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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Apr 25

Happy to receive my t-shirt today and that I acted immediately. My wife’s jealousy, the unknowing looks of others, and my eagerness to post on IG & FB (as well as BS) makes me realize I’m more Extremely Online than I thought. Oh no.

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · Apr 21

I did not have Gustavo Dudamel/LA Philharmonic/Cynthia Erivo/Purple Rain on my Coachella 2025 Bingo card

But thankful it happened

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Mar 22

Does history rhyme?

Seven years after the war, they looked back on Hitler’s prewar years as the best time of their lives. In Mayer’s account, human beings focus on their own lives and “the sights that meet them in their daily rounds.” Democratic norms can be undermined, and democracy can collapse, for just that reason.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Mar 14

Meta PR doing what Meta PR does best: taking a minor crisis and turning it into a major one.

Jennifer Szalai @jenszalai.bsky.social · Mar 14

WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":

"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."

Last Friday afternoon, I got my first message from Ryan Daniels, public affairs manager of strategic response at Meta. When I declined his invitation to talk by phone, he wrote back again: “I was wondering if the Washington Post was going to write a review about a book that’s coming out this upcoming week on Meta. Do you have a couple minutes to chat?”

So, I called. Daniels said, “We don’t have the book,” but the company had prepared “preliminary statements” about it. Although he didn’t share those with me, he wrote to me again on Saturday and again on Monday trying to get information about our review plans. (In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me.)

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Mar 13

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. —F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, THE GREAT GATSBY

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · Feb 14

ok! www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Feb 4

The word of Bowie for the age of the Great Resignation:

Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on the fence but it don't work
Keep comin' up with love but it's so slashed and torn
Why, why, why?
Love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love?
'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Jan 22

I spent MLK weekend at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA on my first meditation retreat. One themed around MLK and engaged mindfulness with Kaira Jewel Lingo and others. Absolutely amazing. Good preparation but the comedown's hard.

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To mother and child on the flight from Worcester

To mother and child on the flight from Worcester, I wanted to stop you or get your attention from the moment you passed my seat. Weren’t you on the flight up on Friday? I remember your son — his…

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Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Dec 19

🚀 Episode 52 of @lnmpod.com with Dan Harris is out!

The former ABC News anchor & author/host of 10% Happier talks with host Tim Regan-Porter about mindfulness; the toll of war reporting; navigating leadership, entrepreneurship and big transitions; & masculinity, friendships & emotional openness.

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Dec 12

I absolutely loved this episode and truly hope it reaches a wide range of leaders and frontline journalists. This is the second of a three-part series focusing on burnout and mental health (perhaps the most important I've produced). And I had such a great time chatting with Sam—she's simply amazing!

Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Dec 12

🚀 Episode 51 of @lnmpod.com with Samantha Ragland is out.

@ampress.bsky.social's VP of Journalism Programs talks with @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about fostering well-being in newsrooms, balancing people sustainability w/ business demands & creating a culture of care that fuels great journalism.

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Dec 12

🥳 Last week, episode 50 of @lnmpod.com dropped (only ~10% of podcasts make it that far). Thanks to all of the great guests!

Interesting Spotify Wrapped data. Great growth. Listener affinity w/ ArmchairExpPod, The Daily & Off Menu.

Episode archives: localnewsmatterspodcast.com/podcast/

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Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Dec 5

🎉 Episode 50 🥳 of @lnmpod.com is out.

Randy Picht and Andrew Finlayson talk with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about @rjionline.bsky.social's landmark study on burnout in journalism.

🚨 Burnout is a crisis
🧠 Solutions, not just problems
🔄 Rethinking newsroom culture
📰 Passion under pressure

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Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Dec 3

📢 On #GivingTuesday/#GivingNewsDay, please consider supporting local news. It's never been more crucial. In Colorado, COLab, CFOIC and all the #newsconeeds newsrooms are great choices.

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Support Colorado News Collaborative on ColoradoGives.org

An investment in COLab is an act of civic participation. Your donation ensures Coloradans will be informed about the issues that impact their daily lives, engaged in local government and inspired to a...

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Nov 27

Some light listening for your Thanksgiving Day walk, preparations or avoidance.

Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Nov 27

🚀 Episode 49 of @lnmpod.com with Laura Frank is out.

The Executive Director of the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) talks with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about sustaining local journalism through collaboration and innovation to address critical challenges.

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Nov 27

Some light listening for your Thanksgiving Day walk, preparations or avoidance.

Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Nov 27

🚀 Episode 49 of @lnmpod.com with Laura Frank is out.

The Executive Director of the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) talks with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about sustaining local journalism through collaboration and innovation to address critical challenges.

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Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Nov 21

🚀 Episode 48 of @lnmpod.com with Jennifer Larino is out.

The ED & Co-Founder of Lede New Orleans talks with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about how her organization is reshaping local journalism by training young BIPOC storytellers to address community information needs.

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Mark Simon (he/him) @marksimon.bsky.social · Nov 21

@jeffpearlman.bsky.social @timreganporter.lnmpod.com @brookegladstone.bsky.social @hanaatameez.bsky.social @micahloewinger.bsky.social @laurahazardowen.bsky.social

Mind sharing this starter pack? Thought it would be helpful one for if someone searches for podcasts/newsletters

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Tim Regan-Porter @timreganporter.lnmpod.com · Nov 20

Thanks for putting this together. I would love to get added. Most of the journalism I do now is about others in local news via @lnmpod.com.

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · Nov 19

"Recording ‘Everybody Hurts,' I could really feel the heaviness of the song, and I wanted to inject a little touch of hope and light into it. There’s always a presence of light that can break through those times of darkness.” - Al Green

Listen to “Everybody Hurts": algreen.ffm.to/everybodyhurts

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JSK Fellowships at Stanford @jskstanford.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thanks to JSK alum @dansinker.com for jumpstarting this starter pack. #journalism bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Nov 18

🚀 Episode 47 of @lnmpod.com with @katrowlands.bsky.social is out.

Katherine Ann Rowlands, owner and publisher of Bay City News, talks with host @timreganporter.lnmpod.com about BCN’s unique hybrid model and evolution.

(Link in comments)

#localnewsmatters
#businessofnews
#journalism
#democracy

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Colorado Press Association @coloradopress.bsky.social · Nov 18

Learn more about Colorado Press Association's new membership health insurance benefit that can help keep you, your family and your business cost-effectively covered and healthy.

Thursday at 11 a.m. MST. Register here: attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/285...

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Colorado Press Association @coloradopress.bsky.social · Nov 17

Starter pack for journalists, news organizations and others in Colorado journalism. Who are we missing?

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Local News Matters podcast @lnmpod.com · Nov 15

Looking for some innovative thought-leaders in local news to follow? Here are a few of the guests and organizations featured on the Local News Matters podcast.

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