Michele McLellan has been one of our key partners in the New Media Journalism Initiative, working with us to create the Block by Block Community News Summit and the business mentoring efforts we have pioneered for independent publishers. In this … Continue reading
Throughout my career as a newspaper journalist, whether I was working at small community papers or larger metros, one part of the culture remained the same: We don’t brag. We don’t claim credit. We let the story speak for itself. … Continue reading
I just keep looking at the photos. It’s been a week now since the Block by Block Community News Summit ended. I’ve read through all the synopsis of the Block by Block sessions, a mountain of tweets, some news coverage … Continue reading
In a little more than three weeks, about 100 independent local news publishers and those who support them will gather in Chicago for the latest incarnation of the Block by Block Community News Summit. Block by Block has come a … Continue reading
The oldest child in my life is getting ready to start her senior year in high school, and she’s been looking at colleges that would take her far away from her hometown and her circle of friends and family. Just … Continue reading
I thought when I left the newsroom, my days of “difficult conversations’’ were over. That’s human resources directors always called those tough talks when you had to tell someone something unpleasant. In my last years in the newsroom, those talks … Continue reading