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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 2d

If you don't know @aisforafro.bsky.social's work, you should. Read all about her partnership with @mlk50.com then smash that Follow button on both!
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Amber Sherman, MLK50 & the experiment every newsroom should watch

How one Memphis creator turned her community-driven explainer videos into a newsroom partnership model worth replicating

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 2d

I abhor hot takes, yet I have one: What is being termed a “creator success story” by many is really a re-absorption into the same structures independent creators seek to escape. Thoughts? 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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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 13d

There’s a few spots left in our “Going Solo” 8 week accelerator for journalists going independent. We begin October 2.

Come to our open house today and learn more!

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Going Solo Open House! · Zoom · Luma

Join Going Solo instructors Blair Hickman, Liz Kelly Nelson, Caitlin Dewey and Lex Roman to find out more about the next Going Solo creator journalism…

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International Center for Journalists @icfjorg.bsky.social · 14d

We’re thrilled to partner with @lizkellynelson.com's Project C to map the news creators currently transforming the global media landscape! Learn more about this initiative, and let us know who your favorite news creators are: newsletter.projectc.biz/p/what-s-nex...

🌍 What’s Next: Global 'Creator-model Journalists to Watch' lists

Plus: Silencing dissent Is the strategy. Independent voices are the solution

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 14d

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 21d

Registration for the fall Going Solo cohort is open and we're already half full. If you're thinking about a solo journalism career, join us and the alumni who have already launched independent projects after going through the workshop! projectc.biz/going-solo

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 23d

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24d

Also, I will be writing on Substack-- please consider subscribing, and supporting my writing and video work there.

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The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah | Substack

On writing, fighting, and beauty in dark times. Click to read The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 23d

If you missed #ONA25 last week, you missed a BIG moment for creator-model journalism - click through for insights from @caitlindewey.bsky.social @adrianalacy.com @lni.media and more! newsletter.projectc.biz/p/the-massiv...

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 27d

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

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JD Shadel @jdshadel.com · Sep 7

Welcome to the new new media! I take a close look at Project C’s — that’s @lizkellynelson.com and @lexroman.com — Back Indie Media Drive, a collaborative case study in growth outside a venture-backed platform’s walled garden. That includes me. And you. Vroom vroom! 🏎️ 💨

ESC KEY .CO @index.www.esckey.co.ap.brid.gy · Sep 7

Can we create the media future we want to read? 33 journalists band together to find out

Your TL;DR Briefing on things worth tracking — and talking about over your next power lunch. *Wink.* This time the thing is the Back Indie Media Drive, Project C’s newsletter merger and the new new media ecosystem emerging beyond Substack’s walled garden.

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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Sep 3

Heading to #ONA25 next week? Join me, @mattkiser.bsky.social @caitlindewey.bsky.social and Kiran Chawla to find out how they got their starts - and are making a sustainable career - as independent creator journalists. ona25.journalists.org/schedule/

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Sep 3

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Aug 30

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Aug 25

Thank you so much! Always a blast teaming up with @lexroman.com!

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Aug 18

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Aug 15

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Aug 6

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · Jul 30

Project C just announced the FIRST EVER Creator Cohort at ONA.

10 creator journalists will travel to New Orleans in September to take part in special programming and the full ONA experience.

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Meet the Project C ONA25 Creator Cohort!

From TikTok to newsletters to community events, these 10 journalists are redefining what independent media looks like

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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Jul 29

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Jul 29

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Jul 29

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Jul 29

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade

Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · Jul 29

Someone just signed up for the Creator Journalist Bundle! For $15/month, you can get it, too, and grow your reader-funded publication this year with us. https://projectc.beehiiv.com/upgrade