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COS Community Newsmaker Pitch Ideas

This document gives ideas/suggestions for different topics that can be pitched by the grassroots.

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Putting the power of community news in the hands of local citizens 

 

COS Newsmaker: Story Pitch Ideas 

1. Positive Community stories (individuals or groups) 

a. Community garden 
b. Picking up litter  
c. Neighborhood daycare, carpool, etc. 
d. “Good Samaritan”: foster care, sponsoring addiction recovery, helping someone 

‘down on their luck’, etc. 
 

2. Positive Governance 

a.  An official who goes above and beyond: helpful county clerk, friendly mailman, 

etc. 

b. Local governments (county, city, township…) effecting beneficial change: 

revitalizing a local park 

c. A politician keeping their promises 
d. An office holder or government entity demonstrating transparency: a school 

district disclosing contracts 

 

3. Political Issues 

a. Taxes, or proposed taxes, are too high 
b. Local government chooses to tolerate drug use  

i.

Recreational marijuana, “safe shoot-up zone”, etc. 

c. Infrastructure: worn roads & sidewalks, dilapidated parks, general eyesores 
d.  Advocating for State term limits 
e. Advocating for the city, county, township, etc. to run a balanced budget 

 

4. Negative Governance 

a. Lack of transparency 

i.

Budget: spending, contracts, etc. 

ii.

Lobbying records & expenditures 

iii.

Access to meetings/minutes 

iv.

Little to no interaction with the public (mayor, councilman, manager, 
representative, etc.) 

b. Corruption, nepotism: taking money from outsider groups, appointing close 

friends, allies, donors to insider positions 

c. Government has lack of movement on important issue: not responding to a health 

crisis at local elementary school 

d. Office holder going back on promises, being openly rude/hostile to constituent  

 

– Internal Document: COS NewsMaker Pitch Ideas –

 

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