Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking breakfast panel on the critical role of local journalism in today’s rapidly evolving media landscape. As local news outlets face unprecedented challenges—from shrinking newsrooms to financial pressures and the rise of misinformation—this discussion will explore innovative strategies to preserve and strengthen local reporting.
Hear from a diverse panel of industry leaders, journalists, and community advocates who are fighting to ensure that local stories remain at the heart of our communities. Discover how local news impacts civic engagement, fosters accountability, and shapes the identity of our neighborhoods.
Whether you’re a media professional, a concerned citizen, or simply a lover of quality journalism, this event offers valuable insights into how we can all contribute to keeping local news alive.
Moderator
Panelists
Lindsey Linzer uses her expertise in complex grants and program administration to connect community needs to financial resources. Lindsey serves as the Vice President of Community Investments at The Miami Foundation and in this role, she partners with private and family foundations, nonprofit organizations, and community members to advance social change. Lindsey helps donors turn their philanthropic visions into reality by designing and implementing innovative donor collaboratives and grantmaking initiatives.
At The Miami Foundation, Lindsey oversees a diverse portfolio of community engagement initiatives and leads a eight-person programs and grants administration team in managing a significant portfolio of charitable funds and special projects. She has created and scaled multi-million dollar local and national grant programs in the areas of disaster and community recovery, nonprofit news, artificial intelligence, and arts education and access. Most recently, Lindsey was the force behind the Foundation’s COVID-19 community recovery efforts leading $16 million+ in grantmaking as well as the Miami-Dade Counts 2020, a collaborative grantmaking and outreach campaign to encourage participation in the 2020 Census.
Lindsey brings over a decade of experience in nonprofit and foundation management with a deep expertise in program design, donor collaboratives, fiscal sponsorship, and grants management. Prior to joining The Miami Foundation in 2017, Lindsey worked as the grants administration officer at Knight Foundation, where she managed the organization’s grants processes, as well as special projects. She has also served as program manager at the Community Foundation of Broward, overseeing leadership development and capacity building programs.
Originally from South Florida, Lindsey received her bachelor’s degree in business from Emory University and her MBA from Columbia Business School. Lindsey is a recent graduate of the Council on Foundation’s Career Pathways leadership development program, a year-long program focused on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in philanthropy.
When she is not working to build a better Miami, Lindsey is spending time playing games with her two young boys and enjoying the best new restaurants with her husband Ross.
Joel Engelhardt
Co-Founder, Stet News
Joel Engelhardt is an award-winning newspaper reporter and editor based in Palm Beach Gardens. He spent more than 40 years in the newspaper business, including 28 years at The Palm Beach Post.
As a reporter, he covered countywide growth, the 2000 election and the birth of Cityplace in West Palm Beach. As an editor, he oversaw probes into the opioid scourge, private prisons, police-involved shootings and more.
For seven years, he worked on the paper’s editorial board.
Joel left The Post in December 2020. He and his wife, Donna, have two children and live in Palm Beach Gardens.
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