-link=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/about-us\/attachment\/la0b6389-2\/\" data-url=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B6389-2-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/informmuncie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B6389-2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1707\" data-id=\"511\" data-link=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/about-us\/attachment\/la0b6476-2\/\" data-url=\"http:\/\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/VbcNewsDesertsSeminar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B6476-2-scaled.jpg\" data-width=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/digitalresearch.bsu.edu\/informmuncie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LA0B6476-2-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inform Muncie, a proof-of-concept newsletter and news website, was launched in a Ball State University immersive seminar as part of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry in Spring 2021. Students, under the direction BSU faculty members Juli Metzger and Melinda Messineo examined emerging news deserts and created a new publication targeting the under-recognized and untold stories of Muncie. Students walked through neighborhoods of Muncie, collaborated with a nine-member Audience Advisory Board, and went through implicit bias training before embarking on storytelling development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission Statement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Inform Muncie is a news outlet committed to collaborative storytelling. 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