Workday Magazine & Up With the Workers survey

Workday Minnesota, part of the Labor Education Service, has been going through a transition. The Workday team has decided to change our name to “Workday Magazine.” This shift reflects that we are expanding to cover labor in other states in the Midwest. More and more local media outlets have been covering unions and workers as the labor movement grows. Expanding our own coverage is how we seek to address a longtime lack of resources for investigative labor reporting in the broader Midwest.

We've hired a new content editor to lead Workday and another associate editor. We're building a small but mighty team of labor journalists! As we move through these changes, we'd love to hear your thoughts on coverage and content at Workday and Up With the Workers. We'd also love to get to know you and hear your concerns about the world we live in and the conditions you face every day. This form can be filled out anonymously, and you don't have to answer all the questions. There'll be an option to add your contact information at the end of this form and an option to let us know if you'd like us to follow up with you.

The mission of Workday Magazine is to hold the powerful to account while bringing the perspectives of everyday workers and the organizations that defend their rights to focus. Workday emphasizes long-form investigative journalism to bring to light the concealed and buried.

Workday fulfills the mission of the Labor Education Service at the University of Minnesota by providing a public outlet to examine the conditions that workers face on a day-to-day basis. Workday began publishing in the summer of 2000 with support from Minnesota’s labor community. It was the first online labor news publication in the United States.

Today, we continue to publish articles and other projects that dive into local, regional, and national topics. We operate a Substack newsletter, Up With the Workers, a curated and evolving collection of worker-related news, updates on worker organizing, and content from Workday.

Help us co-create the narrative by answering a few questions and letting us know what you’d like to see in our newsletter and on our website, who you think we should talk to, and anything else you'd like us to know!

Thank you for your time and efforts!

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How do you like to consume news? Check all that apply and feel free to add your own.
How often do you consume news?
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What kinds of stories do you like? Check all that apply.
Where do you go to for news and information? You can list specific publications or programs, e.g. cable news like CNN, local TV news like WCCO, podcasts like The Daily, radio programs from MPR, local news outlets like Sahan Journal, magazines like TIME, social media accounts, etc. Feel free to list specific journalists too.
How do you decide which news you can trust? How do you decide which news you can't trust?
Do you consider yourself active in the labor movement? Are you a union member, part of a union's staff, or part of an organization or organization's staff?
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Do you consider yourself a worker or part of the working class?
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Are you a worker or an organizer (or both)?
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What tips do you have for us about stories that aren't getting coverage? What stories would you like to see covered or investigated?
At Workday, we cover the labor movement and all of its intersections through a social justice angle. We also view workers as holistic human beings with dreams and needs in and outside of the workplace. What are some issues or causes you care about? These can be in or outside the labor movement.
How do you engage with Workday right now?
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What do you think we are getting right with Workday? What would you like to see us do differently?
Would you be interested in volunteering for a short informational interview with Workday so we can get to know our audience better and you can get to know us better?
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Do you read newsletters (print or online)? Feel free to give examples
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Are you subscribed to our newsletter Up With the Workers?
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What content would you like to see on Up With the Workers, e.g. social media posts, community events, campaigns, profiles, reviews, pet photos?
We've been publishing the newsletter weekly on Fridays so that our workload is more streamlined and less reactive to the rapidly changing news cycle. However, that may change as we change. How often do you like to receive newsletters and is there a certain time of day you're more likely to read?
Do you prefer your newsletters to be on the shorter or longer side?
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Do you like variety in your newsletters or consistency?
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What places or communities do you think deserve more attention in the Midwest?
If you'd like, you can provide your name, contact information, organizations you're involved with, or any comments you have for us and anything you'd like to talk about (you can leave this blank or leave out your name if you prefer to be anonymous) 
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