Joseph Hannan has parlayed his background in newspaper industry into a writing consultancy, Aligned Wellness Marketing. In this conversation, Joe talks about how his interest in journalism was ignited as an undergraduate at The College of New Jersey, his career with the Newark Star-Ledger and Advanced Media, his transition into marketing and public relations, and his decision to go into business for himself. He also turned the tables on me and asked some questions of his own, leading into a conversation about emerging business models for news, free speech debates how news organizations can rebuild trust with the communities they serve, and what we’re teaching students these days. This is part of a periodic series of conversations with media entrepreneurs denoted with the hashtag #Conversationswithcreatives.

Conversations with Creatives: Joe Hannan by Kim Pearson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.