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.
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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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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
New at Media Nation: It turns out that you can share Boston Globe stories with non-subscribers for free. dankennedy.net/2025/11/10/i...
It turns out that you can share Boston Globe stories with non-subscribers for free
On several occasions recently, I’ve argued that The Boston Globe ought to make a few gift links available each month so that subscribers can share them. Among other things, it might entice so…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New at Media Nation: It turns out that you can share Boston Globe stories with non-subscribers for free. dankennedy.net/2025/11/10/i...
Thank you to those who participated in my Boston Globe free link test. Apologies, but I've deleted the post.
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Thank you to those who participated in my Boston Globe free link test. Apologies, but I've deleted the post.
I'm not shocked by the Supreme Court's refusal to take up same-sex marriage, but with these evil bastards you never know. You need four votes. I'm guessing Thomas and Alito for sure, and maybe Barrett. She can sometime surprise you, but this is right in her wheelhouse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I'm not shocked by the Supreme Court's refusal to take up same-sex marriage, but with these evil bastards you never know. You need four votes. I'm guessing Thomas and Alito for sure, and maybe Barrett. She can sometime surprise you, but this is right in her wheelhouse.
Did any of you catch the political chat on @pbsnews.org Friday? David Brooks was off, so Jonathan Capehart was paired with someone named Matt Gorman, a "Republican strategist." In other words, on the left, an opinion journalist. On the right, a political operative. What the hell were they thinking?
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Did any of you catch the political chat on @pbsnews.org Friday? David Brooks was off, so Jonathan Capehart was paired with someone named Matt Gorman, a "Republican strategist." In other words, on the left, an opinion journalist. On the right, a political operative. What the hell were they thinking?
Santa Cruz Local hires a managing editor. Alexandria Bordas is an experienced journalist who currently heads Cabrillo College's journalism department. mailchi.mp/santacruzloc...
Meet our new managing editor!
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November 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Santa Cruz Local hires a managing editor. Alexandria Bordas is an experienced journalist who currently heads Cabrillo College's journalism department. mailchi.mp/santacruzloc...
Trump needs to be dragged off to The Hague and put on trial right now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump needs to be dragged off to The Hague and put on trial right now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Pure entertainment: I thoroughly enjoyed this @wsj.com story on the meltdown at the Heritage Foundation. Gift link. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
The Crack-Up at the Heritage Foundation Is a Warning Sign for MAGA World
By defending a controversial Tucker Carlson interview, think tank president Kevin Roberts unleashed a flood of discontent in the conservative establishment.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Pure entertainment: I thoroughly enjoyed this @wsj.com story on the meltdown at the Heritage Foundation. Gift link. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
New at Media Nation: A ruling in favor of the Des Moines Register bodes well for a bogus lawsuit brought by Trump. dankennedy.net/2025/11/07/a...
A ruling in favor of the Des Moines Register bodes well for a bogus lawsuit brought by Trump
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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November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New at Media Nation: A ruling in favor of the Des Moines Register bodes well for a bogus lawsuit brought by Trump. dankennedy.net/2025/11/07/a...
My theory is that MTG has been finding stuff out. We don't have to trust her (I don't), and I'm sure she'll continue to hold some nutty views. But we should welcome her halting entry into our reality-based world.
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My theory is that MTG has been finding stuff out. We don't have to trust her (I don't), and I'm sure she'll continue to hold some nutty views. But we should welcome her halting entry into our reality-based world.
New at Media Nation: The Plymouth Independent names a Pulitzer winner as its next editor. dankennedy.net/2025/11/07/t...
The Plymouth Independent names a Pulitzer winner as its next editor
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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November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New at Media Nation: The Plymouth Independent names a Pulitzer winner as its next editor. dankennedy.net/2025/11/07/t...
Your face-eating leopard update for today. No, I’m not laughing. This is terrible. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/n...
This Trump-voting county in Maine heavily relies on food stamps. The shutdown is hitting it hard. - The Boston Globe
About 20 percent of Aroostook County residents rely on SNAP benefits, which lapsed Saturday. The gap is too much for food banks to make up.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Your face-eating leopard update for today. No, I’m not laughing. This is terrible. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/07/n...
"Vibrant"? Somebody's got to help me out here.
"The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
"The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Vibrant"? Somebody's got to help me out here.
"The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
"The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The @bostonglobe.com reports that @wgbh.org is laying off another 15 people. Awful, but none of them are in news. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/b...
