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Erika Hobbs

Editor (erika@growingcommunitymedia.org)
Erika Hobbs is an award-winning veteran journalist, digital strategist and news entrepreneur. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer and other publications. Her work focuses on public trusts, justice and holding the powerful accountable. She is committed to local news because fostering local identity while reporting news and creating space for civil discourse is critical for a vibrant democracy.


Dan Haley

President and Publisher (dhaley@wjinc.com)
Dan was one of the three founders of Wednesday Journal in 1980. He’s still here as its four flags – Wednesday Journal, Austin Weekly News, Forest Park Review and Riverside-Brookfield Landmark – make the switch to the nonprofit model of Growing Community Media. He sees independent community journalism as the glue that makes a neighborhood vital.


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