About

Common Ground brings together vital journalism from across our network of local publications, creating one place where communities share ideas, solutions, and inspiration. When a neighborhood innovates—from revitalizing housing to improving public transit—their successes connect with others facing similar challenges. By linking local experiences into a larger, solutions-driven narrative, Common Ground helps communities learn from each other and move forward together.

About Issue Media Group

Common Ground is part of the Issue Media Group (IMG) family. Founded in 2005, IMG operates a national network of online media outlets dedicated to solutions-based journalism that reports on community change. Our publications aim to connect readers to their communities’ most visionary and innovative people, projects, and organizations—fostering civic capacity, improving understanding of key issues, amplifying underserved voices, and building community attachment during a time of local media decline.

We work with like-minded stakeholders across public, private, nonprofit, and grassroots organizations whose values and missions align with ours. Through an underwriting model of publishing, our journalists connect with community stakeholders through regular listening sessions designed to build trust and and shape authentic community news.

IMG’s work has been recognized and supported by leading journalism organizations nationally, including the Knight Foundation, Solutions Journalism Network, Columbia Journalism Review, and the Society for Professional Journalists.