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Supporting Teachers. Empowering Students. Strengthening Communities.
Lookout in the Classroom is our media literacy and civic engagement program for Lane County students. The program gives students from middle school through college free access to all of Lookout. We work to connect students with current events, develop their media literacy skills and help young people engage meaningfully with their communities. Through this work, one thing has become clear: When teachers have the resources and support to bring local news into their classrooms, the impact reaches far beyond school walls. That’s the idea behind Lookout for Teachers.
Lookout for Teachers gives every middle and high school educator in Lane County free access to Lookout’s trusted local journalism, plus curriculum-aligned resources they can use right away: educator newsletters, discussion guides, visits from Lookout correspondents and more. Find all our resources here.
Help bring local news into every classroom
Nearly 500 Lane County teachers already bring Lookout’s journalism into their classrooms. This year, we aim to double that reach, with more classroom visits, stronger relationships between correspondents and students, and more support for educators.
$160 provides one teacher with a full school year of Lookout access and classroom resources. Teachers can then share trusted local news, spark conversations and build critical media literacy skills with hundreds of students throughout the year.
Our vision is to reach all 1,200 middle and high school teachers across Lane County’s 16 school districts, from Eugene-Springfield to rural communities. That’s $192,000 in community support to put local journalism within reach of every teacher in the county.
Together, we can help an entire generation become more informed, curious and connected to the place they call home.
Four ways to support civic engagement in Lane County classrooms
A leadership gift of $5,000 or more helps unlock our $75,000 match. Every dollar you give brings another, and gives others a reason to join in. Email ken@lookoutlocal.com.
Put your name behind something specific: the Student Journalism Scholarship, the educator newsletter, classroom visits, or the teacher resource hub. Email olivia@lookoutlocal.com.
Start or upgrade to a One-for-One Membership: Full Lookout access for you, plus one for a local teacher whom you can designate. Works for individuals, businesses, and groups.
Give once or monthly, in any amount. Your gift goes straight to putting local news and media literacy in more Lane County classrooms.
All gifts are tax-deductible. Donors 70½ or older can also give through a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from their IRA.
For gifts of $5,000 or more, contact Lookout CEO Ken Doctor at ken@lookoutlocal.com, or Charles Jun at The Lenfest Institute (owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer), at charles@lenfestinstitute.org.
Online gifts through Givebutter are administered by Local Media Foundation (tax ID #36-4427750), a 501(c)(3) charitable trust affiliated with Local Media Association.
Thanks to community support, teachers across Lane County are already seeing the difference
From sparking conversations about current events to helping students become more informed and engaged members of their communities, Lookout for Teachers is making local journalism part of the learning experience.
Lookout is one of our most reliable local sources, something sorely missing in this region for years. My students use it often for current-events assignments.
Julia Von Holt, High School Civics Teacher
Help us bring the students of today (and voters of tomorrow) into Lane County’s civic conversation, around factual and discussable local news, with the guidance of good teachers.
A special thank you to our Lookout in the Classroom and Lookout for Teachers supporters
We’re grateful to the community leaders who first believed in Lookout for Teachers, and to those who continue to sustain it: Emerald Broadband, the Chambers Family Foundation, the Yarg Foundation, the Mehlum Family Foundation, the Baker Family, and Dan and Peggy Neal.
Please join them in bringing local news to every classroom in Lane County.