The Newmark Graduate School of Journalism is excited to announce that Darryl Holliday will join us in Fall 2024 as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
Holliday is a seasoned journalist, coalition builder and civic strategist who has spent over a decade building a blueprint for journalism at the intersection of community organizing, participatory media and civic technology.
His work has been pivotal in creating more democratic local news and more collaborative community conversations. He co-founded the Pulitzer Prize-winning civic media lab City Bureau, which created the Documenters Network in 2018 to train engaged citizens to document public meetings across 19 cities. He is also the co-author of the “Roadmap for Local News,” an industry guide with recommendations on how to revitalize and reimagine local news ecosystems across the country.
In his role at Newmark J-School, Holliday will continue to research and explore new opportunities for civic media, community organizers and media researchers.
As part of his residency, he will meet with our Engagement M.A. cohort to offer guidance around the critical issues of nurturing trust with our audiences, building a newsroom from the ground up, and developing entrepreneurial mindsets and strategies that will activate the next generation of community-based storytellers.
In addition, he will meet with Newmark faculty, students and alumni to offer guidance and ideas about our future programming. Ahead of and after the 2024 elections, he will also host public convenings focused on news media’s role in electoral politics and civic power.