Our upcoming case webinars. Great ideas presented by the people who put them into action.
Welcome to Innovate Local 2026!
Feature webinar: February 25
Local Journalism Day: Building a movement across German-speaking Europe
Building on an idea at Ippen Media in Munich, the Day of Regional Journalism was launched in 2025 and is now spreading across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The webinar will show how the initiative invites publishers to promote their journalism to locals by using May 5 as a shared moment to engage directly with communities. Participation is deliberately open, ranging from in-person encounters and editorial initiatives to social media campaigns that show what reporting looks like in practice. Isabel Russ, Editor-in-Chief at Russ Media in Austria, will share how their newsrooms plan to spotlight local journalists and their work, giving the people behind local news time to be seen and appreciated.
Presented by:
Markus Knall, Editor-in-Chief at Ippen Media, Germany
Isabel Russ, Editor-in-Chief at Russ Media, Austria
Time: 15.00 CET | 9.00 EST
Feature webinar: March 18
When a global story happens in your local community: Steering The Minnesota Star Tribune through unprecedented times
The new year saw Minnesota and Minneapolis catapulted into not just the national, but the international spotlight. We’re all familiar with the story. 3000 ICE agents were deployed to the city, carrying out brutal raids and fatally shooting two people in the street. The response by the local community has been brave, steadfast and peaceful protest in the face of the violence.
But what has it been like experiencing and covering the story as a local newsroom? In this webinar Steve Grove, CEO & Publisher of The Minnesota Star Tribune will share how the newsroom covers this fast-moving, potentially dangerous and often chaotic story. How does a local news company navigate multiple challenges at once? How are individual journalists supported? How does the Tribune’s journalism stand out in a news flow that’s also fed through thousands of social media accounts? And what are the most important lessons learned so far from living through and covering the story of the winter of 2026 in Minneapolis?
Presented by: Steve Grove, CEO & Publisher, The Minnesota Star Tribune, USA
Time: 15.00 CET | 9.00 EST