Lewes resident Patricia Rivera, founder and CEO of Hook PR & Marketing, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI). Rivera was a founding member of the LJI board 2021-2022, and she is returning after a two-year hiatus. “I’ve [...]

Darrin Kerr of the American Journalism Project (AJP) has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI). As Head of Growth Investments at AJP – which has awarded a $1 million, three-year grant to LJI to launch Spotlight Delaware – [...]

The Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) is excited to announce that José Ignacio Castañeda will serve as a reporter for the new collaborative nonprofit newsroom, Spotlight Delaware. Castañeda joins Spotlight Delaware after covering nearly 400 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border for the Arizona Republic newspaper. [...]

The Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) is excited to announce that Karl Baker will serve as senior reporter for the new collaborative nonprofit newsroom, Spotlight Delaware. Baker joins Spotlight Delaware with nearly a decade of experience reporting on news in the First State – initially for [...]