Oakland Local is a project of The Center for Media Change, a 501c3. Founded in October 2009, we are a non-profit news and community site for Oakland, focused on providing community news and discussion as a way to deepen civic engagement and make people aware of great work being done in Oakland to address issues and problems we have.

Our seed funding came  from a New Voices grant awarded by J-Lab at American University, with funds provided by The Knight Foundation. We are the recipient of funding from The Harnisch Foundation, The California Endowment, The G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism, and The Renaissance Journalism Center.

The City of Oakland marketing group has partnered with Oakland Local on a year-round program to promote and support community events that make Oakland a great place to live, work and visit, and local businesses

If you would like to partner with us and blog or include your community news on our site, please get in touch with Susan Mernit (susan at oaklandlocal dot com) or Debi Mason (debimason1950@oaklandlocal.com)

Our valued local community partners include:

Bay Localize

BWOPA - Black Women Organized for Political Action

Causa Justa :: Just Cause Oakland

Clean Energy Alliance

Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports

Communities for A Better Environment

Community Rejuvenation Project

East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (EBASE)

East Bay Bicycle Coalition

East Bay Habitat for Humanity/Restore

Ella Baker Center

Get Fresh

Grind for the Green

Green Youth Arts & Media Center

Laney Tower

Lower Bottom Playaz

Mills College, Journalism Department

Movement Generation

Movement Strategy Center

Oakland Food Connection

Oakland Food Policy Council

Oakland Heritage Alliance

Oakland Kids First

Oakland PRIDE

Oakland Rising

Oakland Word

Planting Justice

Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement

PUEBLO-People United for a Better Life in Oakland

TransformCA

Urban Habitat

Urban Releaf

WOBO -Walk Oakland, Bike Oakland

Our media partners include:

The Black Hour

BlogHer

Caifornia Watch

The Campanil

The Center for Investigative Reporting

The Center for Media Justice

Endless Canvas

KALW 91.7 FM

KQED

Media Alliance

New America Media

Newsdesk.org

Spot.us

Youth Outlook

Youth Radio

If you would like to be part of this list, get in touch with susan at oaklandlocal dot com. We welcome local partners we can collaborate with and support.

Nationally, we are also members of these organizations:

Investigative News Network:  Oakland Local is a member of this consortium of nonprofit news organizations dedicated to watchdog and public interest reporting. INN members pursue some projects through partnerships and together tackle the challenges of creating new media organizations.

The Media Consortium

Block by Block Hyperlocal