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Backstory & Strategy

Yoni Greenbaum

Where backstory meets strategy for media and nonprofit leaders. Cut through the noise with frameworks, playbooks, and digital strategy insights built from years in the field. Join a community moving beyond buzzwords to strategy that actually works.

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    Newsrooms, the C-suite, and the kitchen—I’ve seen the hard calls from every angle. Now at the American Press Institute building tools for journalism’s future. Backstory & Strategy is where I share the roadmaps. (Views are mine alone.)

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