From the Field: Lessons from Startups

From the Field: Lessons from Startups — a one-hour Professional Development group discussion on nonprofit newsroom launches with John S. Adams (Montana Free Press) and Chris Cobler (Fort Worth Report), January 18, 2022, at 4:00 PM; location and city TBA. Topics: strong boards, business plans, revenue diversification, membership funnels, newsletters for audience outreach, and effective database infrastructure. Adams, an award-winning investigative/political reporter, founded Montana Free Press, formerly led the Great Falls Tribune’s Capital Bureau, reported for USA TODAY, and hosts MT Lowdown; his unbiased reporting reshaped Montana politics; contact: jadams@montanafreepress.org or Twitter; Cobler, Fort Worth Report CEO/publisher and longtime daily newspaper leader, began at his hometown Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, worked in Colorado, South Dakota and Texas, and led the Denton Record-Chronicle as managing editor and Victoria Advocate as editor/publisher; contact: chris.cobler@fortwor

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