Enlace Latino NC and Southerly earn national collaboration honor

Enlace Latino NC, a Spanish-language publication in North Carolina, and Southerly, a now-defunct publication reporting on environmental issues in the South, jointly covered the convergence of economic mobility and environmental issues in rural Latinx and immigrant communities in North Carolina. Their 2021 work and collaboration, funded in part by SJN, was recognized with the award for Collaboration of the Year (https://www.lionpublishers.com/meet-the-winners-of-the-2022-lion-local-journalism-awards/) in the small revenue category from LION (Local Independent Online News) Publishers. Judges said: “This partnership is an excellent example of how deep trust between collaborators and a shared desire to serve a community can result in real impact. Beyond its immediate impact, the collaboration also led an outlet [Enlace Latino NC] to start practicing solutions journalism, which is a huge win.”