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Dear Maynard Family,
October has been an extraordinarily busy and exciting month for the Maynard Institute team, as our work has taken us across the country to connect with colleagues, deepen partnerships and advance our mission.
From the Local News Policy Summit in San Antonio and SPJ26 in Columbus to Local News Camp in Durham, the Propel Regional Training Series in Burbank and the Fire Up Entrepreneurship Program in Pasadena, our team has been engaged in conversations and initiatives shaping the future of journalism.
The Local News Policy Summit reinforced a central message: rebuilding local journalism requires more than funding newsrooms. It demands coordinated public policy, equitable investment, workforce development and coalitions that bring journalism organizations, community advocates, policymakers and philanthropy together.
This vision is reflected in two central areas of Maynard's work: advancing equitable journalism policy through national coalition building and developing the entrepreneurial and leadership capacity of local news organizations through Fire Up. Both are essential to a healthy, sustainable and inclusive local news ecosystem.
To help lead these efforts, we're excited to announce that Shayla Moon is joining the Institute as our new Director of Coalition Building, and Doris Truong has been elevated to Director of the Fire Up Program. These appointments reflect our commitment to building the leadership and organizational capacity necessary to advance this work. |
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Shayla Moon joins the Maynard Institute as Director of Coalition Building. |
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In this role, Shayla will serve as the Institute’s lead staff member supporting the Coalition for Equitable Journalism Policy. Shayla will help us steward relationships, facilitate strategic planning and guide partners from shared purpose to coordinated action. Read more. |
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Doris Truong becomes Director of the Fire Up Entrepreneurship Program. |
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The Maynard Institute is proud to announce that Doris Truong is transitioning from Deputy Director to Director of the Fire Up Entrepreneurship Program. “Doris’s expert oversight is a key factor in the successful launch and continued execution of this new program,” said Evelyn Hsu, the Maynard Institute’s co-executive director. Hsu will now step down as the Fire Up program director. Read More. |
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Maynard in action: A busy October! |
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This month, the Maynard Institute team spread all over the nation to attend the Local News Policy Summit, the 2026 SPJ National Conference, Local News Camp, our Propel Regional Training in Burbank and a training with our Fire Up Fellows in Pasadena. Read more. |
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Faculty and session highlights: Propel Regional Training, Burbank |
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Read about the guest faculty, Maynard staff, and California State University Northridge partners who make this week's Propel Regional Training in Burbank possible. Read more. |
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From fellowship to the field: How one alum carries Maynard's lessons forward |
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Four years after completing the Maynard 200 Fellowship, William J. Ford is covering Maryland’s statehouse, explaining state politics to television and radio audiences and helping more Black journalists find pathways into political reporting. Read more. |
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Fired: The DOGE layoffs hit Black women hard. A year later, many are still reeling. |
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By Lottie Joiner, Maynard Alum
"This series reveals how the mass federal layoffs not only shattered livelihoods and upended families, but also devastated the Black women who have often been the backbone of their families and communities. FIRED traces the intimate emotional and structural toll of the mass firings and explores a central question: What happens to an entire community when the women holding it together are pushed to the breaking point? This series is a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th and The Nation and was edited by MindSite News.) Read More. |
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A shot rang out. M.L.K. went down. And a reporter's instincts kicked in. |
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By Marc Lacey
"Reporters believe that if you are there, you can see what happens and then you can tell it, the real story, witnessed firsthand," Caldwell wrote more than 50 years after the assassination. "That day day — April 4, 1968 — was my lesson on what really happens: you are there, yet you don't see everything. But inn the tangle of events, there is a sliver of whatever it is that happened that comes past you, and that's precious." Read More.
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Gov. Newsom Signs Nation's Most Ambitious Law to Strengthen Community News |
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by Rebuild Local News staff
"AB 2222 represents a historic investment in the future of local news. Together with the California Local News Fellowship, the Civic Media Program and the Propel Initiative—our collaboration with California Black Media, American Community Media and the Latino Media Collaborative—it builds on the state’s efforts to strengthen a more equitable local news ecosystem. We’re deeply grateful for Governor Newsom’s affirmation of just how essential local news is to the health of our communities and our democracy,” said Martin G. Reynolds, Co-Executive Director of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. Read More. |
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Want to make an impact? |
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Strong journalism depends on journalists who have the tools, opportunities and support to thrive. Partner with The Maynard Institute to help develop diverse leaders and strengthen how news organizations reflect and serve their communities. |
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The Tarbell Center for AI Journalism 2027-2028 Fellowship - Applications due Nov. 22
Albritton Journalism Institute Fellowship, applications open Nov. 1 - Washington, D.C.
Weekend News Editor, The Wrap - Los Angeles, CA
Deputy managing editor, the Post and Courier - Charleston, SC
Manager, news and current affairs, Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
Reporter/multimedia journalist, Nexstar Broadcasting - Lansing, MI
Arts and entertainment reporter, Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX
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