‘There is a model out there that works’: America’s grassroots local news renaissance

Posted Thursday, June 30, 2022 11:16 am

William Turvill | Press Gazette

When Jay Senter and Julia Westhoff founded the Shawnee Mission Post in 2010, few would have bet on the husband-and-wife team turning their local news website for Johnson County, Kansas, into a sustainable business.

This year, they expect the Shawnee Mission Post and its new sister title, the Blue Valley Post, to generate revenues of $650-700,000 from subscriptions and advertising.

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