Oakland Report is an experiment in a new form of media.

Our mission is to provide reasoned, fact-based, well-sourced reporting and analysis on local government issues in Oakland, California and the surrounding region.  

We achieve our mission through producing our nonprofit, independent, citizen-led media outlet, Oakland Report, focused on observable and verifiable evidence free from implicit bias.

We seek integrity, accessibility, and quality in the articles we publish. We seek truth. 

Our guiding principles:
- Present the facts and evidence and let the reader judge for themselves.
- Focus on what people and organizations do, not what they say.
- Always remain open to examining and questioning our own biases.

We don’t expect everyone to agree with everything that we publish, but we do expect that the articles are grounded in verifiable evidence and logic so that all observations and conclusions may be rationally challenged.

We started Oakland Report as a volunteer endeavor in 2023 to fill a critical gap in local independent media by producing high-quality, unbiased, unflinching articles by and for the citizens of Oakland and neighboring communities. 

A year later, we formed Citizens Oakland, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to support and continue our work to publish Oakland Report.

We aim to sustain this experiment with no advertisements, “advertorials,” or sponsored content. This is to avoid the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise when needed financial support is tied to such interests. 

We strongly believe in and support private enterprise and the essential role it plays in contributing to a thriving community for all. But our work requires independence in order to be successful. We seek to avoid the incentives other media outlets have to publish content that only tells influential people and organizations what they want to hear.  

Visit our website to learn more.

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