Dan Kennedy
@dankennedy.net
J-prof at Northeastern University. Author, most recently, of "What Works in Community News," with Ellen Clegg. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.
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Home | About the Book | Advance Praise | Reviews and Features | Calendar of Events “What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate,” by Ellen Clegg …
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In "What Works in Community News," Ellen Clegg and I examine about a dozen independent local news outlets in nine parts of the country. We hope it will inspire folks who live in news deserts to take their information needs into their own hands. #journalism #localnews
I think this piece from Sept. 2024 has held up really well. Of course, let's not forget that @oliverdarcy.bsky.social broke the story. dankennedy.net/2024/09/23/o...
Of elephants, circuses and the Olivia Nuzzi-Robert F. Kennedy Jr. imbroglio
In the weeks after President Biden’s disastrous performance in the June 27 presidential debate, there were several crucial data points. His interviews with George Stephanopoulos and Lester Ho…
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November 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I think this piece from Sept. 2024 has held up really well. Of course, let's not forget that @oliverdarcy.bsky.social broke the story. dankennedy.net/2024/09/23/o...
I have hundreds of commentaries that I wrote for @gbhnews.bsky.social from 2014 to 2022 indexed and linked to the GBH website. At some point the taxonomy was changed, and now none of the links work. I also republished them on my website, but not as one list. This was unnecessary.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I have hundreds of commentaries that I wrote for @gbhnews.bsky.social from 2014 to 2022 indexed and linked to the GBH website. At some point the taxonomy was changed, and now none of the links work. I also republished them on my website, but not as one list. This was unnecessary.
Trying to score a couple of tickets through a Ticketmaster presale. I need a code to take part in the presale, and I have no idea how anyone was supposed to get such a code. Otherwise I'll have to try again on Friday.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Trying to score a couple of tickets through a Ticketmaster presale. I need a code to take part in the presale, and I have no idea how anyone was supposed to get such a code. Otherwise I'll have to try again on Friday.
This is by far the best piece I've read on MTG's metamorphosis. Sharing it after reading another dumb take claiming that she's motivated by nothing other than cynicism and ambition. She's ambitious, yes, and crazy. But something has genuinely happened, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
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November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is by far the best piece I've read on MTG's metamorphosis. Sharing it after reading another dumb take claiming that she's motivated by nothing other than cynicism and ambition. She's ambitious, yes, and crazy. But something has genuinely happened, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The new @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast is up, just in time for your holiday driving pleasure! Todd Landfried tells @ellenclegg.bsky.social and me about The Local, his vision for streaming video newscasts in all 50 states. Plus: Our Quick Takes on developments in local news.
Todd Landfried tells us about The Local, his vision for streaming video newscasts in all 50 states
On the latest “What Works” podcast, Dan and Ellen talk with Todd Landfried, co-founder and CEO of N2 Media Holdings. As consumers cut the cord on cable TV, he hopes to develop a sustain…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The new @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast is up, just in time for your holiday driving pleasure! Todd Landfried tells @ellenclegg.bsky.social and me about The Local, his vision for streaming video newscasts in all 50 states. Plus: Our Quick Takes on developments in local news.
This is just amazing.
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is just amazing.
I'm suddenly starting to see photos of Olivia Nuzzi smiling. Based on the stock photos of her from the past year-plus, I couldn't have told you whether she even had teeth.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I'm suddenly starting to see photos of Olivia Nuzzi smiling. Based on the stock photos of her from the past year-plus, I couldn't have told you whether she even had teeth.
Yet Hegseth goes on and on. www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Yet Hegseth goes on and on. www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
New at @whatworks-nu.bsky.social: @northeasternu.bsky.social researchers offer a lifeline for TV newsrooms seeking younger audiences. whatworks.news/2025/11/24/n...
Northeastern researchers offer a lifeline for TV newsrooms seeking younger audiences
Researchers and local journalism experts at Northeastern University, in partnership with industry-leading audience research firm SmithGeiger Group, have published a survival guide for local TV news…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New at @whatworks-nu.bsky.social: @northeasternu.bsky.social researchers offer a lifeline for TV newsrooms seeking younger audiences. whatworks.news/2025/11/24/n...
The headline is insane, although the story takes a serious look at how mission-driven news organizations that are in financial trouble are cutting pay rather than positions.
"Newsrooms embrace pay cuts for the greater good" rjionline.org/news/newsroo...
"Newsrooms embrace pay cuts for the greater good" rjionline.org/news/newsroo...
Newsrooms embrace pay cuts for the greater good
Coops, staff-run nonprofits, and democratic newsrooms are saving jobs by making tough decisions together.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The headline is insane, although the story takes a serious look at how mission-driven news organizations that are in financial trouble are cutting pay rather than positions.
"Newsrooms embrace pay cuts for the greater good" rjionline.org/news/newsroo...
"Newsrooms embrace pay cuts for the greater good" rjionline.org/news/newsroo...
New at Media Nation: Retired journalist Phillip Martin, formerly of GBH News, says he was refused service at a Caffè Nero in Cambridge and told he'd been confused with another Black man. dankennedy.net/2025/11/24/a...
