In an email sent to PNRC on Dec. 3, Kansas Press Association Executive Director Emily Bradbury reported the following story:
“We have a kiddo in Kansas who started a competing online newspaper (The Hutchinson Tribune) against a Gannett newspaper (The Hutchinson News).
He is 17 years old.
Tonight, for the second time, he went before the Hutchinson City Council to argue to keep printed public notices in the Hutchinson News — his competitor. He won the fight for Gannett. Amazing.
His name is Michael Glenn and he is a senior in high school with a successful online newspaper who went to bat for his competitor in the name of transparency and won.
A bright spot for today.”
That’s Mr. Glenn in the photo above, which was provided to Hutch Post courtesy of the City of Hutchinson.