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Partner with us
Collaborate with us to surface the practice of civic science around the world
We work with organizations, funders, and institutions on sponsored reporting, strategic visibility, and collaborative initiatives that make civic science more accessible and actionable.
Support multimedia reporting and analysis that surfaces important developments across civic science.
Co-develop interview series, editorial initiatives, and public-facing resources.
Share relevant work and opportunities with a targeted civic science audience.
02 / What we do
We turn observations from civic science practice into shared insight
Through what we are calling civic science solutions journalism, our community of contributing correspondents and analysts documents how civic science manifests across programs, institutions, and communities.
Through thought-provoking multimedia interviews, they capture how practitioners design and implement their solutions in real time. They then translate these observations into insight that makes the work more visible, accessible, and actionable for decision-makers across the field and broader publics.
Document civic science across programs, institutions, and communities
Capture how practitioners design and implement their work in real time
Translate observations into shared insight for decision-makers
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Ways to collaborate
Three common pathways for working with the Civic Science Media Lab.
Sponsored reporting
Support multimedia reporting and analysis that surfaces important developments, practices, and questions across civic science.
Collaborative programs
Work with us on interview series, editorial initiatives, public-facing resources, and other mission-aligned collaborations.
Strategic visibility
Increase the visibility of your work through strategic placement across our content and targeted distribution. Learn more.
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About the community we serve
We serve general publics and a growing community of civic science practitioners, including scientists, communicators, educators, policymakers, funders, and community leaders.
Our work informs general publics about developments in civic science and supports those building and funding the field by making emerging practices visible, sharing lessons across contexts, and providing insights that inform more effective and coordinated action.
professionals across our network
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We track more than attention. We track action.
Traditional engagement metrics such as views, users, and watch time are necessary, but they are not sufficient. We also document the follow-on actions that CSML reporting and analysis helps spark across the civic science ecosystem.
These actions help us understand whether our work is moving beyond visibility to inform and inspire interested stakeholders in taking the next steps.
The launch of the Public Engagement Content Awards by Research!America was a follow-on action that emerged from insights generated through the TISPE-Rxiv, our effort to map the landscape of training initiatives in public engagement for scientists.
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Explore our formats
The CSML network produces video, audio, photography, and digital print that document the practice of civic science.
Video interviews
Questions of the Day and other field-facing conversations.
→ 02Audio programs
Long-form conversations with builders, researchers, and practitioners.
→ 03Photojournalism
People, spaces, programs, and civic science work as it happens.
→ 04Digital print
Reporting, interviews, field notes, research digests, and analysis.
→07 / Our partners
Our partners work with us to surface and learn from civic science practice
Together, we have developed multimedia programs, launched interview series, hosted interns and fellows, and constructed new repositories. Explore selected case studies below.
Support from individual donors, sponsors, and in-kind contributors enables this work to continue and expand. Open any case study for details.
Schmidt Sciences & UC Santa Cruz
Schmidt Sciences and the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program provided a catalyst grant to support the launch of Science Engaged.
The audio program is hosted by Dr. Kristel Tjandra and features conversations with scientists who have worked with local communities on participatory science projects.
Season 1 includes 6–8 episodes on the CSML network. View program.
NYC Economic Development Corporation
The New York City Economic Development Corporation partnered with CSML to document lessons from civic science initiatives it has supported across New York City.
We produced a limited interview series within Questions of the Day, featuring grantees reflecting on their work, challenges, and lessons learned. View series.
The series included eight in-depth interviews, creating a public record of these projects and making their insights accessible beyond the original funding period.
Lasker Foundation & Research!America
The Lasker Foundation and Research!America partnered with CSML on a two-year project to generate a clearer picture of the public engagement training landscape in the United States.
We conducted interviews, convened panel discussions, and analyzed public data to examine how training opportunities are structured across the country.
The project resulted in a public dashboard and report. View project.
American Society for Cell Biology
The American Society for Cell Biology provided a $35,000 grant to support the formal launch of the Civic Science Media Lab’s internship program.
Interns produced in-depth thought pieces that contributed to ongoing discussions and informed future coverage across video, radio, and digital print.
The funding supported two cohorts between 2021 and 2022, with 11 interns participating in total. View program.
A growing group of organizations has partnered with us to support civic science solutions journalism.
Editorial independence
How we approach our work
The Civic Science Media Lab works to surface and document how civic science is practiced. Our correspondents and analysts generate insights useful to practitioners, funders, researchers, decision-makers, and members of the broader public interested in civic science solutions.
Our partnerships take many forms, including sponsorships, grants, donations, advertising, events, services, and in-kind support. Together, they have enabled us to build and sustain our work over time.
However, our editorial decisions are made independently and are not driven by these partnerships.
Our work does not constitute endorsement of any organization, funder, or initiative. We focus on surfacing how civic science operates in context so that others can learn from it.
08 / Contact
Get in touch to partner with us
The examples above are just some of the ways to partner with us. Possibilities include sponsoring interview series, co-developing multimedia programs, supporting correspondents focused on specific areas of civic science, funding database development, and promoting relevant grants, jobs, and events to our audience.
These partnerships collectively help us build the core infrastructure for self-sustaining civic science journalism.
Get in touch to discuss: fmuindi@csmedialab.org