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Uplift Local outlines community-news effort to Trout Lake council
Summary
Emily Harris of Uplift Local told the Trout Lake Community Council the nonprofit trains and pays documentors to cover local meetings; the group said it has spoken with more than 3,500 people and invited residents to sign up at upliftlocal.news.
Emily Harris, representing Uplift Local, introduced the group's effort to expand local-news coverage in rural Oregon and southwest Washington at the Trout Lake Community Council meeting on June 3, 2025.
Harris said Uplift Local was started by three journalists and pays and trains documentors to attend local meetings and publish notes for communities that lack other news sources; she told the council the organization had spoken with more than 3,500 people and encouraged residents to sign up at https://upliftlocal.news. Heidi Hoppus was noted in the minutes as the meeting documentor.
The council did not take formal action on the presentation but acknowledged the potential for partnership with local volunteers and for using market outreach to increase awareness.
