Jennifer Kho Media & Journalism Consulting

Journalism & media leadership

Interviews, public speaking and research 

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Our industry

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Membership

Lessons from newsrooms building member-driven journalism

By Jennifer Kho, Membership Puzzle Project
Audience engagement

Audience engagement is a diversity strategy

By Jennifer Kho, Nieman Reports
Sustainability

Tackling the information crisis: why news is essential to sustainability

By Jennifer Kho, Nieman Reports
Hiring & careers

The true cost of a job search

By Jennifer Kho, Editor & Publisher
Hiring & careers

Hiring for the future

By Jennifer Kho, Editor & Publisher
CONFERENCES

ONA26 showcases journalism’s collective strength

By Gretchen A. Peck, Editor & Publisher
Leadership

The best leadership strategies from today’s top journalism innovators

By Michele Weldon, Take The Lead
Leadership

Expanding truth: women journalists on the present, the future and the power of the pivot

By Michele Weldon, Take The Lead
Trust & misinformation

News Literacy Project panelists discuss misinformation epidemic, building trust in media

By Charlotte Ehrlich, The Daily Northwestern
Community engagement

The Story of Us: a public forum

Public Narrative

Leading the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom

DECISIONS, EXPERIMENTS & INTERVIEWS (JUNE 2022-SEPTEMBER 2025)

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Public Media launches new social media political explainer series with Lynn Sweet
La Voz Chicago

Why we decided to create a resource guide for immigrants

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

At the Sun-Times in 2024, a year of experimentation, collaboration and impact

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

Two years ago, we stopped charging readers for Sun-Times stories online. Here’s what happened

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

Introducing the new Sunday Sun-Times!

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

How we’re deciding what’s news – by soliciting your input

By Jennifer Kho
Nieman Lab

What happened when the Chicago Sun-Times freed the news

By Jane Elizabeth
Editor & Publisher

Checking in on the Sun-Times / Chicago Public Media merger

By Mike Blinder
Chicago Sun-Times

Here’s what the Sun-Times accomplished in 2023 — and what’s next for 2024

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

Introducing Chicago’s Next Voices

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

The Sun-Times introduces a ‘right to be forgotten’ policy

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

Launching La Voz Chicago, a Spanish-language publication

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

The Sun-Times wants to reflect the voices of all Chicagoans. Here’s how you can help

By Jennifer Kho
Chicago Sun-Times

The Sun-Times’ news chapter: Our digital content is now free for everyone

By Nykia Wright, Jennifer Kho and Celeste LeCompte
National Press Club

There’s a problem when misinformation is free and the truth is not

By Rachel Jones
Editor & Publisher

Chicago Sun-Times’ new executive editor talks about newsroom dilemmas covering a mass shooting

By Gretchen A. Peck
Poynter

Photo decision-making after the Highland Park shooting

By Kelly McBride
The Washington Post

The Post publishes photos from mass shootings and draws praise, revulsion

By Paul Farhi
The Washington Post

‘Show the bodies’: Mass shootings spark media debate on gory photos

By Paul Farhi
Chicago Media Talks

New Sun-Times editor: ‘Everything’s on the table’

By Charlie Meyerson and Sheila Solomon

Other

OLDER INTERVIEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Podcast · The Sage Sayers

How do we save and honor the industry we love?

By Debbi McCullough
Podcast · How She Made It

Jennifer Kho on strategic innovation and facing obstacles

By Andrea Z
Coverage · Politico

Guardian US firms up its senior editorial team

By Jeremy Barr
Coverage · Adweek

Guardian US managing editor moves over to HuffPost

By Richard Horgan
Coverage · Current

Comings and goings in public media

By Julian Wyllie
Forever Humboldt

Journalist wields media strategy to empower communities, make impact
Cal Poly Humboldt

Distinguished Alumni Award

Video · 2018
Journalism & Women Symposium

JAWS board president, 2021–2023

For the record

Author pages

Many of my bylines are no longer available online, unfortunately, but here are some that are

Chicago Sun-Times 2022–2025 HuffPost 2017–2021 The Guardian 2015–2019 The Argus, Fremont 2003–2004 Los Angeles Times 1999–2001

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