Buying your hometown newspaper, with Samantha & Greg Enslen

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

Mignon Fogarty, Inc.

Society & Culture, Education

4.5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

998. This week, I talked with Samantha and Greg Enslen, who recently purchased their hometown newspaper, the "Tippecanoe Gazette" in Tipp City, Ohio. Sam and Greg shared how they are making it work, from updating antiquated systems to expanding news coverage and readership. We also discussed balancing print and digital content, the challenges of ad sales and subscriptions, their commitment to hyper-local reporting, their thoughts on AI in journalism, and the colorful stories that make small-town news so much fun. Whether you're an aspiring journalist or are simply curious about the future of local news, you'll be inspired by the Enslens' dedication to keeping community journalism alive.

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0:00.0	Grammar Girl here, I'm Nion Fog Fog Fog, and today we're going to talk about something
0:09.2	that many writers dream of, but almost nobody gets to do and that's buying your hometown
0:15.2	newspaper. Today I'm here with Samantha Enslin and her husband Greg Enslin and you'll
0:21.1	recognize Samantha's name because she's a very frequent contributor to the grammar girl podcast.
0:27.0	And when she told me they had bought their hometown newspaper, The Tippee Canoe Gazette in Tip City, Ohio.
0:33.8	I knew I had to have them on to talk about it.
0:36.6	And I put questions out on social media,
0:38.9	and I got more questions than I have ever gotten
0:42.2	about anything I've put out asking for questions
0:44.2	from before so people are really interested in this.
0:49.2	Samantha and Greg welcome to the Grammar Girl Podcast.
0:54.0	Awesome, thank you so much for inviting us.
0:57.0	Good to see you.
0:59.0	Yeah, you bet.
1:00.0	And it's great for just people to see you Samantha anyway just since you're such a frequent contributor.
1:05.0	But, and my understanding is that this was primarily Greg's thing.
1:09.0	So please, tell me just how this came about, How did you come to buy your hometown newspaper?
1:15.8	Well actually I have been wanting to buy it for a long time.
1:20.0	So it was something I've been trying to make happen for several years.
1:25.0	And I used to write for the paper, have written for the paper for off and on for the last 15 years.
1:32.0	And every time it would come up for sale I would try to sneak in the
1:37.3	situation and make a bid and I never never was successful before this last time but this last time I got a call from the editor and she said
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