Creator-Journalists and the New Rules of Building an Audience

​Join us for a panel and happy hour about the rise of the creator-journalist — and what it means to build an audience independently or within a media company.

​Journalism is changing. More reporters are building their own audiences, launching independent publications and figuring out how to build a business around their work. At the same time, media companies are giving them more freedom to build a following and develop their own voice. Platforms like beehiiv give journalists the tools to build and reach their own audiences.

​Brian Sozzi of Yahoo Finance, Lachlan Cartwright, founder of Breaker Media, Amy Odell, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Back Row, and Jason Del Rey, founder of The Aisle, will join Vinita Nair, network news journalist and founder of Vinita Speaks, for a candid conversation about how journalists are building audiences and businesses both independently and inside established media companies.

​We’ll talk about what’s working, what’s difficult and what each side can learn from the other, including audience growth, trust, monetization and where the business of journalism is headed.

​Then stick around for drinks and conversation.