News With Roots: Steve Abramowicz On Preserving Hometown Journalism In A Digital Age
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we connect with Steve Abramowicz, the CEO and Editor of Heartland Journal.com and host of the Heartland Journal podcast. Initially, the Heartland Journal was the hometown print newspaper for Mill Creek, WA. However, when founder Fred Fillbrook passed away in 2022, Steve inherited the publication, continuing the vision of truth and patriotism.
Eager to bring fact-based news to the digital world, Steve now heads up the HLJ e-newsletter – comprehensively covering national, local, entertainment, health and fitness, real estate, fashion, and the homeless crisis…
Click play to learn about:
- What Steve learned from taking over a hometown newspaper.
- The importance of local news coverage.
- What it means to bring the voice of positive change to the world through media.
- The renaissance of independent filmmaking.
Steve was born and raised in the wine country of Napa, California, and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He is also the founder and Managing Director of Mill Creek Financial Partners.
Curious how Steve has turned Fred Fillbrook’s grassroots paper into the future of hometown and nationwide news? Join the conversation now!
You can follow Steve on X @SAbramowicz81.
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| 0:30.3 | This is the Finding Genius podcast with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.5 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Fine, Genius podcast. |
| 0:41.3 | My guest today is Steve Abramowitz. |
| 0:42.9 | He's the publisher of Heartland Journal. |
| 0:44.8 | The website is heartlandjournal.com. |
| 0:47.4 | He's also host to the Heartland Journal podcast. |
| 0:49.5 | So we're going to talk about his work there and what he does and should be an interesting |
| 0:53.1 | conversation. |
| 0:53.9 | So welcome, Steve. Thanks for inviting me, Richard. How are you? |
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