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Academic and journalist at Northeastern University. Follow me on Bluesky at dankennedy-dot-net and on Threads at dankennedy_nu.
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Joined July 2008
New at Media Nation: Caffè Nero apologizes and vows to bolster training after a racially charged case of mistaken identity.
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The coffee shop chain that refused service to retired GBH News reporter Phillip Martin at one of its stores recently will bolster its “anti-discrimination and harassment training,” acco…
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The new "What Works" podcast is up, just in time for your holiday driving pleasure! Todd Landfried tells Ellen Clegg and me about The Local, his vision for streaming video newscasts in all 50 states. Plus: Our Quick Takes on developments in local news.
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On the latest “What Works” podcast, Dan and Ellen talk with Todd Landfried, co-founder and CEO of N2 Media Holdings. As consumers cut the cord on cable TV, he hopes to develop a sustain…
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New at What Works: @northeastern researchers offer a lifeline for TV newsrooms seeking younger audiences.
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Researchers and local journalism experts at Northeastern University, in partnership with industry-leading audience research firm SmithGeiger Group, have published a survival guide for local TV news…
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New at Media Nation: Retired journalist Phillip Martin, formerly of GBH News, says he was refused service at a Caffè Nero in Cambridge and told he'd been confused with another Black man.
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A former GBH News colleague of mine has gotten caught up in a mess involving a Cambridge coffee shop in which he was told he’d been mixed up with another Black man who’d reportedly caus…
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New at Media Nation: @marisakabas2 is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically.
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Colby Hall’s Mediaite commentary about Olivia Nuzzi is winning a lot of praise. The redoubtable Jay Rosen goes so far as to call it “the best thing I have read about her.” Sign up…
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New at Media Nation: Layoffs at The Dallas Morning News by Hearst provoke a bitter "we told you so" from Alden Global Capital, which lost a bidding war for the paper despite offering more money.
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Alden Global Capital, the hedge fund responsible for hollowing out newspapers from coast to coast and at all points in between, is trying to have the last laugh at rival Hearst’s expense. Ear…
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New at Media Nation: A Muzzle for the Lexington, Mass., school department, caught trying to run up the tab for a parent who'd made a public records request.
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Kyle York had a simple request. He asked the school department in Lexington, Massachusetts, to provide him with public records in order to bolster his request that the system provide support servic…
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More than 350 students from 15-plus universities rally in Boston "to stand up for academic freedom and free expression under the second Trump administration." The @huntnewsnu, the independent student newspaper at @northeastern, reports.
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More than 350 students from over 15 universities endured the cold Nov. 15 to assemble for a rally put on by the Educational Freedom Project, or EFP, urging institutions across the Greater Boston area...
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New at Media Nation: “Things happen” — and for one brief moment, The Washington Post rediscovers its soul.
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The Washington Post’s increasingly Trump-friendly editorial page has rediscovered its soul, however briefly. In a piece published Tuesday afternoon, the Post tears into Donald Trump for his f…
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New at Media Nation: How Margaret Sullivan's erroneous slip of the tongue became (briefly) an AI-generated "fact."
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Media critic Margaret Sullivan made an error recently. No big deal — we all do it. But her account of what happened next is worth thinking about. First, the error. Sullivan writes in her newsletter…
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New at Media Nation: We caught a terrific jazz concert at the Clark Art Institute in the Berkshires Saturday night featuring vibraphonists Warren Wolf and Joe Locke, accompanied by bassist Richie Goods.
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We recently decided to make a return trip to the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown after a too-brief visit in August. While we were looking for other things to do, we noticed that the museum was …
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New at Media Nation: One good reason the shutdown should have continued. Plus, a settlement of that shameful episode involving a Kansas newspaper, and Kara Miller is set to debut a new podcast.
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We’ve been hashing out the pros and cons of ending the government shutdown on Facebook this week. My position has been that the Democrats shouldn’t have caved, but that it was a close c…
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On the brand spanking new "What Works" podcast, Kade Krichko tells us about the global localism of Ori magazine. Plus: We talk with @kelleratlarge about the future of local TV news.
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On the latest “What Works” podcast, Dan talks with Kade Krichko, the founder of Ori magazine, a beautifully crafted premium print publication devoted to grassroots storytelling across t…
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New at Media Nation: A second New England Muzzle Award to the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden, Mass. — this time over a public records dispute.
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Imagine, if you will, a public school, supported by taxpayer dollars, claiming that it’s a private corporation and doesn’t have to comply with the state’s public records law. It i…
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New at Media Nation: A ruling in favor of the Des Moines Register bodes well for a bogus lawsuit brought by Trump.
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Even as major media organizations like ABC’s parent company, Disney, and CBS’s, Paramount, were settling bogus lawsuits filed by Donald Trump in order to demonstrate their submissivenes…
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New at Media Nation: The Plymouth Independent names a Pulitzer winner as its next editor.
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The Plymouth Independent, a digital startup that ranks among the larger such projects in Eastern Massachusetts, has named a new executive editor. David Kidwell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist …
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The @walthamtimes, a nonprofit startup, is seeking a part-time assistant editor, an ad sales rep and a board member.
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We are seeking a board member with development experience: We are seeking a Media Sales Representative to join our team and connect businesses with our engaged readership. They will be […]
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Remembering the Iraq war: How Knight Ridder dug up the truth about Dick Cheney's falsehoods. Now Cheney and McClatchy's DC bureau, the successor to Knight Ridder, have died the same week. New at Media Nation.
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It was sadly ironic that the death of McClatchy’s Washington bureau was announced on the same day as that of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Because it was McClatchy — then known as Knight…
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Here's a treat for you: @sbvanvoorhis has posted a video interview with @EmilyRooneyBTP of "Beat the Press" fame about the Skydance takeover of Paramount. Topics include Bari Weiss' takeover of CBS News and CBS affiliate WBZ-TV's layoff of @kelleratlarge.
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New at Media Nation: Three shining examples of enterprise reporting from the @bostonglobe that you should know about.
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This morning I’d like to call your attention to three outstanding recent examples of enterprise journalism in The Boston Globe. On Friday I shared my last gift links for the month to The New …
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