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It’s been a wonderful month for Lookout as we’ve celebrated our Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News with our team and members. Thanks to all of you who offered congrats. But, as we’ve said, this is just the beginning. We built Lookout Local to be a model, and one that can rebuild local news in communities well beyond Santa Cruz. We’ve now taken that first step as we move forward with Lookout Eugene-Springfield. It will be the second Lookout, as we now scope out a wider expansion in 2026-2027. We will also announce the beginnings of our national staff leadership later this summer. The community response in Oregon has been off the charts. People know what they’ve lost in local news and have enthusiastically supported our launch there, and they’ve embraced our launch with their hearts and wallets, with more than two dozen individual and family foundation funders supporting us. We know our journalism/community/business models work, and with the sufficient capital we have raised, we also know well that it is the Lookout team there who will drive the success of Lookout Eugene-Springfield. So, we are beginning to hire, looking for those who want to be part of the solution, the revival of trustworthy local news across the country. We are hiring both for our contemporary, in-office, invite-in-the-community newsrooms modern digitally agile newsrooms and for committed business and community leaders who support and advance those newsrooms. Lookout Local is building a company of journalists and friends. We seek those who have the fire in their bellies to build the next generation of local news. We know that in a world of journalistic downturn we are fortunate to be able to serve communities hungry for real local news brought to them by people and companies they can trust. In addition, due to a medical leave, we now have a new position open at Lookout Santa Cruz, as interim managing editor. Of course, that’s a key position in maintaining our growth and excellent momentum there. I will share all the job descriptions in the comments below. We welcome beginning interest now, especially for our leadership positions. For any of them, just write jobs@lookoutlocal.com, with cover letter and résumé, subject line: Eugene.
OutboundWorx
2mo
Congratulations on the Pulitzer Prize win! The expansion to Eugene-Springfield sounds incredibly promising for the future of local news. With the community's strong support and your team's passion, Lookout is truly poised to make a significant impact. How do you see the unique needs of each community shaping the development of new Lookout locations?
Lynne Brennen
3mo
I’m so proud of all that your amazing team has accomplished and has planned for the future ✨⭐️🌟
Susan J. Bassi
3mo
It is what a newsroom should look like. No Wolf of Wall Street Hedge Fund sponsored dinners or private equity diversion - good job and you should all be very proud - local journalism is really all that matters now.
John Paris
3mo
Congratulations, the community response to the launch is fantastic news.
CEO, Lookout Local, Inc at Lookout Local
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