For more than a decade, too many local news outlets have been downsized or shuttered leaving a real news vacuum. In response to challenging times, new publications have emerged and existing news operations have been transformed, all finding creative ways to connect with audiences. Hear from New York's savviest news innovators about where the opportunities are in journalism's brave new world.
Featuring:
• David Cruz, Editor-in-Chief, Norwood News
• Alyssa Katz, Deputy Editor, The City
• Steven Waldman, President & Co-Founder, Report for America
• Liena Zagare, Publisher & Editor, BKLYNER
Moderated by Pat Kiernan, Morning Anchor, NY1
Presented by the School of Media Studies at The Schools of Public Engagement, Center for Communication, and the Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment.
David Cruz is the editor in chief of the award-winning Norwood News, a hyperlocal newspaper covering the northwest section of the Bronx. Other stints include The Bronx Times Reporter as a general assignment reporter, News 12 the Bronx as an assignment editor, and WCBS-AM as a desk assistant, fill-in writer, and producer.
He’s the 2017 and 2019 winner of The New York Press Club’s Community Coverage Award. Twitter: @CWEBCRUZER.
Steve is on the Board of Directors of the GroundTruth Project. He is the President and Co-founder of Report for America, an initiative of the GroundTruth Project. He crafted the plan for it after authoring the Federal Communications Commission landmark report “Information Needs of Communities,” which NPR described as “one of the most comprehensive overviews of the U.S. media ever produced.” An experienced entrepreneur, he cofounded the multi-faith religion website Beliefnet.com, which won the National Magazine Award, and LifePosts.com, a platform for online memorials.
Earlier he was the National Editor of U.S. News & World Report and National Correspondent for Newsweek. He was senior advisor to the CEO of the Corporation for National Service and wrote a book on the creation of AmeriCorps called “The Bill.” He’s also the author of the national bestseller, “Founding Faith.”
Liena was born in Latvia, then part of the Soviet Union. After graduating from LSE with a degree in Economics, Liena worked for the IFC in Central and Eastern Europe, on a variety of investment projects. Seeing what unfettered development can do to cities led her to pursue a degree in Urban Planning from NYU, and start Ditmas Park Blog in 2007 – one of the earliest online neighborhood news sites in the city covering the bit of Flatbush where she had settled with her family in 2005. After selling the sites to AOL, Liena briefly worked for Patch, leaving in 2012 to start Corner Media to provide neighbors with community news through Ditmas Park Corner and its sister sites in a manner that would serve the needs of the neighborhoods best. They have since all become BKLYNER. com.
Pat Kiernan has been morning anchor at NY1 News since 1997. He's become a part of the daily routine for New York City, guiding them through their morning with a briefing on news, weather, traffic, sports and what's "In the Papers." Pat has led NY1's coverage on dozens of breaking news stories. He was on the anchor desk for 12 consecutive hours on September 11th, 2001.
Pat is so closely associated with TV news in New York that he's been asked to "play himself" more than two dozen times in movies and TV shows. Recent screen credits include Spider-Man: Far From Home, Younger, Ghostbuster and Billions. With New York as his base, Pat has hosted national programs for networks including CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, BNN and VH1. He started his broadcast news career while completing his business degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He moved to New York from Canada in 1996 to join Time Warner's early efforts to deliver news online.
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