{"id":76,"date":"2026-05-21T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/?p=76"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:03:16","slug":"lnn-conference-october-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"LNN Conference, October 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New England Newsrooms Meeting  - October 16, 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3uMT3fRr0zM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>New England Newsrooms Meeting Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:30-9:45 a.m.<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>INTRODUCTORY REMARKS&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brian McGrory, former editor of <em>The Boston Globe<\/em> and chair of the Boston University Journalism Department<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9:45-10:30 a.m.<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY NEWSROOM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve Greenlee, professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University and founding editor of the BU newsroom, gives an update on the BU Newsroom initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10:30-11:15<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>FUNDRAISING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philanthropy for local newsrooms: How does a local news outlet successfully raise money from its readers, local businesses and foundations. Panelists: Torrey Androski, member of the board of directors of Brookline.News; Jim Concannon, board chair of Your Arlington; and Anne Galloway, founder and editor-at-large of VTDigger, and principal of NewzOps.org. Moderator: Shannon Dooling, professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11:15-noon<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>TELLING YOUR STORY, REACHING AUDIENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broadening your reach: How new local news organizations let their communities know that they exist. Panelists: Ali Dorman Fernandez, co-founder and board member of the Weston Observer; June Kinoshita, co-founder of the Waltham Times; and Janice Thompson, founder and director of development and operations of the Harpswell Anchor. Moderator: Meghan Irons, professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Noon-12:45 p.m.<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>KEYNOTE ADDRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ken Doctor, CEO and founder of Lookout Local, Inc., parent of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lookout Santa Cruz and newly launched Lookout Eugene-Springfield, and longtime industry analyst; and Ashley Harmon, chief of staff of Lookout Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12:45-1:30 p.m.<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>LUNCH AND CONVERSATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1:30-2:15 p.m.<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>RUNNING A SMALL NEWSROOM&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to decide what to cover \u2013 and what not to \u2013 when you don\u2019t yet have the resources to do all the journalism you\u2019d like to do. Panelists: Nell Coakley, editor of the Wilmington News and co-founder\/editor-in-chief of Gotta Know Medford, Michael Fitzgerald, editor in chief of Cambridge Day; and Sam Mintz, founding editor of Brookline.News<strong>.<\/strong> Moderator: Sherrod Blakely, professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2:15-3 p.m.<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>USING ANALYTICS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jason Tuohey, editor in chief of Britannica and former managing editor for audience at The Boston Globe, and Heather Ciras, deputy managing editor\/audience at The Boston Globe, on using analytics to determine what resonates with your audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New England Newsrooms Meeting Agenda 9:30-9:45 a.m. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS&nbsp; Brian McGrory, former editor of The Boston Globe and chair of the Boston University Journalism Department 9:45-10:30 a.m. THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY NEWSROOM Steve Greenlee, professor of the practice of journalism at Boston University and founding editor of the BU newsroom, gives an update on the BU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-21-at-1.59.27-PM-600x400.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-21-at-1.59.27-PM-600x600.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Lena Sheehan","author_link":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/?author=2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lnn.comatbu.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}