Dan Kennedy Professor of Journalism dan.kennedy@northeastern.edu 617.373.5187 Expertise emerging business models for news, journalism ethics, news reporting Dan Kennedy in the Press WGBH Local colleges targeted amid growing campus culture wars Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, said records laws are being “weaponized,” not to foster debate but to intimidate professors and foreign students. For institutions, he said, the demands can seem never-ending. WCVB TV Kimmel suspension draws backlash, comedians warn of chilling effect “It’s almost immaterial what [Kimmel] said,” said First Amendment expert Dan Kennedy, “It did seem to me that he was being more insulting to President Trump than he was of Charlie Kirk, so there really shouldn’t have been any sensitivities raised. The president is supposed to be able to take speech like this.” GBH Local editors worry ‘pink slime’ journalism poses real danger Dan Kennedy, a professor of journalism at Northeastern University and co-author of a book called “What Works in Community News,” said these sites are currently limited in their reach. AFP Trump’s budget hacksaw leaves public broadcasting on precipice Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University in Boston, stressed it is in those very areas where the funding cuts are likely to have “a devastating effect.” Barron's Trump’s Budget Hacksaw Leaves Public Broadcasting On Precipice Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University in Boston, stressed it is in those very areas where the funding cuts are likely to have “a devastating effect.” The Week Why is ABC’s firing of Terry Moran roiling journalists? ABC was “right to suspend Moran” but “wrong to get rid of him,” said Northeastern University journalism Professor Dan Kennedy in his Media Nation newsletter. Fox News Washington Post Opinions section anxiously awaits new leader after Jeff Bezos pushed David Shipley out At the time, Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy wrote that Hiatt’s unexpected passing marked the end of “a period of remarkable stability at the top of The Washington Post’s masthead.” Boston.com AI-assisted reporting in Boston-area newsrooms raises questions about role of new technology in building a community “I would like to know more specifically about the process,” said Dan Kennedy, a professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University. “What exactly is she doing, and what exactly is AI doing? It doesn’t seem like they are telling us that.” A litmus test for Bezos I think that’s unlikely, but who knows? Maybe Bezos will indeed steer the Post into “embracing all MAGA, all the time,” as my friend Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, forewarned the other day. LAist The LA fires burned a lot of lithium-ion batteries. What does that say about a clean energy future? Today on AirTalk, we check in on the television news industry to see where it stands and where its going. Joining us are David Folkenflik, media correspondent for NPR, and Dan Kennedy, professor of journalism Northeastern University. Dan Kennedy for Northeastern Global NewsBBC under fire after livestreamed IDF chants by Bob Vylan. Experts weigh in on the broadcasting ‘mistakes’ by Patrick Daly July 1, 2025 Why are UK media outlets adopting a ‘consent or pay’ approach? by Patrick Daly September 13, 2024 Did TV networks make the right choice to air Trump’s live border wall address? by Molly Callahan January 8, 2019 It’s OK for The New York Timesto run an anonymous op-ed. But not for the author to remain anonymous. by Molly Callahan September 6, 2018 #FreePress editorial campaign unites newspapers against ‘Trump’s anti-First Amendment rhetoric’ by Molly Callahan August 16, 2018 The real danger in Trump’s ‘dishonest and corrupt media awards’ by Molly Callahan January 8, 2018 With Bannon back at Breitbart, what’s next? by Jason Kornwitz August 23, 2017 Professor: Press briefing blackouts compound tensions between media, White House by Molly Callahan June 29, 2017 Publishing the Trump dossier: Inevitable or unjustifiable? by Molly Callahan January 12, 2017 Post-election forum examines media’s campaign coverage by Jason Kornwitz November 10, 2016
WGBH Local colleges targeted amid growing campus culture wars Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, said records laws are being “weaponized,” not to foster debate but to intimidate professors and foreign students. For institutions, he said, the demands can seem never-ending.
WCVB TV Kimmel suspension draws backlash, comedians warn of chilling effect “It’s almost immaterial what [Kimmel] said,” said First Amendment expert Dan Kennedy, “It did seem to me that he was being more insulting to President Trump than he was of Charlie Kirk, so there really shouldn’t have been any sensitivities raised. The president is supposed to be able to take speech like this.”
GBH Local editors worry ‘pink slime’ journalism poses real danger Dan Kennedy, a professor of journalism at Northeastern University and co-author of a book called “What Works in Community News,” said these sites are currently limited in their reach.
AFP Trump’s budget hacksaw leaves public broadcasting on precipice Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University in Boston, stressed it is in those very areas where the funding cuts are likely to have “a devastating effect.”
Barron's Trump’s Budget Hacksaw Leaves Public Broadcasting On Precipice Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University in Boston, stressed it is in those very areas where the funding cuts are likely to have “a devastating effect.”
The Week Why is ABC’s firing of Terry Moran roiling journalists? ABC was “right to suspend Moran” but “wrong to get rid of him,” said Northeastern University journalism Professor Dan Kennedy in his Media Nation newsletter.
Fox News Washington Post Opinions section anxiously awaits new leader after Jeff Bezos pushed David Shipley out At the time, Northeastern University journalism professor Dan Kennedy wrote that Hiatt’s unexpected passing marked the end of “a period of remarkable stability at the top of The Washington Post’s masthead.”
Boston.com AI-assisted reporting in Boston-area newsrooms raises questions about role of new technology in building a community “I would like to know more specifically about the process,” said Dan Kennedy, a professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University. “What exactly is she doing, and what exactly is AI doing? It doesn’t seem like they are telling us that.”
A litmus test for Bezos I think that’s unlikely, but who knows? Maybe Bezos will indeed steer the Post into “embracing all MAGA, all the time,” as my friend Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, forewarned the other day.
LAist The LA fires burned a lot of lithium-ion batteries. What does that say about a clean energy future? Today on AirTalk, we check in on the television news industry to see where it stands and where its going. Joining us are David Folkenflik, media correspondent for NPR, and Dan Kennedy, professor of journalism Northeastern University.
