Todd Franko
@tfranko
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Georgia News Collab Exec Dir. Helping Point Park U. Was RFA & The Vindicator. Time too in Ill., Ind., NB, NY. Likes people, print, pucks — a glass of SoCo, too.
Home is United States
Joined May 2009
All resolved. Thank you. @WhatsApp got me the human I needed to get this squared.
@FlyFrontier @FrontierCare Can a human please DM me. Twitter is NOT letting me DM you.
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Leaving last day of #TribFest23 w a “solver” mentality. Wheels up at noon. Thank you @TexasTribune Matt Ewalt Emily Dresslar Sewell Chan Andrew Conte, Ph.D. for a packed few days.
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There surely are 3 smarter and better looking journos than us at @TexasTribune. But we aspire to challenge them. With @jelani9 Jelani Cobb, Columbia School of J., and @AndrewConte, Point Park U Ctr for Media Innov. #TribFest23
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Welcome back @HilarySwank and @AlaskaDailyABC … we’ve kept the coffee warm and the computers on.
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America’s media model wasn’t a design by god. — CUNY’s Graciela Mochkofsky at @knightfdn #KMF2023. There are many ways to serve news and information than the crumbling way we have done the last century or so. @gmochkofsky #kmf23
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When Bengtson, Levine and Conte are at a table, #KMF2023 is going … @Report4America @AndrewConte @cl_bengtson
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Getting media to better serve community together gets easier when they can live together. Love what The Benter Foundation helped make in Pitt. 7 media groups call it home; intersects with @PointParkU. Congrats @AndrewConte and Center for Media Innov.
pointpark.edu
The Pittsburgh Downtown Media Hub serves as a shared newsroom for local journalism, housing news outlets, the Pittsburgh Women’s Press Club and offering daily drop-in space for others. Point Park...
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Yes … I think they said in coming week, each session will be posted.
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This has been a great project to be part of with great communities around the country.
Report for America brings 14 communities together to launch its "Community News Fund Workshop," a 6-month-long, history-making effort to catalyze news funding for communities across America. Learn more: #journalism #philanthropy
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RT @lenfestinst: 💡 How can news organizations get community foundations engaged in supporting local journalism? At the #NewsPhilSummit, @tf….
events.zoom.us
A free virtual gathering focused on the transformative work of fundraising in sustaining essential journalism.
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Thank you @GlickFoundation for belief that great communities need great local news. Your $25,000 grant to @indystar to support their @Report4America Corp member leads the way there. Thank you.
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The $25,000 will support Caroline Beck, a Report for America corps member covering K-12 education in Marion County for IndyStar.
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"Few things could make me happier than watching you underestimate the power of a local newspaper. It may be far from power in DC. But it’s sure a helluva lot closer to the truth.".Great work @HilarySwank . Santa left an extra @Report4America T-shirt. I'll send it to you.
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Well - weather cancelled the big Christmas trip. Props to @turo @BreezeAirways and @GaylordHotels Nashville for expedient and full refunds in same day. @AmericanAir has been not the easiest. But still working at it.
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Gr.Bay Press-Gazette had citizen donate $5K to news needs. Brings legacy paper to $20K in donations in '22 — up from $8K in '21 and $2K in '20. For-profit news & philanthropy have wrinkles still to smooth. But citizens willing to help in meantime is great sign for news future.
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Mina just donated to @ColoradoSun with these epic words: “I am falling in love with the Colorado Sun.” .Communities need more citizens falling back in love with local news. Donate today. @Report4America @GatesFamilyFDN.
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Nancy C. wrote of her Valley News in NH: ."I've met your (RFA) journalists and they are very engaging.".Thanks Nancy for giving to local news on @GivingTuesday .@VNewsUV @Report4America .Give here:
reportforamerica.org
Report for America is a national service program that places emerging journalists into local newsrooms across the country to report on under-covered issues.
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