
What Works in Community News
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- Sahan Journal, a digital publication dedicated to reporting on Minnesota's immigrant and refugee communities;
- MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit news outlet in Memphis, TN, focused on poverty, power, and public policy;
- New Haven Independent / WNHH / La Voz Hispana de Connecticut, a digital news project that expanded its reach in the New Haven community through radio and a Spanish-language partnership;
- Storm Lake Times Pilot, a print newspaper in rural Iowa innovating with a hybrid for-profit/nonprofit model; and
- Texas Tribune, once a pioneering upstart, now one of the most well-known-and successful-digital newsrooms in the country.
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Dan Kennedy is a professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University and a nationally known media commentator. He was a panelist on the GBH News television program Beat the Press (1998-2021) and also served as a weekly columnist for the network. He was also a columnist for The Guardian from 2007-2011. Dan is a recipient of the Yankee Quill Award from the New England Academy of Journalists and the James W. Carey Journalism Award from the Media Ecology Association.
Follow Ellen and Dan online at whatworks.news and on Twitter at @whatworks_nu.
Content
The Local News Crisis Will Be Solved One Community at a Time
CHAPTER ONE
New Jersey: A Digital Innovator Joins Forces with a Public Television Powerhouse
CHAPTER TWO
Minneapolis, Minnesota: How Heated Competition Is Reviving Local News
CONVERSATIONS
Steven Waldman:
The president of Rebuild Local News outlines his vision for revitalizing community journalism.
CHAPTER THREE
Bedford, Massachusetts: A Homegrown News Site Comes into Its Own
CHAPTER FOUR
Denver, Colorado: The Sun Rises over a Complex Media Landscape
CONVERSATIONS
Kara Meyberg Guzman:
A former Alden editor talks about her reinvention as a publisher and her work as a local news advocate.
CHAPTER FIVE
Memphis, Tennessee: A Digital Newsroom Holds Power to Account
CHAPTER SIX
Mendocino County, California: A Rural Startup Seeks to Find Its Footing
CONVERSATIONS
Meredith Clark, PhD:
What does the future of local news look like? More diverse, with an emphasis on social change.
CHAPTER SEVEN
New Haven, Connecticut: A Longtime Digital News Project Takes to the Airwaves
CHAPTER EIGHT
Storm Lake, Iowa: A Print Newspaper with a Voice Fights for Survival
CONVERSATIONS
Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, PhD:
A scholar and serial entrepreneur looks to the future.
CHAPTER NINE
Texas: A High-Profile Behemoth Prepares for Its Second Act
EPILOGUE
The Future Is Already Here
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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