The Engaging News Project develops web-based strategies for informing audiences, promoting substantive discourse and helping people understand diverse views, all while analyzing the business outcomes essential to news organizations. With support from the Rita Allen Foundation, the Engaging News Project is developing its capacity and tools on a number of fronts, including mapping news engagement efforts underway, convening digital news innovators from media organizations around the country, testing existing and new ideas, planning for the project’s long-term viability, and building an online information portal.