Jennifer Brandel, co-founder of Hearken, Zebras Unite, Civic Exchange Chicago, Election SOS, Democracy SOS and WBEZ’s Curious City, shares lessons on designing experiments for sustainability, equity and impact.   Episode chapters: (2:40) - Jennifer’s path to public radio and Hearken (9:57) - Grants and designing experiments for sustainability (13:36) - Lessons for instilling new ideas in newsrooms (or any business) (33:45) - Hearken and a portfolio of listening (40:22) - Zebra’s Unite and a different kind of tech startup ecosystem (47:19) - Diversifying your organization and your audience (52:51) - Reflecting on election coverage (58:12) - Rapid-fire questions (1:09:35) - Fact check by Bay Edwards & Rachel Pickarski

Jennifer Brandel, co-founder of Hearken, Zebras Unite, Civic Exchange Chicago, Election SOS, Democracy SOS and WBEZ’s Curious City, shares lessons on designing experiments for sustainability, equity and impact. Episode chapters: (2:40) - Jennifer’s path to public radio and Hearken (9:57) - Grants and designing experiments for sustainability (13:36) - Lessons for instilling new ideas in newsrooms (or any business) (33:45) - Hearken and a portfolio of listening (40:22) - Zebra’s Unite and a different kind of tech startup ecosystem (47:19) - Diversifying your organization and your audience (52:51) - Reflecting on election coverage (58:12) - Rapid-fire questions (1:09:35) - Fact check by Bay Edwards & Rachel Pickarski

Jennifer Brandel, co-founder of Hearken, Zebras Unite, Civic Exchange Chicago, Election SOS, Democracy SOS and WBEZ’s Curious City, shares lessons on designing experiments for sustainability, equity and impact. &nbsp; Episode chapters: (2:40) - Jennifer’s path to public radio and Hearken (9:57) - Grants and designing experiments for sustainability (13:36) - Lessons for instilling new ideas in newsrooms (or any business) (33:45) - Hearken and a portfolio of listening (40:22) - Zebra’s Unite and a different kind of tech startup ecosystem (47:19) - Diversifying your organization and your audience (52:51) - Reflecting on election coverage (58:12) - Rapid-fire questions (1:09:35) - Fact check by Bay Edwards &amp; Rachel Pickarski

Shut up and listen: Jennifer Brandel of Hearken on innovation via empathy & inclusiveness

Local News Matters highlights the interesting and innovative work of local newsrooms – as well as the crucial questions they face – as they endeavor to evolve their organizations to produce more meaningful journalism, to better serve their communities and to enhance their organization’s financial sustainability for long-term results.

Hosted by Tim Regan-Porter, CEO of the Colorado Press Association, Local News Matters features guests from newsrooms and support organizations across the U.S. in extended conversations covering a wide range of topics.

Tim talks to reporters, editors, publishers, sales leaders, philanthropists and more – anyone doing new or exemplary work or proffering thought-provoking insights is fair game. Whether you’re a newsroom leader, a sales executive or just a citizen who cares deeply about informed communities, you’ll find something here worth your time.

Visit https://localnewsmatterspodcast.com/ for show notes, transcripts, mailing list and more.

Business

Entrepreneurship

News

News Commentary

Local News Matters highlights the interesting and innovative work of local newsrooms – as well as the crucial questions they face – as they endeavor to evolve their organizations to produce more meaningful journalism, to better serve their communities and to enhance their organization’s financial sustainability for long-term results. Hosted by Tim Regan-Porter, CEO of the Colorado Press Association, Local News Matters features guests from newsrooms and support organizations across the U.S. in extended conversations covering a wide range of topics. Tim talks to reporters, editors, publishers, sales leaders, philanthropists and more – anyone doing new or exemplary work or proffering thought-provoking insights is fair game. Whether you’re a newsroom leader, a sales executive or just a citizen who cares deeply about informed communities, you’ll find something here worth your time. Visit https://localnewsmatterspodcast.com/ for show notes, transcripts, mailing list and more.

Share Shut up and listen: Jennifer Brandel of Hearken on innovation via empathy & inclusiveness

Sign up to save your podcasts

Shut up and listen: Jennifer Brandel of Hearken on innovation via empathy & inclusiveness

Shut up and listen: Jennifer Brandel of Hearken on innovation via empathy & inclusiveness

More shows like Local News Matters

On the Media

Fresh Air

Longform

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Pivot

Channels with Peter Kafka

Embodied Astrology

The Daily

Journalism History

Post Reports

The Bulwark Podcast

The Ezra Klein Show

People vs Algorithms

On with Kara Swisher

Mixed Signals from Semafor Media