Midway All Year: Monitor Local Governments and Quickly Share Video Highlights With SeeGov

Back to Events Emerging Tech and News Delivery Midway All Year: Monitor Local Governments and Quickly Share Video Highlights With SeeGov SeeGov collects and transcribes local government meetings Thursday, June 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT) Zoom Event Details Local government coverage is essential and relentless. School board meetings that run four hours. City council votes buried in dense agendas. Video you know would perform, if only you had time to find, clip and post it. In this session, journalists from small and mid-sized newsrooms will share how they've transformed their local government workflows. You'll hear from: Suzie Glassman , news innovation lead and senior education reporter at the Colorado Trust for Local News, who covers five school boards simultaneously. Wes Platt , editor and publisher of Southpoint Access News, who has built a loyal Durham, NC audience through local government highlight reels and social posts. You’ll also hear how one Substacker earns tens of thousands of Instagram views on short-form videos grabbed from local government meetings using SeeGov. Speakers: Alex Rosen is the founder and Executive Director of SeeGov, a nonprofit with a mission to expand thoughtful and consistent participation in democracy, starting with local government. He leads the organization in building technology that helps journalists and civic creators ensure residents are well-informed about their local governments, the issues shaping their community, and how their

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