The Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) is excited to announce that Jacob Owens has been selected as the editor in chief of Spotlight Delaware, a new collaborative nonprofit newsroom that LJI is launching next month to provide Delaware communities with free local news and information.  Owens [...]

The Local Journalism Initiative (LJI), a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening local journalism in Delaware, announced today that Allison Taylor Levine has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Levine, who founded LJI in 2021, will serve as the organization's first CEO. Levine started her career as [...]

Community leader Monica Shockley-Porter has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI). Shockley-Porter is a public relations specialist for the Capital School District and a doctoral student at Liberty University. A native of Harrisburg, Pa., Shockley-Porter moved to Kent [...]

Communications expert and former TV news anchor Jeremy Tucker has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI). Tucker is currently manager of strategic communications and engagement at Delaware Electric Cooperative, which serves 115,000 consumers in central and southern Delaware. [...]