A retired journalist says he was refused service and told he was confused with another Black man
A former GBH News colleague of mine has gotten caught up in a mess involving a Cambridge coffee shop in which he was told he’d been mixed up with another Black man who’d reportedly caus…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
New at Media Nation: Retired journalist Phillip Martin, formerly of GBH News, says he was refused service at a Caffè Nero in Cambridge and told he'd been confused with another Black man. dankennedy.net/2025/11/24/a...
Phillip Martin is one of my favorite people in Boston media — even though my wife once said he was her favorite panelist on "Beat the Press," including me. I'd refuse to go to Caffè Nero except that I already refuse to go to Caffè Nero. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/23/m...
Cambridge coffee shop accused of denying service to Black journalist over mistaken identity - The Boston Globe
Phillip Martin, an award-winning reporter for GBH who retired earlier this year, said he was meeting with another journalist at Caffè Nero in Central Square when he tried to order a cup of tea but was...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Phillip Martin is one of my favorite people in Boston media — even though my wife once said he was her favorite panelist on "Beat the Press," including me. I'd refuse to go to Caffè Nero except that I already refuse to go to Caffè Nero. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/23/m...
Once again, one of the best stories in the @nytimes.com — right on the front page of the print edition — is missing from both the Today's Paper listing and the homepage.
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Once again, one of the best stories in the @nytimes.com — right on the front page of the print edition — is missing from both the Today's Paper listing and the homepage.
The @sltrib.com has been a beacon for large daily newspapers since going nonprofit. Now it's getting ready to drop its paywall. www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The @sltrib.com has been a beacon for large daily newspapers since going nonprofit. Now it's getting ready to drop its paywall. www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
If someone has a free copy of Lizza's latest, I would read it, of course. I'm not going to sign up and pay.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If someone has a free copy of Lizza's latest, I would read it, of course. I'm not going to sign up and pay.
The only website I can find for searching to see if I'm eligible to take part in the Anthropic settlement doesn't seem to have a search engine, even though everyone says there's one there. What am I doing wrong? www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
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November 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The only website I can find for searching to see if I'm eligible to take part in the Anthropic settlement doesn't seem to have a search engine, even though everyone says there's one there. What am I doing wrong? www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
Marisa Kabas is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi’s tale of dysfunction and deceit
Colby Hall’s Mediaite commentary about Olivia Nuzzi is winning a lot of praise. The redoubtable Jay Rosen goes so far as to call it “the best thing I have read about her.” Sign up…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
I need to take a shower.🤢🤢🤢 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
In This Scandal, the Journalists Are the Story
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November 22, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I need to take a shower.🤢🤢🤢 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
As one would.
“Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
“Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005 - The Boston Globe
“Larry Summers and Lisa New have repeatedly expressed their regret for having any association with Jeffrey Epstein," a spokesperson for Summers said.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
As one would.
“Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
“Larry Summers and his wife visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island during their honeymoon in 2005” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/21/m...
New at Media Nation: Layoffs at The Dallas Morning News by Hearst provoke a bitter "we told you so" from Alden Global Capital, which lost a bidding war for the paper despite offering more money. dankennedy.net/2025/11/21/l...
Layoffs in Dallas by Hearst provoke a bitter ‘we told you so’ from Alden Global Capital
Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund responsible for hollowing out newspapers from coast to coast and at all points in between, is trying to have the last laugh at rival Hearst’s expense. Ear…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
New at Media Nation: Layoffs at The Dallas Morning News by Hearst provoke a bitter "we told you so" from Alden Global Capital, which lost a bidding war for the paper despite offering more money. dankennedy.net/2025/11/21/l...
Everything we know about Trump tells us that he could have raped an underage girl. Every action he's taken with the Epstein files tells us that he's desperate to keep them from public view. It is inexplicable that David Brooks is so blind to these facts. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Everything we know about Trump tells us that he could have raped an underage girl. Every action he's taken with the Epstein files tells us that he's desperate to keep them from public view. It is inexplicable that David Brooks is so blind to these facts. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Many thanks to my @whatworks-nu.bsky.social partner @ellenclegg.bsky.social for speaking to my @northeasternu.bsky.social opinion journalism students earlier this week.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Many thanks to my @whatworks-nu.bsky.social partner @ellenclegg.bsky.social for speaking to my @northeasternu.bsky.social opinion journalism students earlier this week.
The @apnews.com raises $30 million in philanthropic dollars to provide Associated Press coverage to local newsrooms. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/ap-f...
AP Fund for Journalism secures over $30 million to bring AP content to local US newsrooms - Editor and Publisher
AP Fund for Journalism today announced significant commitments from several organizations, including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc. and the John D. and Catherine T. M...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The @apnews.com raises $30 million in philanthropic dollars to provide Associated Press coverage to local newsrooms. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/ap-f...
The @bostonglobe.com launches its long-promised weekly newsletter covering high-school sports. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/the-...
The Boston Globe’s High School Sports Team launches weekly newsletter to enhance high school sports coverage - Editor and Publisher
The “Varsity News” newsletter will deliver original content and opportunities for community involvement.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The @bostonglobe.com launches its long-promised weekly newsletter covering high-school sports. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/the-...
Apparently the Obamas were not at Cheney's funeral. Not making a big deal of it, but does anyone know why?
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Apparently the Obamas were not at Cheney's funeral. Not making a big deal of it, but does anyone know why?