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First Friday: Project Optimist, A future for local news in uncertain times

Friday, February 7, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (CST)

Event Details

We hope you can join us for our First Friday event featuring Nora Hertel of Project Optimist. Project Optimist is a digital news startup serving greater Minnesota with solutions journalism, community events, and art. Founder Nora Hertel will explain why these elements are part of an important recipe for reviving community journalism, which is still a public good despite increased news avoidance and unstable revenue. It's a tough time for the news media, the environment, and American society. Innovation in news provides a bright light for the path forward.
This event is free and open to the public. It will be streamed on Facebook and a recording will be posted after the event
Lunch is available through the Sons of Norway starting at 11 am. We meet in the the ballroom in the back.