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New Iterations in News Philanthropy
- Annie Madonia
- Alice Rhee
- Richard Wagoner
- Rodney Gibbs
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Moderated by Alison Go
While philanthropic giving has long been a part of our news infrastructure, recent iterations present new experiments and proposed new models for funding journalism. We’ll hear...
Opportunities in Local TV News: More than TV, More than Local
- Jennifer Crockett
- Erin Lowrey
- Stephanie Backus
- Mary Staes
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Moderated by Andrew Fitzgerald
This event is presented by Hearst Television Local news is the most trusted news source for Americans, and it has never been more important to communities across the U.S. Local...

Platform Partnership Roundup for Local News
- Josh Mabry
- Amy Adams Harding
- Gary Roundtree
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Moderated by Amalie Nash
Major tech platforms have announced partnerships, funding and other opportunities for local news at a dizzying pace over the past year. In this session, we’ll clarify which...
Real Life Local News Revenue Experiments (That Aren’t Advertising)
- David Cohn
- Christopher Wink
- Kim Bui
- André Natta
The myriad and manifest funding challenges facing local news won’t be resolved by the whims of the big global brands or via incremental tweaks to an old advertising model, but...
Reddit: The Highly-Engaging Content Source That You May Be Overlooking
- Gabriel Sands
- Haley Correll
- Alexandra Ptachick
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Moderated by Anna Kim
Reddit’s 100k+ topic-oriented communities are a tremendously broad and deep resource for anyone sourcing stories, but can be frustratingly labyrinthian for the uninitiated. This...
Texting To Your Audience
- David Cohn
- Katlyn Alo
The social channel that nobody’s talking about, mass texting, is a valuable tool to build close audience relationships and even generate revenue by reaching new audiences —...
Whose Local News? Online Avenues to Trust With Diverse Audiences
- Mukhtar Ibrahim
- Priscilla Villarreal
- Brenda Murphy
- Rocio Tirado
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Moderated by Daniela Gerson
Three innovating digital newsrooms share how they are connecting with communities that local news outlets were failing to reach. Their techniques include viral live video, SMS and...
Make FOIA Work: Participatory Design Field Guide
Can journalists employ Freedom of Information Act requests to meaningfully engage communities in dialogue about issues that matter to them? How might FOIA, data, and information...

Rebekah Monson on Email Newsletters
- Rebekah Monson
From the 2019 Accelerate: Local News Summit in Denver, Colorado, WhereByUs’ Rebekah Monson presents on Email Newsletters