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Jay Allred
Jay Allred is the CEO of Source Media Properties, which includes three local news sites, a full service digital marketing agency, and an artificial intelligence startup. The Source Brand Solutions marketing team creates compelling messaging for clients all over the United States.
The Source newsrooms have become known for their tightly focused local coverage, entrepreneurial culture, and national leadership in audience engagement and the practice of solutions journalism. Source reporters serve nearly a half million users a month across four counties in North Central Ohio.
He was a 2022 Sulzberger Fellow at the Columbia Journalism School, where his project focused the development of easy-to-use SAAS tools for local newsrooms around the globe.
Jay serves as a board member of LION Publishers and is deeply involved in the civic life of his adopted hometown of Mansfield, Ohio. He is married to a fantastic woman, has 2 grown daughters, and adopted a couple of mutt dogs.
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Celebrate ‘Lovin’ It LOCAL’ month with Richland Source, McDonald’s, and Sun Graphics
MANSFIELD, Ohio – For the third time, Richland Source, your local McDonald’s, and Sun Graphics have partnered to make April “Lovin’ It LOCAL” month in Richland, Ashland, and Crawford Counties. We […]
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Small Business Saturday is Nov. 26, a business opportunity too big to miss
MANSFIELD — Small Business Saturday is Nov. 26. If you run a small business that counts on the holiday shopping season, you need to get yourself registered by Nov. 4. […]
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Richland Source – Our Story
General Information Richland Source was founded by Carl Fernyak in January 2013 on the belief that there was an audience in North Central Ohio hungry for a different local news […]
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Raemelton equestrian team places well at Chagrin Valley horse show
CHAGRIN FALLS — Nine riders, two coaches, and six horses from Mansfield’s Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center traveled to Cleveland Monday to compete in the Chagrin Valley Hunter Jumper Classic. The […]
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Celebrate ‘Lovin’ It LOCAL’ month with Richland Source, McDonald’s, and Heart of Ohio
MANSFIELD, Ohio – For the second year in a row, Richland Source, your local McDonald’s, and Heart of Ohio magazine have partnered to make June “Lovin’ It LOCAL” month in […]
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Why our news is free, and how we’ll keep it that way
MANSFIELD — Let me be clear. This message is not a prelude to a paywall that locks you out of the news until you pay. That business model is dead […]
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Richland Source, title sponsor of Brickyard stage, launches RichlandLIVE initiative
MANSFIELD — Richland Source is biased. We’re fans of the people, businesses, and culture in Mansfield and Richland County. As we have grown, our point of view has taken different […]
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Group abandons backyard chickens for frontyard ostriches
Proponents of backyard chickens in Mansfield announced a change in their legislative strategy today by abandoning both backyards and chickens. Their new urban agriculture theory? Free range front-yard ostriches. In […]
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Richland Area Chamber reports growth, unveils new brand
SHELBY, Ohio – Shelby’s Kehoe Center hosted the 117th Annual Richland Area Chamber of Commerce Meeting & Dinner Thursday night, and used that meeting to unveil a new brand for […]