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Good endings, new beginnings. Well done, sis.

A Pulitzer! Team! Special congrats to my partner—the incredible Bettina Chang—who edited this series & built City Bureau's community-first, values-driven editorial dept at for all the right reasons, with the best partners. I’m proud 👋🏾 Our lil’ baby is proud 👶🏽 Community is proud 🥳

Of the 11 outlets that won journalism Pulitzers, none were owned by hedge funds, 0 owned by private equity, 2 in publicly traded companies, 4 were nonprofit, 5 were family owned #futureoflocalnews

Wow. I mean, WOW. Many congratulations to our friends at City Bureau for this. Documenters wouldn't exist without them, and here they are, still moving upward, still focused on the stories of real people. Very proud of you all!

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Love the mutuality in this transition. Big moment for all—congrats Orlando!

The incredible Sarah Conway and tru_trill bring home THE BIG ONE! 🏆 Can't think of two more deserving reporters -- tenacious, compassionate, a joy to work with. "We don't do it for the awards" is almost a cliché at this point but it is TRUE, so let me share a lil more...

Thanks to the Sierra Nevada Ally for republishing some of the pieces from our Civic Media Series, including our outro by Darryl Holliday, Mike Rispoli, Follow @gabemschneider on bluesky and james: sierranevadaally.org/2024/05/14/cat…

Back home from an East Coast paradise. What’d I miss?

All my favorite endeavors start with asking the right questions—not just the tough ones. Hat tip to Dale Anglin niemanlab.org/2024/05/journa…

Come work with us at the MIC Center! We have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher who focuses on the political economy of broadband, digital equity, and the future of local media infrastructures. Please spread the good word! asc.upenn.edu/research/cente…

Here's a challenge for local civic newsrooms around the country—target an increase for everything in green over the next few years. This chart is based on a survey of 1,000 people in Chicago but my guess is that it's not unusual. Any plans to run this survey again Stephanie Edgerly?

First day back from parental leave and look who I get to talk shop with in Chicago. Always inspiring to hear what Irene Romulo is up to (go ahead and folo Cicero Independiente 👉🏾) Thanks for the invitation Silvia Rivera John Palfrey MacArthur Foundation team

So glad to see this [email protected]—what's the best way to stay posted on LNIC's work? I'm working on a project that might intersect and would love to be in conversation s/o Knight Foundation newsatknight.substack.com/p/consortium-w…

I'd love to have an AI/AGI assist that just looks at any work things that I did during the day (emails, calls, docs) & summarizes it for me at the end of the day. No need to create anything new—just a high-level record of what I said/did. Does this already exist? Jeremy Caplan

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Front Porch Forum y’all. Biggest open secret in the industry is that VT figured out a more social civic media nearly 20 years ago and it’s working better than ever. IYKYK. Hat tip to New_ Public | BSKY: @newpublic.substack.com @engagingnews.bsky.social for proving it out washingtonpost.com/technology/202…