Barnes: Looking back at six years of The Daily Memphian
“It is Memphians who have made possible the success of one of the largest online local-news sites in the country, one supported primarily by subscriptions and sponsorships.”Related content:
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January 2025
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December 2024
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Memphians supporting — and saving — local journalism
“It’s a remarkable commentary on our community that virtually all that revenue has come from Memphians, all whom have risen to the occasion of saving and supporting local journalism.”
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2024 was the year of the ... ?
Restaurants, Elon Musk and a possible Graceland sale kept us guessing. Here are the top Memphis storylines of 2024.
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May 2024
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This Week in Memphis: Dueling barbecue contests, Abston’s sentencing
Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners dive into budgets, and school is out in Lakeland, Bartlett, Arlington and Millington.
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April 2024
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The Daily Memphian hires Izzy Gould as chief content officer
“Izzy brings a wealth of ideas and strategies about revenue, audience and content from his decades in local media,” said CEO Eric Barnes. “All of which will benefit us immensely as we approach six years since The Daily Memphian was formed.”
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January 2024
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Meet The Daily Memphian’s spring 2024 interns
The Daily Memphian welcomed its spring 2024 internship cohort this month: Meet Christopher Wright and Sarah Dassinger.
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December 2023
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Maxey: Farewell, but not goodbye, to the best job out there
“But, as they say, all good things must end. ... Dec. 29 will be my last day at The Daily Memphian, which has served as a five-year encore to 40 years at The Commercial Appeal.”
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November 2023
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An update on The Daily Memphian’s commenting policies
With a variety of recent changes to comments — and the overall evolution of the comment section — we should take a moment to walk through those policies and how they have changed over time.
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October 2023
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Eric Barnes: After five years, let’s take a moment to celebrate.
“The Daily Memphian is a reflection of everyone who participates in this endeavor. So thanks to all of you.”
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September 2023
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A look under the (technological) hood of The Daily Memphian
As part of The Daily Memphian’s ongoing series of stories and interviews marking the fifth anniversary, Eric Barnes interviews the technical team behind the news organization.
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Andy Cates to The Daily Memphian supporters: ‘You’ve made this possible’
“I’m very proud of what we’ve built over the past five years. With your help, I’m confident we’ll scale even greater heights in the next five.”
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Andy Cates, Eric Barnes continue discussion about The Daily Memphian
Eric Barnes continues his talk with Andy Cates — board chair of Memphis Fourth Estate, Inc., the nonprofit that owns The Daily Memphian — about how The Daily Memphian came to be on this episode of The Sidebar.
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Calkins: Hey, look! The Daily Memphian is 5! (But it wasn’t a piece of cake).
“Who starts up a newspaper these days? What a preposterous thing to do. But in just five years, The Daily Memphian has become one of the things that binds this city together. That’s worth pausing to celebrate.”
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The Daily Memphian writers share their favorite stories
The Daily Memphian celebrates its fifth anniversary by asking long-term writers to share a few of their favorite stories. Here are those stories and why the authors chose them, in their own words.
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Meet The Daily Memphian’s fall 2023 interns
One intern is working on general assignment news; another is focusing on high school sports.
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August 2023
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MLGW CEO gets no love at WKNO-Daily Memphian mayoral debate
State Rep. Karen Camper, businessman J.W. Gibson, Memphis-Shelby County Schools board member Michelle McKissack, Van Turner and Downtown Memphis Commission CEO Paul Young participated in the debate.
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May 2023
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Daily Memphian sports writers snag honors in AP contest
The 2022 Associated Press Sports Editors competition, marks the first time The Daily Memphian sports department, under the direction of sports editor David Boyd since September 2022, has had a Triple Crown win.
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April 2023
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Memphis mayoral debate among five contenders puts 2023 race in spotlight
The Monday debate at Halloran Centre, presented by The Daily Memphian, is about crime and criminal justice. The race to be the next mayor, however, is still a struggle largely taking place out of public view.
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Mayoral hopeful: We need ‘to amp up’ MPD numbers, quality
Watch five mayoral candidates discuss local crime and criminal justice issues during last night’s Daily Memphian mayoral debate.
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Daily Memphian to host Memphis mayoral debate
Five of the 11 declared mayoral contenders will debate crime, policing and criminal justice at the April 24 event at The Halloran Centre at the Orpheum, which will also be live-streamed on The Daily Memphian site.
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Longtime UConn fan Steven Abramowitz wins The Daily Memphian Bracket Challenge
New York native and longtime UConn fan Steven Abramowitz dominates The Daily Memphian’s Bracket Challenge.
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Beat The Daily Memphian’s Bracket: Buckley in top 4
More than 100 participants have higher point totals than The Daily Memphian’s own Geoff Calkins, John Martin and Parth Upadhyaya.
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March 2023
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Where everybody stands in The Daily Memphian (busted) Bracket Challenge
More than 100 participants have higher scores than Geoff Calkins, John Martin and me, Parth Upadhyaya.
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Here’s where everybody stands in The Daily Memphian Bracket Challenge
Forty-four of our 400-plus participants have higher scores than the members of The Daily Memphian’s sports team.
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January 2023
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Daily Memphian finds ‘unicorn’ for digital director
Holly Whitfield of the “I Love Memphis” blog will join The Daily Memphian in February as its digital director, leading a team of seven digital producers and two content creators.
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