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Dan Kennedy is a professor of journalism in the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University and a nationally known media commentator. He teaches news reporting, opinion writing, media ethics, and other journalism courses with an emphasis on how technology is changing the business of news. He has also been published in The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Nieman Lab, Nieman Reports, Poynter Online, and other venues. Kennedy also writes about developments in community journalism and co-hosts the School of Journalism podcast, "What Works," with his research partner, Ellen Clegg. It features interviews with leaders in the reinvention of community journalism. Their book, “What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate,” was published by Beacon Press in January 2024.
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Community-Based Entrepreneurs Are Leading the Way in Solving the Local News Crisis

by Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University March 4, 2024

Local Newspapers Have Been Shuttering at an Alarming Rate for More Than a Decade The local news crisis has led to no end of policy proposals, funding initiative... Read more.

American Economy Continues Growing

The Avoidable Debt Ceiling Debate

Federal Land Giveaways Again OK’d by House GOP

The Chip Subsidy Wars Heat Up

How Hurricane Milton Exploded Into an ‘Extraordinary’ Storm

Massachusetts Towns Grapple With High-Hazard Dams as Climate Risks Escalate

U.S. Has Its First National Strategy To Reduce Plastic Pollution − Here Are 3 Strong Points and a Key Issue To Watch

Oceans Without Sharks Would Be Far Less Healthy – New Research

The Navy’s First 4-Star Woman Admiral Reflects on Military Integration and the Time It Took To Become a Reality

Cluster Bombs: Here’s the Core Basics On the Issue

GOP Obsession: War on Mexico

Debating the Best Ways to Kill

Dumping Japan’s Nuclear Waste

3 Smart Ways to Lower Gasoline Prices And Still Punish Putin

Increasing U.S. Oil Production During Ukraine Invasion

Preventing Power Failures That Kill Hundreds of Americans

7-nation Prisoner Swap Shows How Diplomacy, Not Law, Governs Exchanges

U.S. Investigates Claims Cartel Funded Campaign of Obrador

Sudanese Refugees Are Starving, the U.S. Should Give a Hand

More Ticks Toward Doomsday

At the UN, World Leaders Are Negotiating the Biggest Health Issue You’ve Never Heard of

CJC-1295 with DAC: A Speculation into Research Implications

Laser vs. RF Vein Treatment: Comparing Effectiveness and Patient Outcomes

One Polio Case Stops the War

Restarting Three Mile Island — For Microsoft

How Hurricane Milton Exploded Into an ‘Extraordinary’ Storm

One Month Out Until Election Day

A Year After Hamas Attack, More Continuity Than Change for the Palestinians And Israel

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Community-Based Entrepreneurs Are Leading the Way in Solving the Local News Crisis