About Collective Flow Publishing Co.
Co-creating a publishing organization for the Future of Work and a collective flow state.
Collective Flow Publishing Co.'s content covers a broad range of topics because work is as intersectional as we are. Writers and creators produce work grounded in truth, justice, and artistic, personal expression.
We believe access is a right, digital safety is needed, and media literacy is a must.
Together, we are collectively curating content and amplifying creators that move us closer to a Social and Solidarity Economy.
We follow coFLOWco's Code of Conduct and Statement of Inclusion.
For additional Journalism ethics, we are still processing and deliberating where we stand on bias in the media and who decides which piece is "Opinion" vs. facts...This currently seems highly subjective and mostly facts are written by white patriarchy capitalism and social justice facts are called "opinions."
Until we can take the above and co-create our own Code of Ethics, we will use this as our guide. We cannot say we follow it 100% of the time but we are reviewing this and other journalism ethics policies.
To imagine a Future of Work and a Social & Solidarity Economy requires New Media replete with diverse voices and people & planet centered perspectives.
CFPC is co-creating our vision for a more equitable publishing ecosystem. We want to remove gate keeping, and go beyond academia and peer review to prioritize content directly from those with non-traditional backgrounds and pedigree. We respect lived experience as worthy knowledge and collaborate with other communities of writers, journalists, researchers, and fellow new media.
Our 10 Principles for Publishing Justice are a WIP (work in progress). We were inspired by the 10 PRINCIPLES OF DISABILITY JUSTICE and the work of Movement Generation.
Additionally, we want to shout out or colleague Farzin Farhad of Critical Equity Consulting, with Sara Farooqi and Shiva Roofeh, for their work on the "Organizational Justice Bill of Rights: A living document on the fundamental needs of employees."
Access to Information
Data Privacy
Media Literacy
Representation
Transparency
Agency & Accountability
Center the Collective
Compensation & Pay Parity
Independent
Truth
1. Media must be democratized and digital access equitable. Essential information for democracy, safety, and wellbeing cannot be paywalled.
2. Your data is yours; privacy is a right.
3. Media literacy is a prerequisite and foundational for a digital age. Teaching it is the responsibility of the media.
4. Representation and centering the community ensures better storytelling. Own your narrative.
5. Financial transparency is required for economic equality.
6. Agency and accountability are features of sovereignty and solidarity.
7. Ethical tech should serve the good of the Collective and not individual gains.
8. Knowledge work is work; our labor is not a favor. Pay creators, reporters, writers, researchers, journalists, media etc. Content is work. Devaluing certain kinds of creating and research over academic, peer-reviewed, pedigree perpetuates class struggle.
9. Research and reporting must remain independent; money should never limit truth-telling.
10. Exposing corruption and hypocrisy is essential for a just society and sustainable planet.
A "new economy" is only new if we write the sequel.
Through consulting, community, creation, research, and speaking, we are changing the narrative. We are redefining our relationship with labor, building a solidarity economy, and designing the future of work, starting with documentation. We are industry agnostic because the siloing of knowledge is what got us here. Can the old guard design the Future of Work? All evidence points to NO. This is your story. We help you tell it.
Consider WHY you are writing and researching to begin with.
"This guidebook is based off of one singular premise: If evidence matters, we must care how it gets made."
"Why Am I Always Being Researched? is one contribution to the collective work of envisioning a more equitable world. It is not intended to be used to generate shame, judgment, or performance. It is not a measuring stick to prove one point of view is “greater than” or “less than,” or that one individual or group is “the problem.” The practice embraces voices furthest from institutional power as intrinsically valuable. This is not about embracing community voice when it is a means to an end—completing a checklist, improving a reputation, helping in a grant application—and being unwilling to listen when voices are not saying what we wish to hear. Please do not weaponize the principles here. Freedom lies in the other direction. This is a journey towards more authentic truths. For all of us. Starting with us. This is about ourselves, noticing differently, standing in relationship differently, taking actions within our control, however small or big, and seeing the next step unfold for us. Let us encourage one another and look for the joy in this journey. There is a lot of it."
CFPC is currently operated by founder of coFLOWco LLC, Emily O. Weltman.
coFLOWco is a member of AuthenTech, Good Market Global, Catalyst 2030, and a coop member-owner of Zebras Unite.
Emily is a graduate of the 50 Women Can Change the World: Journalism 2020 cohort (Take the Lead) and a passionate advocate for new media, open source collaborations, and accessible design. She is a member of Women’s Funding Network and a board member of Inclusive by Design.
Emily is also a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), part of the U.N. Global Compact and a signatory of the Design Justice Network Principles and member of DJN.
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