Bill Mitchell has a kind review at Poynter Online of our book, “What Works in Community News,” pairing it with Brant Houston’s “Changing Models for Journalism.” He writes:
In practical terms, they are essential reading for anyone considering a news startup. For most people, journalist or not, launching a news venture without consulting these volumes invites the sort of outcome awaiting a novice cook attempting a French feast sans recipe.
Mitchell really gets what we’re up up to, noting that the book is the hub of a larger enterprise that includes a podcast, updates to our website and, last month, a conference on local news at Northeastern University that drew about 100 participants.
Also, a fun fact: Brant was Dan’s editor when he started working as a stringer at The Daily Times Chronicle in Woburn, Massachusetts, in 1979. Not long after he started, Brant told him that he was thinking about leaving, and that if he stuck around, he might be able to take his job. And so he did, working at the paper for 10 years before kicking around for a while and eventually landing at The Boston Phoenix.
Brant has also been a guest on our podcast.
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