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Skip to the contentLocal NewsPhoto (cc) 2015 by Bas LeendersLION Publishers has named 36 winners of its 2023 Local Journalism Awards — and four of them have either been featured in “What Works in Community News,” the forthcoming book by Ellen Clegg and me, have been guests on the “What Works” podcast, or both. Two other projects we’ve highlighted were finalists. For that matter, LION (Local Independent Online News) Publishers’ executive director, Chris Krewson, has been a guest on our podcast as well. Below I have omitted circulation categories, but you can find them if you click through to the full list.•&nbsp;Santa Cruz Local, in California, was honored as LION Business of the Year, the organization’s “marquee award.” The Local was also the co-winner of the Operational Resilience Award and a finalist for a Community Engagement Award. We interviewed CEO and co-founder Kara Meyberg Guzman for both our book and our podcast.•&nbsp;The Food Section’s editor and founder, Hanna Raskin, was the winner of the Community Member of the Year Award for her work in helping other members and for sharing her knowledge. The Food Section, which is devoted to Southern food and cooking, was also a finalist for a Business of the Year Award and an Outstanding Coverage Award. Raskin has been a guest on our podcast.•&nbsp;VTDigger, a large nonprofit that covers both statewide and local news in Vermont, was a co-winner of the Public Service Award for its reporting on legislators’ ethics disclosures. Founding editor Anne Galloway has been a guest on our podcast.•&nbsp;Burlington Buzz, a hyperlocal site that covers Burlington, Massachusetts, won a Community Engagement Award. Founder Nicci Kadilak has been a guest on our podcast.In addition, The Colorado Sun and&nbsp;The Mendocino Voice, both of which are covered extensively in “What Works in Community News,” earned finalist nominations, the Sun for Collaboration of the Year and the Voice for an Accountability Award. We plan to have folks from both projects on our podcast sometime next year after the book is published.Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!Burlington BuzzColorado SunFood SectionLION PublishersMendocino VoiceSanta Cruz LocalVTDiggerWhat WorksWhat Works in Community NewsPreviousPlease support this free source of news and commentary by becoming a supporter of Media Nation. The cost is $5 a month, and supporters receive a weekly newsletter with a round-up of the week’s posts and other goodies. Just click here to sign up via Patreon.Follow Ellen Clegg and me at What Works, our website and podcast about the future of local news. Our book, “What Works in Community News,” will be published by Beacon Press in January 2024.Media Nation is published under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial- Share Alike 4.0 United States License. Some rights reserved. You must attribute this work to Media Nation (with link). For more information, please contact Dan Kennedy at dan dot kennedy at northeastern dot edu.“Kennedy is a controversial figure in the media industry.”— Google Bard, 3/22/2023“A former media critic for the Boston Phoenix, Dan Kennedy continues to write incisively about the print and digital universe at his blog, Media Nation.”— New York Observer, 5/15/2015“Dan Kennedy … exercises the blogger’s imperative to bloviate beyond his expertise.”—&nbsp;Boston Globe, 11/30/2008Join 2,272 other subscribersArchivesPowered by WordPress

Skip to the contentLocal NewsPhoto (cc) 2015 by Bas LeendersLION Publishers has named 36 winners of its 2023 Local Journalism Awards — and four of them have either been featured in “What Works in Community News,” the forthcoming book by Ellen Clegg and me, have been guests on the “What Works” podcast, or both. Two other projects we’ve highlighted were finalists. For that matter, LION (Local Independent Online News) Publishers’ executive director, Chris Krewson, has been a guest on our podcast as well. Below I have omitted circulation categories, but you can find them if you click through to...

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