Exploring new business models for local news with @McClatchy, @GoogleNewsInit and you. See us at work: @mahoningmatters.
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Joined June 2019
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Big changes are coming for our teams at @compasslocal. One of the hardest lessons we have learned so far is how difficult it is to efficiently operate local news sites without the benefits of a network. ⬇️
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How local foundations & readers are supporting @MahoningMatters & @LongmontLeader link.medium.com/011zvF1b3bb via @CompassLocal #journalism #LocalNews
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A year ago, @MarkMSweetwood, @justindennis and I started with a blank whiteboard and listed the key concepts we wanted @MahoningMatters to embody. Here's a little taste of what we've done with the last year:
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The first birthday of @MahoningMatters is as good a time as any to explain our funding to readers, including our pioneering work with local foundations to support local news mahoningmatters.com/communit… – at Brooklyn, NY
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We at @MahoningMatters are so thankful to the Thomases Family Endowment of the #Youngstown Area Jewish Federation for pioneering donor-funded journalism in the Valley and supporting our work via @Report4America. mahoningmatters.com/communit…
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COVID-19 is threatening to extinguish local media — and fueling bold proposals to fund its long-term future niemanreports.org/articles/4…
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The @CompassLocal (a joint effort between McClatchy and Google to support community journalism) is launching its second newsroom, The Longmont Leader, in the @cityoflongmont, Colorado. @mcclatchy @GoogleNewsInit
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It's a wild time to be running a local news site. At @MahoningMatters, we're asking ourselves every day if what we are doing to cover the coronavirus and its effects on our community is useful. Being good right now means constant calibration. medium.com/the-compass-exper…
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📣Announcement 📣: We'll start publishing news and information at mahoningmatters.com on Oct. 9! Join us there and sign up for our afternoon daily headlines email if you haven't already mahoningmatters.com/account/…
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It's going to take a lot of work and brainpower to make @compasslocal work, so I'm pretty fortunate to have @JulieWestfall & @emilydresslar on our core team. medium.com/the-compass-exper…
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Had a couple great day in Mahoning County talking about news needs and @CompassLocal. Thanks to all who came out for the ideas, @PLYMC for the space and @KravitzDeli for the treats!
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We are hard at work getting our first @CompassLocal site ready in Youngstown and we have the BEST partner helping us along the way. medium.com/the-compass-exper…
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.@CompassLocal (#McClatchy's exploration of new sustainable biz models for local news in partnership w/@GoogleNewsInit) will team up w/Canada’s #VillageMedia to build/launch its first local digital news site in Youngstown, OH. Compass GM @mjenkins explains medium.com/the-compass-exper…
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I am excited to announce Village Media's first expansion into the US market. We are going to be working in cooperation with Google and McClatchy (on their "Compass" experiment) to pilot a new market launch in Youngstown, Ohio. medium.com/the-compass-exper…
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I’m so pleased to be able to open @CompassLocal’s first local news project in my home state.
There are many stories to be told in Youngstown and it’s surrounding region, I can’t wait to get started.
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