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L-R: Madison Hopkins, Josh Merchant, former intern Marco Schaden, Hilary Becker, Interim Publisher Jennifer Hack Wolf, Mili Mansaray, (Not pictured) Gary Enrique Bradley-Lopez. A Kansas City Beacon all-staff meeting in September 2022.
July 24, 2023
Revenue strategies

2 Kansas City area news outlets show different paths toward nonprofit sustainability

The Beacon is 3 years old. The Northeast News of Kansas City is more than 90. They are part of a surge in nonprofit news outlets and funding.

Project Optimist founder Nora Hertel (center) talks with a Jama Alimad (right), an elder in St. Cloud's Somali community, and Sara Nimis (left), a volunteer moderator in the Shades of Purple dialogue series, during the first dialogue event May 13, 2023 at the Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud, Minn.
May 25, 2023
Revenue strategies

The highs and lows of launching multiple products in a news startup

Project Optimist launched with a single product and now works on multiple fronts.

Alt text: A woman with a flashlight searches inside the outline of a figure of another woman to illustrate the concept of introspection.
January 19, 2023
Revenue strategies

How leaders know when they are ready to go

Time is needed for a period of healthy introspection and discernment.

Texas Tribune
October 1, 2009
Revenue strategies

In new news orgs, a glimpse at journalism founded on value, not mass

A few weeks back, John Thornton invited me to Austin, Tex., to take a look at his news organization in-the-making, a team of powerhouse journalists from all over the state who are assembling the ambitious effort that will be the Texas Tribune. Before coming to RJI, I worked in for-profit newsrooms, where the constant primary … Continued

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