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Amy Gahran

Amy Gahran

Amy Gahran is a journalist, editor, trainer, entrepreneur, strategist, and media consultant based in Boulder, Colorado. In addition to writing articles and doing educational programming for [email protected], she also covers mobile technology for CNN.com and Entrepreneur.com, and was a cofounder of the hyperlocal news site OaklandLocal.com. In 2006 she won a Knight News Challenge awarded for the Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker project. Her blog is Contentious.com. Twitter: @agahran

Amy Gahran's Blogs and Trainings

Becoming data literate: Community news tips

Often the news -- even local or hyperlocal news -- is in the numbers. But as recent election coverage showed, data Read More

Election shows data illiteracy is a problem for journalists

The sharp contrast between Nate Silver-style data-focused reporting and traditional election coverage highlights a growing problem in journalism: data illiteracy. Read More

What jobs can community news do?

Community news startups are part of the wave of disruptive innovation that's been overhauling journalism and the news industry. But Read More