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A funding dispute in Baltimore highlights a challenge over nonprofit news and...
Tracie Powell at the 2019 Knight Foundation Media Forum. Photo (cc) 2019 by the Knight Foundation. My reporting and podcast partner Ellen Clegg has published a first-rate analysis for our What Works...
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Laura Pappano tells us about her book covering public schools and parent...
Laura Pappano, a Quincy Patriot Ledger reporter from 1986-1992, talks about her book “School Moms” at a launch party at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle. On the latest “What Works” podcast, Ellen Clegg...
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Teri Morrow and Wayne Braverman track the future of The Bedford Citizen
Teri Morrow On our latest podcast, Ellen Clegg and I talk with Teri Morrow and Wayne Braverman of The Bedford Citizen in the Boston suburb of Bedford, Massachusetts. Wayne is a longtime journalist who...
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A local news activist lashes out at big funders: ‘Psst! Look under your seat!’
An actual news desert. Photo (cc) 2008 by Stefano Brivio. As nonprofit news becomes an increasingly important part of community journalism, there’s a rift developing between large foundations and small...
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Please join us for an all-day conference at Northeastern on the future of...
Ellen Clegg and I want to share with you some news about a great upcoming event — a free, all-day conference that’s open to the public and will be held at Northeastern University on Friday, March 15....
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Emily Rooney talks about local TV news, ‘Beat the Press’ and holding the...
Emily Rooney. Photo via the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. On our latest “What Works” podcast, Ellen Clegg and I talk with Emily Rooney, the longtime host of “Beat the Press,” an...
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Startup news leaders tell journalism students how to get that first job
Maya McFadden of the New Haven Independent interviews Victor Joshua, founder of the youth basketball program Respect Hoops. Photo (cc) 2021 by Dan Kennedy. I’ll be part of a panel tomorrow discussing...
View ArticleReminder: Our conference on the future of local news is tomorrow
A final reminder about our conference on the future of local news — a free, all-day event that will be held tomorrow (March 15) at Northeastern University. We’ll have sessions on topics ranging from...
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Yankee Quill winner Ellen Clegg on why innovation must be part of...
Ellen Clegg Ellen Clegg — a retired Boston Globe editor, the co-author of our book, the co-host and producer of our podcast, the co-chair of the nonprofit Brookline.News, and my friend — was one of...
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Josh Stearns tells us about the Democracy Fund’s work in rebuilding local news
Josh Stearns On the latest “What Works” podcast, I talk with Josh Stearns, the senior director of the Public Square Program at Democracy Fund. The Democracy Fund is an independent foundation that works...
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