If you are a local nonprofit news publisher, editor, reporter, board member or donor, please mark this on your calendar: On Thursday, April 3, from 7 to 8:15 p.m., the What Works project on the future of local news, part of Northeastern University’s School of Journalism, will sponsor a free webinar titled “The Ethics of Nonprofit News: What Board Members and Donors Need to Know.” Issues will include conflicts of interest and understanding the boundaries between the news and fundraising sides of a community journalism organization.
Our panelists will be Josh Stearns, managing director of programs at the Democracy Fund; Kara Meyberg Guzman, CEO and co-founder of Santa Clara Local, a nonprofit startup; and Joe Kriesberg, publisher of CommonWealth Beacon, a larger nonprofit based in Boston. The moderator will be Dan Kennedy, a professor journalism at Northeastern University and the co-author, with Ellen Clegg, of “What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate” (Beacon Press, 2024). Clegg and Kennedy also host a podcast and write about developments in local news at the What Works website.
The What Works project is part of Northeastern’s School of Journalism.
Space is limited, so please register today. Information on how to log on to this free webinar will be sent out closer to April 3.
NHPR and the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership & Public Service at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law will host NPR’s Leila Fadel, NPR’s co-host of Morning Edition and NPR’s morning news podcast Up First, as the next speaker in the Justice & Journalism series.
This conversation will take place on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at 6 p.m. at UNH School of Law, located at 2 White Street in Concord. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with a reception to follow.
Leading the conversation with Fadel is NHPR’s Youth and Education Reporter Annmarie Timmins.
Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR, known for her compelling and impactful reporting. Previously, she served as an international correspondent based in Cairo, where she covered the uprisings in the Middle East. Fadel’s in-depth coverage of the fall of Mosul and the rise of ISIS in 2014 highlighted the harrowing stories of Yazidi women who were kidnapped and enslaved. Her work has earned widespread recognition, including the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award from the Overseas Press Club for her courageous reporting on the 2013 coup in Egypt. Through her reporting, Fadel educates the nation and sheds light on some of the world’s most urgent issues.
The Justice & Journalism series brings nationally renowned journalists to the Rudman Center for engaging conversations on public affairs and the public servants who create, implement, and influence public policy. The series is a joint initiative of NHPR and the Rudman Center, made possible by the generous support of the Couch Family Foundation.
Tickets are free, but reservations are required and space is limited.
Registration for this event will close on April 23. We cannot accept same day or walk-in registrations due to UNH security policy. We apologize for any inconvenience.