Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy have become recognized and respected news media analysts with their highly listened to podcast series: “What Works. The future of local news.” However recently, Clegg a three-decade Boston Globe veteran who helped get a few Pulitzer Prizes for the paper and Kennedy a Northeastern University journalism professor who writes the Media Nation blog, have released a critically acclaimed book entitled: “What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate,” that explores how a number of news media operations seem to be on their way to finding sustainable local journalism business models.
Some of the local media companies they examine, include the Sahan Journal, a digital publication reporting on Minnesota’s immigrant communities, the Storm Lake Times Pilot, a legacy print newspaper in Iowa, published by Pulitzer Prize winner Art Cullen, who developed a hybrid for-profit/nonprofit model, the New Haven Independent , a multilingual, digital news project that expanded its audience through radio and others.
In this episode of “E&P Reports” we spend 20-minutes with Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy the authors of the new book: “What Works in Community News,” to learn how they selected the featured nine media operations and why they believed these are worth exploring to find models for sustainable local journalism. Clegg a seasoned editor and local news media entrepreneur along with Kennedy a respected professor of Journalism also offer advice gleaned from the book to news publishing executives on how to navigate the challenging and ever-changing local news media ecosystem.
159 One man’s fight to return public notices to his Kansas publication.
158 A Texas newspaper acquired by local public broadcasting. A new trend?
157 Celebrating forty years! USA TODAY’s Nicole Carroll talks about four decades of reporting the news in accessible but innovative ways
156 “He runs one of the largest media operations you’ve never heard about.” Meet Kevin Dilley
155 One-on-one with Chris Stirewalt
154 1-on-1 with I Messenger Media's Cheryl Smith, 2022 NABJ Hall of Fame inductee
153 1-on-1 with Mike Barnicle, a frank discussion on covering a democracy in crisis
152 As Trust in T.V. news & newspapers continue to decline, NewsGuard offers “trust ratings” for over 7,500 websites.
151 LBGTQ+ media exec DJ Doran talks niche publishing & his run for mayor of Chicago
150 A one-on-one with Rick Rogers, now six months in as the Owner/ Publisher of Star Local Media
149 Data is fundamental to The Washington Post's “Unaccountable” series
148 Chicago Sun-Times' new executive editor covers a mass shooting in 1st few weeks
147 Meet the new managing editor of Axios Local, Delano Massey
146 Exploring The Tributary, Jacksonville's new nonprofit news outlet
145 “Abernathy Report" confirms the expansion of "news deserts" & misinformation.
144 Meet Juana Summers, NPR’s new cohost of 'All Things Considered'
143 Hearst Connecticut Media is on track to hit 100k paid subscribers
142 Checking in on The Boston Globe’s move into Rhode Island
141 Meet TV star & columnist: Peter Funt. A “Candid” interview.
140 Meet Francesca Chambers, USA Today’s new White House Correspondent
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