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.
The hedge-fund-owned McClatchy chain (Miami Herald, SacBee, KC Star and many others) is going all-in on AI, reports @nataliekorach.bsky.social (sub. req.) www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The hedge-fund-owned McClatchy chain (Miami Herald, SacBee, KC Star and many others) is going all-in on AI, reports @nataliekorach.bsky.social (sub. req.) www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
I really like the way old friend @aaronread1.bsky.social closes this interview with Radio World. www.radioworld.com/news-and-bus...
January 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I really like the way old friend @aaronread1.bsky.social closes this interview with Radio World. www.radioworld.com/news-and-bus...
Attached is the complete version of last Sunday's "Doonesbury" cartoon. I'd be interested to know if the print edition of your paper omitted the first two panels. Please let me know in the comments, and include the name of the paper.
January 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Attached is the complete version of last Sunday's "Doonesbury" cartoon. I'd be interested to know if the print edition of your paper omitted the first two panels. Please let me know in the comments, and include the name of the paper.
Maybe RFK Jr. is right. As you can see, this tyrannosaurus got his COVID shot. And he is extinct. I mean, need I say more?
December 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Maybe RFK Jr. is right. As you can see, this tyrannosaurus got his COVID shot. And he is extinct. I mean, need I say more?
Since 2021, @ellenclegg.bsky.social and I have interviewed more than 100 local news leaders for our podcast, @whatworks-nu.bsky.social. Our latest is with Jennifer Peter, who tells us how The Marshall Project is helping to fill the local news void. whatworks.news/2025/12/23/j...
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Since 2021, @ellenclegg.bsky.social and I have interviewed more than 100 local news leaders for our podcast, @whatworks-nu.bsky.social. Our latest is with Jennifer Peter, who tells us how The Marshall Project is helping to fill the local news void. whatworks.news/2025/12/23/j...
The person responsible for the worst invention ever appears in the worst photo ever. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
December 31, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The person responsible for the worst invention ever appears in the worst photo ever. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
Rusty and Gracie would like to wish all of you a Happy Boxing Day.
December 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Rusty and Gracie would like to wish all of you a Happy Boxing Day.
On the latest @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast, Jennifer Peter, the new editor of The Marshall Project, tells @ellenclegg.bsky.social and me about how the nonprofit covers criminal justice — including how it is extending its work to local news. Plus our Quick Takes. whatworks.news/2025/12/23/j...
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
On the latest @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast, Jennifer Peter, the new editor of The Marshall Project, tells @ellenclegg.bsky.social and me about how the nonprofit covers criminal justice — including how it is extending its work to local news. Plus our Quick Takes. whatworks.news/2025/12/23/j...
I've now seen the "60 Minutes" story that Bari Weiss killed. I think the link has already stopped working. As for her complaint that the reporters failed to get comment:
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I've now seen the "60 Minutes" story that Bari Weiss killed. I think the link has already stopped working. As for her complaint that the reporters failed to get comment:
But of course this is how Bari Weiss' The Free Press would lead her newsletter.
December 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
But of course this is how Bari Weiss' The Free Press would lead her newsletter.
I find it an endless source of amusement that Noam Chomsky is in there. I'm sure he didn't do anything illegal, but he's such a smug, moralizing hypocrite that I just can't get enough.
December 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I find it an endless source of amusement that Noam Chomsky is in there. I'm sure he didn't do anything illegal, but he's such a smug, moralizing hypocrite that I just can't get enough.
Incoming. No, I have not clicked on the links.
December 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Incoming. No, I have not clicked on the links.
Yes, folks, it's true! "Beat the Press with Emily Rooney" is returning to the webwaves tonight with a segment on @scottvv.bsky.social's Contrarian Boston. Emily, Scott and I will be talking about the Olivia Nuzzi-RFK Jr.-Ryan Lizza shitshow. scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/is-the-wu-...
December 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Yes, folks, it's true! "Beat the Press with Emily Rooney" is returning to the webwaves tonight with a segment on @scottvv.bsky.social's Contrarian Boston. Emily, Scott and I will be talking about the Olivia Nuzzi-RFK Jr.-Ryan Lizza shitshow. scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/is-the-wu-...
New at Media Nation: Saudis and Kushner and Trump, oh my: Why it matters that CNN stay out of Paramount's clutches. dankennedy.net/2025/12/11/s...
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New at Media Nation: Saudis and Kushner and Trump, oh my: Why it matters that CNN stay out of Paramount's clutches. dankennedy.net/2025/12/11/s...
Laid off, no doubt. Because who else but Gannett would lay off the editor-in-chief of their flagship newspaper? www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Laid off, no doubt. Because who else but Gannett would lay off the editor-in-chief of their flagship newspaper? www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
I'll admit that I rarely read Howie Carr anymore, but a friend called this racist piece of trash about Ayanna Pressley to my attention. There was a time when protesters would have descended on the @bostonherald.com, but that was when they had an office. edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'll admit that I rarely read Howie Carr anymore, but a friend called this racist piece of trash about Ayanna Pressley to my attention. There was a time when protesters would have descended on the @bostonherald.com, but that was when they had an office. edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
Ah, Microsoft. I have a student who submits her stories by sharing them in the online version of Word 365. Incredibly, I can't export them as Word files. The closest is ODT. I can open them in OpenOffice and then re-export them as Word files, but that's pretty kludgy. (1/2)
December 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Ah, Microsoft. I have a student who submits her stories by sharing them in the online version of Word 365. Incredibly, I can't export them as Word files. The closest is ODT. I can open them in OpenOffice and then re-export them as Word files, but that's pretty kludgy. (1/2)
New at Media Nation: Hegseth posts demented tweet following charges that he ordered the killings of two injured men. dankennedy.net/2025/12/01/h...
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New at Media Nation: Hegseth posts demented tweet following charges that he ordered the killings of two injured men. dankennedy.net/2025/12/01/h...