Ellen Clegg

When you're right you're right!

Dale Anglin tells us how Press Forward is leveraging local news to build community On the latest “What Works” podcast, Ellen and Dan talk with Dale Anglin, the inaugural executive director of Press Forward, a philanthropic effort that is dedicated to funding local new…

On the latest "What Works" podcast, Dale Anglin tells @ellenclegg.bsky.social and @dankennedy.net how Press Forward is leveraging local news to build community. Plus our Quick Takes on The Baltimore Banner's expansion and a bill in NY State to regulate AI in news. whatworks.news/2026/02/25/d...

Thank you.

Plus legal review by our lawyer at Morgan Lewis, painstaking efforts to get response including certified letters, digging into town history and verifying facts. Note to @wcvb5.bsky.social : it's called patchwriting. Look it up.

Hey @wcvb5.bsky.social -- why are you pretending that this story appeared out of nowhere, or, even worse, that your reporters investigated it?

I spent weeks digging through these documents and doing actual reporting for our nonprofit news outlet @brooklinenews.bsky.social

This story leaves out five important words: First reported in Brookline.News. Our editor, Sam Mintz, spent weeks digging into files and records, tapping his deep knowledge of Brookline. There's a fresh quote from the town, but the facts are lifted wholesale from Sam's story.

Brookline's former child health director maintained years-long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, sent supportive messages as crimes emerged - Brookline.News Gloria Rudisch, who retired from the town in 2021, worked as a consultant for Epstein's nonprofit and made plans to visit his island, according to Department of Justice records.

Former Brookline town child-health official is in the Epstein files
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So proud of my city!!!

Will do just that.

We're continuing to explore this vibrant sector on our What Works podcast.

We wrote a book about this. "What Works in Community News," by @ellenclegg.bsky.social and me, look at nine local news projects around the country, from legacy newspapers to digital startups to TV and radio. whatworks.news/book

TLDR version: It's a purple state.

On the latest "What Works" podcast, Jennifer Peter, the new editor of The Marshall Project, tells @ellenclegg.bsky.social and @dankennedy.net about how the nonprofit covers criminal justice — including how it is extending its work to local news. Plus our Quick Takes. whatworks.news/2025/12/23/j...

Thank you, Dan, our team is continuing to follow this tragic story.

Three cheers for local journalism (especially the Brookline News)

Also a dose of truth-telling Minnesota Ice!

Thought-provoking piece!

My oh my! Check out Glenn Stout & Richard Johnson's book, "Red Sox Century." General Taylor was a shareholder in... Wait for it ... Fenway Realty Co. Olmsted's landscaping made the Fenway neighborhood more attractive.

We need a renewal of civic life — and that has to start by supporting local journalism By Dan Kennedy Following Donald Trump’s victory Tuesday night, I’ve seen calls on social media to support independent news organizations like ProPublica and The Guardian rather than tra…

Civic engagement on a local level is crucial - and that starts with fact-based reporting. Dan makes an eloquent case for supporting your local news outlet.

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Well-reported and chilling.

Followed Dan right into the Blue!