Trusted Creator Training Fellowship
As the new trusted voices of our time, content creators have both an outsized influence on shaping public opinion, as well as an outsized responsibility to get the information they are delivering to their audiences right. News Creator Corps’ flagship program is a training fellowship for information-focused content creators. Our cohorts are made up of independent creators who provide a service to their community, whether that’s restaurant openings, public health information, parenting discussions, or local stories. The fellowship teaches tactical skills like fact-checking, sourcing, and interviewing to ensure the creators are disseminating accurate information. Fellows receive a $5,000 stipend.
The NCC Collective
When creators complete an NCC fellowship, they don’t just walk away with new skills — they join a network. The Collective is our nationwide community of accredited, accuracy-trained creators: a growing roster of trusted voices covering politics, health, law, science, culture, and more, with a combined reach of over 5 million followers. Collective members receive ongoing support, resources, and community. Organizations looking to get their work in front of highly engaged, fact-focused creators can advertise in the Collective’s weekly newsletter or partner with our members directly.
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Events
News Creator Corps hosts virtual and IRL events at the intersection of creators, information, and journalism. Have an idea? Get in touch.
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From audience to community: a conversation with Masuma Ahuja
Loneliness, eroding trust, a shared story we no longer share—we tend to treat these as personal problems. In The Infrastructure of Belonging, Masuma Ahuja makes the case that they’re structural, built into how our communities, economies, and platforms are designed. That argument lands differently for creators, who are already doing the work institutions have struggled with: holding a community together because they’ve earned its trust.
Join News Creator Corps for a conversation with Masuma just days after the book publishes. We’ll get into what belonging actually requires, why an audience and a community are not the same thing, and what it takes to hold people together through a divisive election season.
Creators will leave with practical strategies for deepening the relationships they already have—how to turn passive followers into people who show up for each other, what makes a virtual gathering worth someone’s evening, and how to design IRL events that build something durable rather than a one-time turnout. If you’re planning an event this fall or winter, bring that plan with you.
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How To Vet Your Own Content For Legal Risk
Join News Creator Corps and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for a free workshop for creators on vetting your content for legal risk.
Jen Nelson of the RCFP will walk through how to assess your work before you hit publish: what actually creates exposure to libel and defamation claims, where the common traps show up in the formats creators are working in, and how to pressure-test a piece when you know it’s going to make someone unhappy. She’ll also cover the point where self-assessment isn’t enough—when to bring in an organization like RCFP for a pre-publication legal review, and what that process looks like when you do.
This is especially important in the current environment where the powerful are more than happy to use legal threat to attempt to bury a story. Understanding your legal rights will give you the confidence to continue telling the stories your community needs.
Take a look at our past events.