PINfluence

For the series Words That Speak To Me, Colorado Public Radio is asking listeners to share meaningful quotations, passages, song lyrics and sayings that have shaped their perspective. PIN source Craig Eley, a Denver judge, shares this quote from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

Throughout KPCC’s #DearMayor initiative, PIN sources have brought up the issue of public parks. Their questions prompted reporter Sharon McNary to look into the city’s financially stressed park system. Read more

For a new reporting initiative, Transforming Health, witf asked PIN sources to submit questions on health-related topics they’d like to learn more about. One source asked if the Affordable Care Act will encourage Americans to make healthier lifestyle choices, and the question led to this story about workplace incentives for healthy living.

St. Louis Beacon PIN sources responded to a call for poetry with verses about spring, Justin Bieber and Pablo Neruda. Read some of those poems here.

In January, the Miami Dolphins announced a controversial plan to completely renovate Sun Life Stadium, paid for, in part, by a hotel tax increase. WLRN wanted to give people a way to express their feelings on the issue, so the newsroom gathered audio clips from commission meetings and press conferences, and asked PIN sources to remix the news.

For a segment on Access Utah, a public affairs program on Utah Public Radio, reporter Jennifer Pemberton shared questions and comments from PIN sources about the impact of air pollution on Cache County, Utah. The segment includes insights gathered at UPR’s “Bad Air” story booth on Earth Day.

MPR’s Art Hounds hunt down an eerie portrait of a mentally ill Irish evangelist, a meditation on the natural world that’s informed by Alaskan Native culture, and a performance piece about being young, black and an unintended father. Get the full story here.

Michigan Radio’s Sarah Alvarez reports on the Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act, a law that helps Indian children in Michigan’s welfare system find resources within their tribes. One PIN source shares her insights into the adoption process for Native American families. You can listen to the story here.

All month long, WLRN and the Miami Herald are asking PIN sources to write and submit poems about life in Miami. You can read those submissions on the That’s So Miami tumblr, or check out some of their favorites here.

With every new development concerning Proposition 8, California’s ban on gay marriage, the KPCC newsroom has reached out to listeners and Public Insight Network news sources to ask how they are being affected. For this Facebook gallery, they decided to showcase some of those photos and stories.