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Jenkins helped launch or served in leading roles at various national news organizations. She graduated from Kent State and later launched Mahoning Matters, a digital news startup in Youngstown.

Jenkins helped launch or served in leading roles at various national news organizations. She graduated from Kent State and later launched Mahoning Matters, a digital news startup in Youngstown.

The Compass Experiment’s uncertain future An earlier version of this piece was featured in the Tow Center for Digital Journalism’s weekly newsletter. In March 2019, Craig Forman, then McClatchy’s president and CEO, announced a new partnership with Google News’ Local Experiments project. Dubbed the Compass Experiment, its goal was to create three digital-only outlets in communities with little access to local news, with help from Google as a technology and innovation partner. According ...

Village Media expands to U.S. with acquisition of The Longmont Leader This marks the first owned and operated site in the United States for the Sault Ste. Marie-based company Mar 2, 2021 4:00 PM By: Village Media Longmont, Colorado is the site of Village Medias first owned and operated news site in the U.S.Matt Maenpaa for The Longmont Leader Village Media, the company that operates this news site, is thrilled to announce its expansion into the U.S. with the acquis...

McClatchy is making changes to its Compass Experiment. The effort is a local news laboratory founded by McClatchy and Google News Initiative’s Local Experiments Project.

McClatchy is making changes to its Compass Experiment. The effort is a local news laboratory founded by McClatchy and Google News Initiative’s Local Experiments Project.

LONGMONT — The McClatchy Co., a publisher of newspapers around the nation, has shifted gears on its Compass Experiment and will spin off its Longmont Leader online publication to Canadian company Village Media Inc., effective March 1. Mandy Jenkins, the general manager of the Compass Experiment — which operated two and planned a third community news startup — said the company had determined that its experiment would not produce profitable, independent news operations as designed. As a res...

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