We are Gazzetta
Gazzetta is a research lab that studies how information services stay relevant where that's hardest: under censorship, in exile, or cut off from the people they're trying to reach.
What we do: Audience research and service design where standard methods don't work.
How we work: Independent researchers and practitioners from different fields and countries, united by a commitment to utility. We bring diverse expertise to each problem, assemble around projects, and work with partners facing real constraints.
Founded in 2024 by Patrick Boehler.
What we do
- Map how communities actually get and share information, so strategy starts from reality
- Design news products and services that fit into people's lives
- Help newsrooms realign around who they serve, not what they've always done
- Train teams to work under pressure and in constrained environments
- Connect peers across independent media to share what works
How we work
- Empathy over assumptions
- Methods tested in the field, built for constraints
- Processes that are clear enough for others to use and improve
- Autonomy and shared purpose over coordination for its own sake
Learn with us
We publish how we work in our regular newsletter, Field Notes.
It offers practical posts on service journalism, remote research, and using moments of collateral freedom to get past technical barriers, and candid lessons so others can build on what works and skip what doesn't. We also write about questions we have.
Join in
- Subscribe to Gazzetta Field Notes for twice‑monthly on updates on our research and fieldwork.
- Subscribe to re:filtered, Patrick’s newsletter on where civic media is headed.
- Partner with us on research, product development, or newsroom transformation.
- Share your constraints and we’ll co-design an approach that fits.
- Get in touch: hello@gazzetta.xyz