Category: News

Help LkldNow pick our next event topic Trinity Laurino Executive Director 155 Words, <1 minute to read Help us decide the topic of  our next Candid Conversation, our series of events that connects Lakeland residents with experts and policy makers. This year we’re using our event series to explore the changes in and challenges to our […]

Lakelanders chose compassion Trinity Laurino Executive Director As I drove to LkldNow’s event on mental health and policing on Tuesday, I watched as a woman in a motorized chair struggled to make it across George Jenkins Boulevard before the light changed at Florida Avenue.  The battery on her chair was giving out. She’d lurch forward […]

Next Tuesday: Hear how mental health and policing intersect Trinity Laurino Executive Director This column: 138 words; <1-minute read At LkldNow, we’re reading “Smart Brevity” by the founders of Axios and Politico and it’s clarifying for us how to improve on being a “reader first” newsroom. You might notice some changes over the coming months […]

Distributing Lkld news widely for free Trinity Laurino Executive Director LkldNow today launched our channel on Apple News. This means iPhone and Mac users have yet another way to read LkldNow’s local news reporting. This has been in the works for a long time and huge thanks to Barry Friedman, our founder and editor-at-large, for […]

Spring, Earth Day, Lakeland’s parks Cindy Glover Editor Our small-but-mighty LkldNow team did something different this week. We held our staff meeting at Bonnet Springs Park under the shade of a massive oak tree. It was great to enjoy these last lovely days of spring and take a moment to appreciate Lakeland’s green spaces. Over […]

Remembering a beacon of positivity Barry Friedman Founder and Editor-at-large In a career in journalism spanning nearly 50 years, I have worked with many interesting people — some who have propelled themselves to impactful careers and some who were gifted with memorable personalities. Bill Warren was both of those. We met in 1978 when he […]

With great (social media) power comes great responsibility Cindy Glover Editor It’s been a busy couple of weeks for news, and LkldNow’s articles have gotten lots of reader feedback and engagement on social media.  We were pleasantly surprised to see more than 130 people repost our story about Holloway Park on Facebook, in addition to […]

Expanding LkldNow to the radio Barry Friedman Founder and Editor-at-large “LkldNow on the Radio.” Has a nice ring, doesn’t it? That’s the name of LkldNow’s weekly spot on WLKF radio. We’ve been doing it for more than four years and we love the way the show we’re on has evolved. LkldNow’s segment starts after the […]

Get answers to your questions about health care in Lakeland Trinity Laurino Executive Director I had a great conversation with one of LkldNow’s board members earlier this week about why we host in-person community forums. She posed a good question: Community forums as live events aren’t easy to produce; would it be easier to do […]