How the Connecticut Health I-Team Became ‘a Leader of Niche News’

In the midst of the Great Recession, Lynne DeLucia and Lisa Chedekel did the same thing many other journalists were doing: They launched a nonprofit news organization. It was impossible to know whether the venture would succeed, but they saw a need, and an opportunity.

Five years later, DeLucia and Chedekel’s project, the Connecticut Health I-Team, is still around—and it has been growing. 2016 will be a critical year for C-HIT, DeLucia said in a recent interview. But as the publication looks to lay a foundation for long-term sustainability, it has a nascent events business, a creative student training program, and the respect of media observers in the state.

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