Blog for Oakland Local: Invite and sign up for training sessions

Susan Mernit Tue, 5 Apr at 11:31am
Bloggers--are you one? Contribute to OL

Bloggers--are you one? Contribute to OL

Have you thought about contributing blog posts, opinion pieces and neighborhood stories to Oakland Local? Have a event, a cause, an idea you want to share?  

Are you a blogger who'd like to cross post your pieces on OL because they are about Oakland, Oakland arts, Oakland issues?

We welcome new contributors at Oakland Local--and if you'd like to be posting on our site, we can help you get up and running. (For guidelines on what we publish---and what we don't, click here.)

We'd particularly love to have some of the following:

  • Neigborhood reports
  • Gender and identity pieces
  • Oakland history
  • Oakland arts, food, cooking, design
  • Schools and education
  • Small business
  • Race, class, housing, equity
  • Environmental justice, clean energy, toxic waste
  • Health and wellness issues
  • Family: reflection and how tos
  • Music and arts

If you have ideas or questions, please get it touch: bloggers@oaklandlocal.com-

 Also, fill out our form here if you want training!

About Susan Mernit
Susan Mernit is the founder of Oakland Local. She is also a circuit rider for The Community Information Challenge, a program of The John S and James L Knight Foundation, and a consultant to non-profit and community organizations. Susan lives in North Oakland, near the Santa Fe school, with her partner, her housemate, a rescue dog named Cazzie, and a yard full of ants. She is an aspiring gardener, a long-time blogger & entrepreneur, and a recovering journalist who's found home in Oakland.