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A new year means new incoming leadership for the board of LION Publishers, the national nonprofit serving local news entrepreneurs. Joining Board Chair Kelly Gilfillan will be Jay Allred, President, of Richland Source, voted in as vice chair at the Dec. 19 board meeting. “Jay and his team at Richland Source are a great example
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By Kara Meyberg Guzman Newsrooms across the country are trying to figure out how to reach communities of color. The first step for those newsrooms is to figure out why, and be clear, says Manolia Charlotin, a panelist at the LION Summit 2019 session “Beyond Diversity: Grow Your Business with Communities of Color.” “Sometimes what
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By Gary Collins The average level of trust in the news is down 2 percentage points to 42 percent across all countries, according to the 2019 Reuters Institute’s Digital News Report. There are many projects trying to solve that problem, but one company is approaching it from a completely different perspective. The Civil Registry wants
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