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Dan Kennedy
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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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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · Oct 19
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
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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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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 11m
Put it this way. The Bari Weiss hiring is like the Washington Post if it had hired Adam O'Neal to run the newsroom instead of the opinion section. Not that the Post doesn't have plenty of problems of its own.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 30m
Caitlin Flanagan boosts her friend Bari Weiss and mocks CBS News as something that no one watches anymore — while relegating the highly rated "60 Minutes" to a brief, tangential reference toward the bottom of her piece. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss
The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 2h
Wait a minute. Are you telling me that Hunter Biden acted unethically? Looks like the NYT tried to find a link to Joe, failed, and dumped this on page one anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...
Hunter Biden Pursued a Deal to Sell Land Around the U.S. Embassy in Romania
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 11h
Serious question: What is novel about Buy Now, Pay Later? I mean, that’s what you do with a credit card.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 12h
Holman Jenkins, a very conservative WSJ columnist, snarks skeptically about Bari Weiss’ takeover of CBS News. “Her blogging and podcasting startup, supposedly a sophisticated answer to the failings of traditional news, quickly grew a reputation beyond its actual influence or usefulness.”
Opinion | CBS Deal Smells Like a Gimmick
An aspiring mogul finds yet another way to appease Donald Trump.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 13h
"What Works in Community News," by Ellen Clegg and me, is recognized by the Mass Book Awards as one of the top dozen nonfiction titles for 2025. whatworks.news/2025/10/07/r...
Recognition for ‘What Works in Community News’ from the Mass Book Awards
By Dan Kennedy I was thrilled to attend the Mass Book Awards ceremony at the Statehouse earlier today, when “What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the …
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 21h
You know better than that. Bigger majorities and zombie Republicans.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 21h
Really sick of posts claiming that the Democrats could have done this or that when they had control of the presidency and Congress, as if they were lazy or that it didn't occur to them. They were stuck doing whatever Manchin or Sinema would agree to. They never had real control of the Senate.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 21h
Many thanks to Em Cassel (@biketrouble.bsky.social), editor and co-founder of @racketmn.com, for speaking to my @northeasternu.bsky.social opinion journalism students about the art and craft of writing reviews.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
Who among us hasn’t grabbed a pellet gun to go hunting for rats in an urban area near a synagogue during Yom Kippur services? brookline.news/brookline-ma...
Brookline man arrested after allegedly firing pellet rifle near synagogue on eve of Yom Kippur - Brookline.News
The 43-year-old man told police he was hunting rats near his Beacon Street residence.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
And here's the original. Wow. "In recognizing allies, I’ll be an example. I am a gay woman who is moderately pro-choice. I know there are some in this room who do not believe my marriage should have been legal. And that’s okay, because we are all Americans who want lower taxes."
22nd Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture by Bari Weiss
On November 10, 2023, Bari Weiss, Founder and Editor of The Free Press, delivered the 22nd An...
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
People are still finding my post, so I'm going to delete it.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
A tiny voice was telling me I was being lazy for not trying that. I just did it, and it worked. Thank you!
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
I've somehow managed to screw up the settings in Word. I can't even describe it, but I hope it heals itself.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
Most of the exodus has been on the opinion side, but yes, there have been some high-profile departures from the newsroom, too.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
David Ellison says he wants CBS News to appeal to people who are "center-left to center-right." Bari Weiss is already planning a debate show. I've thought all along that Ellison's idea of news is political talk on cable, and so far I've seen nothing to contradict that. www.wsj.com/business/med...
Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s the Free Press for $150 Million
Weiss, who once said she was done with legacy media, is to take control of CBS News’s editorial vision, aiming for “news that reflects reality.”
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
It's the lead story in the print edition.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 1d
You mean like this?
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 2d
Presented without comment.
David Ellison Cover of Devo's album "Q: Are We Not Men?"
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 2d
Right. What most people seem to want these days is all opinion, all the time, and nothing that they would disagree with.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 2d
New at Media Nation: The @coloradosun.com embraces a democratic nonprofit model that looks a lot like a co-op. dankennedy.net/2025/10/06/t...
The Colorado Sun embraces a democratic nonprofit model that looks a lot like a co-op
For at least 15 years, local-news visionaries have been thinking about ways to build a media organization owned and governed by its staff and members of the community. The idea is to create a news …
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 2d
🗞️ @oliverdarcy.bsky.social got @washingtonpost.com editor Matt Murray to talk with him. Key quote: "First, I would emphasize there is zero 'meddling' from Jeff [Bezos] on the news report. Full stop." I believe him, though Bezos is destroying the opinion side. www.status.news/p/matt-murra...
Murray’s WaPo Moment
In a rare interview with Status, Matt Murray addressed the upheaval inside The Washington Post—from the exodus of journalists to the paper’s fight to regain stability and reader confidence.
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 2d
Very sorry to learn that Rick Edmonds of @poynterinstitute.bsky.social has died. Rick's incisive analysis of the business side of journalism has been of great value to many of us in our own work over the years. (Last item.) www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Today is MSNBC’s first day apart from NBC. Here is its new code of principles. - Poynter
The new network’s 10 core principles emphasize fairness, accuracy, transparency and firm limits on AI
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 2d
ICYMI: A columnist accuses the @dailymemphian.bsky.social of censorship and quits. @ellenclegg.bsky.social looked into it — and discovered that he wasn't telling the whole story. whatworks.news/2025/10/05/d...
Daily Memphian columnist cries censorship and quits, but sharp editing wins the day
By Ellen Clegg The news was posted on Facebook, and it provoked immediate ire. Which, to be fair, is on brand for Facebook. Dan Conaway, a columnist for the Daily Memphian, reported that he had qui…
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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 2d
My understanding of the First Amendment is that this would fall under the government’s authority to regulate licensed therapists. She can say what she likes as long as she takes down her shingle. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...
Can Conversion Therapy Be Banned? Colorado Faces Speech Test at the Supreme Court.
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