Don DayAxios says it will save local news. It’s not a magic ‘bullet’“Axios vows to save local news” blared on my Twitter feed for most of a day early this year. The headline — written by Axios itself, about…Mar 14, 2022Mar 14, 2022
Don DayWhy canceling college sports may hurt local news in an unexpected wayThese two dots might not seem like they connect.Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Don DayinBoiseDev2 years, 800 members: BoiseDev builds community news, for its communityThis month, BoiseDev hit a milestone of sorts.Jul 17, 2020Jul 17, 2020
Don DayHow a small Boise hyper-local produced 2-hours of TV-style election coverage for $50In January of 2019, my hyperlocal news site BoiseDev.com set out a mission: to super-serve people who wanted to know about the municipal…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
Don DayThis headline doesn’t describe this story! OR DOES IT? BoiseDev’s pledge for better headlinesHeadlines are tricky, funny things.Apr 16, 2019Apr 16, 2019
Don DayJoin BoiseDev and support exclusive journalism built for BoiseBoiseDev started out a bit by accident but over the years it has grown and matured into a full-fledged news outlet, thanks to you.Nov 28, 2018Nov 28, 2018
Don DayinJSK Class of 2018The corporate media era is ending. Do we care enough about our country to figure out what is next?Tronc drop-kicked half the staff of the New York Daily News Monday — slashing in half the staff of a major-market newspaper. From 400…Jul 24, 2018Jul 24, 2018
Don DayinJSK Class of 2018A newspaper war? In 2018? One brews in IdahoJust before I returned to Boise, Idaho after a year in the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford, something curious happened.Jul 11, 2018Jul 11, 2018
Don DayinJSK Class of 2018Growing fast and slow: What have I learned after a year at Stanford?I was struck by this side-by-side photo of my JSK colleague Jennifer Dargan's two kids Margo and Liam. They've grown up. A lot!Jun 18, 20182Jun 18, 20182
Don DayinJSK Class of 2018How to solve the local news crisis? Look it up in the library.We can save local journalism. It will take a big idea and big vision to do it.Jun 7, 20184Jun 7, 20184