CASE STUDY
The Membership Guide: How The CT Mirror raised more than $36,000 in 36 hours
The Membership Puzzle Project published an in-depth breakdown of The Gavel Give — my signature fundraising event at The Connecticut Mirror — in one of its final case studies created for The Membership Guide in 2023.
PODCAST APPEARANCE
LION Publishers’ ‘News Guest’ podcast interview: Make time for revenue work in 2023
“News Guest” Host Candice Fortman invited me to join her on the podcast in 2023 to talk about the importance of creating space for revenue work on a regular basis and tactics to help make the most of that time.
FUNDRAISING APPEAL
News Revenue Hub’s ‘Beyond the Paywall’ newsletter: End of year fundraising inspiration
News Revenue Hub’s “Beyond the Paywall” newsletter featured my Election Day 2022 appeal for The Connecticut Mirror as an example of fundraising language for those who “need a little inspiration to get over the finish line.”
INTERVIEW
News Revenue Hub: Over $36,000 in 36 hours: Behind the CT Mirror’s hallmark fundraiser
News Revenue Hub published a detailed feature on my work to create The Gavel Give at The Connecticut Mirror, interviewing me after my second successful campaign concluded in the summer of 2022.
FUNDRAISING APPEAL
Knight Foundation: How Local News Can Survive and Thrive During the Pandemic
The Knight Foundation cited one of my CT Mirror fundraising appeals from 2020 in its comprehensive round-up of noteworthy pandemic era strategies and messaging used by local newsrooms to help “[stabilize] their business in the face of an historic downturn.”
RADIO APPEARANCE
WNPR’s ‘Where We Live’ Inauguration Day special: My 5-part CT Mirror Trump inauguration series
Host Lucy Nalpathanchil invited me to join her on Inauguration Day 2017 to discuss a my five-part Trump inauguration series for CT Mirror, where I interviewed voters in five key “swing towns” about their expectations for the coming Trump presidency.