Substack: Journalism’s New Frontier

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Is Substack the future of independent journalism? Join the Deadline Club for a webinar on building a successful Substack.

From Resignations to Reinvention - Substack: Journalism’s New FrontierAs Washington Post opinion editors resign over Jeff Bezos’s tightening control, top journalists like Jim Acosta (CNN), Richard Galant (CNN Opinion), Jen Rubin (WaPo) and Andy Borowitz (The New Yorker) are turning to <a href="https://substack.com/home" title="https://substack.com/home" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Substack</a>. Is this the future of independent journalism? Can writers really make money, or is the real benefit in influence – and what’s the balance? Join David A. Andelman, <a href="https://www.deadlineclub.org/" title="https://www.deadlineclub.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Deadline Club</a> board member and author of <a href="https://daandelman.substack.com/" title="https://daandelman.substack.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Andelman Unleashed</a>, for a webinar on building a successful Substack. The workshop begins with a discussion featuring established Substackers Claire Atkinson and Richard Galant followed by a hands-on how-to session to get started. Andelman, who gained thousands of subscribers after being banned from X and seeing World Policy Journal and CNN Opinion shut down, shares insights on navigating this shifting media landscape. The talk will last 40 minutes and the how-to session 20 minutes, give or take (with the possibility of an informal chat at the end). SPEAKERS Claire Atkinson, a veteran business and media journalist, began her career as senior media reporter for the New York Post, then served as media editor at NBC News and chief media correspondent for Business Insider, before creating <a href="https://www.themediamix.co/" title="https://www.themediamix.co/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Media Mix, a Substack</a> and podcast with global reach. She is also working on the authoritative biography of Rupert Murdoch and divides her time between Nice and New York. Richard Galant, founder and executive producer of the <a href="https://www.nowitshistory.com/" title="https://www.nowitshistory.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Substack newsletter Now It's History</a>, is a senior fellow at New America. He previously served as founding managing editor of CNN Opinion, and earlier as managing editor of Newsday and New York Newsday where he led teams that won two Pulitzer Prizes. A graduate of Brandeis, he received a master's degree in politics and philosophy at Oxford. David A. Andelman, created Substack's <a href="https://daandelman.substack.com/" title="https://daandelman.substack.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Andelman Unleashed</a>, and has reported from 90+ countries and has written five books. Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur, he was twice awarded the Deadline Club Award for Best Opinion Writing for his <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/david-andelman" title="https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/david-andelman" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CNN commentaries</a> and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-andelman-nuclear-commentary/commentary-trump-withdrawal-from-russia-nuclear-pact-plays-into-putins-hands-idUSKCN1MW2DW/" title="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-andelman-nuclear-commentary/commentary-trump-withdrawal-from-russia-nuclear-pact-plays-into-putins-hands-idUSKCN1MW2DW/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Reuters columns</a>. He served as Editor &amp; Publisher of World Policy Journal, an executive editor of Forbes, a domestic and foreign correspondent for The New York Times, and CBS News Paris correspondent. He's former president of the <a href="https://opcofamerica.org/" title="https://opcofamerica.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Overseas Press Club</a> and <a href="https://www.silurians.org/" title="https://www.silurians.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Silurians</a>. AT A GLANCE WHAT: Substack: Journalism’s New Frontier WHEN: Tuesday, April 15, 6 p.m. ET WHERE: Webinar via Zoom RSVP: The event is free, but you need to register.

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