Advisor + Consultant supporting local news for @Knightfdn, @NMLocalNews, founder of @MediaShiftorg, New Mexican
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🌟My latest Local News Leader Spotlight for #PressForward is on @JavierMarin of El Planeta, the leading Spanish-language news organization in Massachusetts, serving over 600,000 Latinos through print, digital, social and community platforms. /1
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The outlet published a special “Safe Families” print and digital supplement as an emergency response tool for immigrant families, produced in collaboration with local nonprofits. /3
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✨ The latest "5 Questions with..." feature @tinynewsco puts the spotlight on @cskuhlman who runs @Future_Tides for the maritime community near Seattle. She talks about her walking tours and the first Future Tides meetup at the Boat Show in Seattle.
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🌮 It's a great day to celebrate the success of @LATACO with their Taco Madness fest this weekend! I profiled their work as a street-level local news outlet for #PressForward. PF funding helped them launch the L.A. TACO Media Lab with @USCAnnenberg.
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More on the Media Lab and its plan to pair social media creators and journalists in L.A.:
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📣 The latest News @ Knight newsletter is out from @knightfdn. @jimbrady and Duc Luu explain how for-profit newsrooms can get philanthropic support. They list various support orgs Knight funds, including @MaynardInst, @LIONPubs and @IndiegrafMedia. /1
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Also, the @AP Fund for Journalism announced its first program with 50 nonprofit newsrooms across the country, helping support their state and local reporting. The pilot program is supported by the @GoogleNewsInit. /4
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Get all the news about local news in the bi-weekly News @ Knight newsletter. Sign up here. /5
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For #PressForward, sustainability means more than grants. It means helping newsrooms focus on their operations and staff, develop and manage multiple revenue streams, and make sure their journalism is having an impact. /1
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And @kvidyak from @Hewlett_Found said, "Press Forward has been a welcome opportunity for us. We know local news outlets are trusted sources, and that finding more ways to support access to local news and information that is sustainable is critical." /4
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I wrote a profile on the @JBMcClatchy Foundation for #PressForward to highlight the great work they are doing supporting journalism in the Central Valley of Calif. even as they plan to sunset the foundation.
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Check out the latest newsletter from @tinynewsco with some great thoughts from @terabithia4 on expanding the definition of community. Timely.
📣 Our January edition of 🚀 The Big Blast from @tinynewsco just came out, and @terabithia4 writes about how the news industry should expand the definition of "community" beyond geography. tinynewsco.org/the-big-blast…
📣 The latest edition of the News @ Knight newsletter is out from @knightfdn. @jimbrady looks at the big trends in local news that will inform the foundation's work in 2025, including increases in infrastructure, public policy and AI tools. /1
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Also, INN, @ScrippsHowardFd and @IBWellsSociety are teaming up to offer 13 paid internships in rural newsrooms, providing hands-on experience to journalism students while amplifying underrepresented voices. /4
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Keep up with all the news about local news and subscribe to News @ Knight! /5
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