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Matt DeRienzo

Co-parenting with a ghost

“Do you think your Mom will come back as a ghost and haunt you?”

5 min readJun 17, 2021

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Co-parenting with a ghost

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Matt DeRienzo

An open letter to Rebecca Sugar

A single dad’s relationship with Steven Universe

2 min readNov 4, 2018

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An open letter to Rebecca Sugar

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Matt DeRienzo
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LION Publishers

Toward a virtuous circle of investigative local news

LION is accepting applications for mini-grants for reporting and fundraising

3 min readMar 19, 2018

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Toward a virtuous circle of investigative local news

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Matt DeRienzo

How do you support your local newspaper when its owners are destroying it?

“Subscribe to a local newspaper, even if you aren’t going to read it.” Because you’ll be helping rescue democracy.

5 min readJan 30, 2018

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How do you support your local newspaper when its owners are destroying it?

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LION Publishers

The death of local advertising has been greatly exaggerated

It can still be a significant source of funding for journalism. That’s why we’re offering sales mentorship to local news startups this…

5 min readJan 22, 2018

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The death of local advertising has been greatly exaggerated

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LION Publishers

If you build it, money for local news won’t magically come

The good news, as newspaper industry consolidation continues to wreak havoc on local newsrooms, is that grassroots journalism enterprises…

4 min readSep 4, 2017

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If you build it, money for local news won’t magically come

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Matt DeRienzo

White supremacy on the op-ed page

My local newspaper publishes a defense of American slavery

3 min readJul 13, 2017

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White supremacy on the op-ed page

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Death by 1,000 paper cuts

Gannett’s year-round layoffs hit small-town journalism hardest

4 min readMay 4, 2017

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Death by 1,000 paper cuts

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Matt DeRienzo
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LION Publishers

In many communities, best local journalism is not coming from print

Margaret Sullivan is right to sound the alarm about what steep newspaper cuts are doing to local journalism across the country, but her…

3 min readApr 17, 2017

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In many communities, best local journalism is not coming from print

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Matt DeRienzo
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LION Publishers

Local news site’s 36-hour livestream a fun take on annual fund drives

Readers of the Valley Independent Sentinel know when Editor Eugene Driscoll’s kids are home sick from school. They are understanding…

7 min readApr 14, 2017

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Local news site’s 36-hour livestream a fun take on annual fund drives

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Matt DeRienzo

Matt DeRienzo

Editor in chief at the Center for Public Integrity. Formerly VP of News and Digital Content for Hearst Connecticut, executive director, LION Publishers.

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