GBH lays off 15 employees following loss of federal funding, its fourth round of job cuts this year - The Boston Globe
Employees working on children’s programming as well as business and operations staff in marketing, finance, and technology were among the job cuts.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The @bostonglobe.com reports that @wgbh.org is laying off another 15 people. Awful, but none of them are in news. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/06/b...
Important possum-related news. wapo.st/4nGNZNS
Opossum eats whole Costco chocolate cake; fans have big feelings: ‘Me too girl’
“I feel this opossum in my soul,” someone commented on Facebook.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Important possum-related news. wapo.st/4nGNZNS
It's so confusing ... ICE agents are acting like criminals, and criminals are posing as ICE agents.
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's so confusing ... ICE agents are acting like criminals, and criminals are posing as ICE agents.
In what universe did the NYT think that Mamdani wasn’t going to push for taxes on the wealthy?
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
In what universe did the NYT think that Mamdani wasn’t going to push for taxes on the wealthy?
The @walthamtimes.bsky.social, a nonprofit startup, is seeking a part-time assistant editor, an ad sales rep and a board member. walthamtimes.org/join-our-team/
Join our team – Waltham Times
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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November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The @walthamtimes.bsky.social, a nonprofit startup, is seeking a part-time assistant editor, an ad sales rep and a board member. walthamtimes.org/join-our-team/
In today's @bostonglobe.com, @devrafirst.bsky.social reviews All’Antico Vinaio, an Italian sandwich restaurant in Copley Square. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/l...
And here is @northeasternu.bsky.social journalism student @chiaralostimolo.bsky.social's earlier review: medium.com/@chiara.lost...
And here is @northeasternu.bsky.social journalism student @chiaralostimolo.bsky.social's earlier review: medium.com/@chiara.lost...
A Slice of Florence in Boston — Inside All’Antico Vinaio’s New Copley Square Home
Guest’s schiacciatas at All’Antico Vinaio. Picture by Chiara Lo Stimolo
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November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In today's @bostonglobe.com, @devrafirst.bsky.social reviews All’Antico Vinaio, an Italian sandwich restaurant in Copley Square. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/05/l...
And here is @northeasternu.bsky.social journalism student @chiaralostimolo.bsky.social's earlier review: medium.com/@chiara.lost...
And here is @northeasternu.bsky.social journalism student @chiaralostimolo.bsky.social's earlier review: medium.com/@chiara.lost...
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. dankennedy.net/2025/11/05/r...
Remembering the Iraq war: How Knight Ridder dug up the truth about Dick Cheney’s falsehoods
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…
dankennedy.net
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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. dankennedy.net/2025/11/05/r...
So when did YouTube stop you from downloading anything unless you "upgraded" to Premium?
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So when did YouTube stop you from downloading anything unless you "upgraded" to Premium?
This is the second time GateHouse Media has entered the witness protection program. First it rebranded itself Gannett after buying the venerable chain. Now it's becoming USA Today Co. (Item 4.) www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Axios Media Trends
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November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
This is the second time GateHouse Media has entered the witness protection program. First it rebranded itself Gannett after buying the venerable chain. Now it's becoming USA Today Co. (Item 4.) www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Kim Khazei, longtime anchor for WHDH/WLVI-TV in Boston, is stepping down at the end of the year. whdh.com/news/7news-a...
7NEWS anchor Kim Khazei announces departure from WHDH-TV & WLVI-TV in Boston at the end of year - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
BOSTON (WHDH) - 7NEWS anchor Kim Khazei will be signing off in December after 25 years, it was announced on November 4th by WHDH-TV/WLVI-TV Vice President<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whd...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Kim Khazei, longtime anchor for WHDH/WLVI-TV in Boston, is stepping down at the end of the year. whdh.com/news/7news-a...
Here's a treat for you: @scottvv.bsky.social has posted a video interview with Emily Rooney 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 Jon Keller. scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/what-in-th...
What in the world is happening with CBS News and Bari Weiss? Emily Rooney sits down with Contrarian Boston to dig into the biggest media story of the year.
Contrarian Boston depends upon your support - we can’t do it without you.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Here's a treat for you: @scottvv.bsky.social has posted a video interview with Emily Rooney 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 Jon Keller. scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/what-in-th...
Dick Cheney has died at 84. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/d...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney dies at 84
Cheney redefined the office of vice president.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Dick Cheney has died at 84. www.axios.com/2025/11/04/d...