Factchequeado Launches New Project “What Helps Our Democracy Work? A Community-Led Solutions Reporting for Latino Voters” with Support from the Advancing Democracy Innovation Fund
FactchequeadoTue, February 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM UTC
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Factchequeado is launching a new project to strengthen trust-based, community-centered coverage of democracy, with support from the Advancing Democracy Innovation Fund, led by Solutions Journalism Network in partnership with Hearken and Trusting News.
Through this initiative, selected U.S. newsrooms receive up to $4,000 to develop innovative approaches to covering democracy, politics, and civic life—approaches that move beyond conflict-driven narratives to highlight solutions, center community voices, and build trust with audiences.
As part of the project, Factchequeado will host a community listening event in Miami, designed to gather insights, concerns, and perspectives directly from members of the local Latino community. The findings from this listening process will inform the production of a solutions-focused story that examines how communities and institutions are addressing key democratic challenges.
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The project is part of a broader effort to rethink political journalism by shifting the focus from polarization and crisis toward constructive, evidence-based reporting that explores how systems respond to real-world problems.
In addition, Factchequeado plans to share the project’s key findings with its network of 142 partner organizations across 27 states and Puerto Rico, helping to amplify community-informed insights and foster collaboration across the Spanish-language media ecosystem.
These insights will also help inform Factchequeado’s election-year information tools, including Electopedia (a Spanish-language civic information hub that provides clear, accessible explanations of the U.S. electoral system) and Electobot (an AI WhatsApp chatbot that allows our community to ask questions about elections, voting procedures, and civic participation in Spanish), ensuring that their content reflects community priorities and supports more accessible, trustworthy civic information during the electoral cycle.