> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.lookoutnews.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Stories to Keep You Inspired on the State
- URL: https://www.lookoutnews.org/stories-to-keep-you-inspired-on-the-state/
- Published: 2026-06-17T18:01:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-16T13:09:44.000Z
- Description: From a crepe shop that is doubling up as a community activist hub, to how frontline medics are tending to the needs of elderly protesters, here are some stories from our Reporting as Resistance Spring 2026 Cohort.
- Author: LOOKOUT Staff
- Tags: CULTURE, #donate_box_1, reportingasresistance

Every year, *LOOKOUT* trains community members with little to no journalism experience in the basics of reporting, ethics, and writing. Over the course of one month, participants learn how to conduct interviews, gather information, and produce a journalistically sound Q&A. We call it "Reporting as Resistance."

This Spring, 10 people across Arizona participated and finished the program. They learned how to interview with empathy and curiosity, spot bias and sway in social media along their own writing, and edit with ethical and legal reasoning. 

The following three stories were selected from the Spring 2026 cohort. You can also catch these stories in our Summer 2026 print edition of *LOOKOUT* Magazine.

[At This Phoenix Crepe Shop, Politics Are Always on the MenuThe family-run Olla Olla Crepes turned its downtown space into a music venue and mutual aid hub![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4c/0d/4c0d7266-d8e0-4201-8dfb-f7b14779cdc4/content/images/icon/lookout-favicon@4x-288accd3-b7bc-44f3-b6b4-753ee2601825.png)LOOKOUTMcKinlee Madison Mers (she/her)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4c/0d/4c0d7266-d8e0-4201-8dfb-f7b14779cdc4/content/images/thumbnail/crepe-5842531a-6750-44d2-b66a-626911f8bb44.png)](https://www.lookoutnews.org/at-this-phoenix-crepe-shop-politics-are-always-on-the-menu/)

[DragU Downtown Returns, and So Does the CrowdFollowing a controversial 2025 cancellation, Arizona State University’s drag education event came back to the downtown Phoenix campus this spring, reclaiming a space for performance, learning and LGBTQ+ community.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4c/0d/4c0d7266-d8e0-4201-8dfb-f7b14779cdc4/content/images/icon/lookout-favicon@4x-17b7797e-ed39-4232-bda2-2e64bf31ff62.png)LOOKOUTBen Haynes (he/him)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4c/0d/4c0d7266-d8e0-4201-8dfb-f7b14779cdc4/content/images/thumbnail/drag-eacca1d7-d092-47b9-ac23-634ea6a434b1.png)](https://www.lookoutnews.org/dragu-downtown-returns-and-so-does-the-crowd/)

[On the Front Lines With Valley Street MedicsVolunteer teams are providing care at protests where heat, age and political tension collide.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4c/0d/4c0d7266-d8e0-4201-8dfb-f7b14779cdc4/content/images/icon/lookout-favicon@4x-e89d4040-4d23-47ad-84de-169750f82e6b.png)LOOKOUTJack Fernandez (he/him)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/4c/0d/4c0d7266-d8e0-4201-8dfb-f7b14779cdc4/content/images/thumbnail/medical-3eed1374-23a4-4380-9b1a-73f294f91a52.png)](https://www.lookoutnews.org/on-the-front-lines-with-valley-street-medics/)

The next "Reporting as Resistance" training will be in the Fall of 2026\.