Tim Regan-Porter

Local News Matters

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Local News Matters highlights the interesting and innovative work of local newsrooms – as well as the crucial questions they face – as they endeavor to evolve their organizations to produce more meaningful journalism, to better serve their communities and to enhance their organization's financial sustainability for long-term results. Hosted by Tim Regan-Porter, CEO of the Colorado Press Association, Local News Matters features guests from newsrooms and support organizations across the U.S. in extended conversations covering a wide range of topics. Tim talks to reporters, editors, publishers, s...

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Tim Regan-Porter

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Trends in local news with Corey Hutchins + takeaways and fact check for Sopris Sun episode 14.02.2023 1:06:36

Corey Hutchins looks back at local news trends in 2022 with Bay Edwards and host Tim Regan-Porter. They discuss the growing role of nonprofit newsrooms, collaborative efforts across the country, government support of local news and public notices. Next, Bay and Rachel Pickarski do a quick fact check of the first episode's interview with the Sopris Sun team. Then, Tim and Rachel discuss takeaways f...

Innovation & inclusiveness with a small staff at the Sopris Sun 07.02.2023 1:16:06

In the first full episode of the Local News Matters podcast, host Tim Regan-Porter sits down with executive director Todd Chamberlain and editor Raleigh Burleigh of the Sopris Sun, a weekly print newspaper and nonprofit in the small town of Carbondale, Colorado. The paper's budget has doubled in the past two years, and Raleigh won the 2022 Innovation Award from the Colorado Press Association for t...

Preview: Innovating with limited money, serving communities with empathy & inclusion 27.01.2023 25:16

In this preview episode, host Tim Regan-Porter introduces the podcast with excerpts from the first four full episodes. Across interviews with journalists and executives of very different organizations, some common themes emerge, including: what it takes to innovate with limited time and money, focusing on service to the community, how to integrate empathy and community listening into journalism, t...