Axios Local's Liz Alesse on shaping the business to crack sustainable local journalism at scale

Podcast: The Publisher Podcast by Media Voices · Media Voices

Opublikowano: 2026-05-18

In this episode of The Publisher Podcast, we're joined by Liz Alesse, Vice President and General Manager of Axios Local. She is responsible for building and scaling Axios' local journalism business as a sustainable national platform. Liz talks about how Axios Local has evolved since launching five years ago, and what they've learned about scaling with market-specific models rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. She emphasises the importance of their reporters as brand ambassadors and key anchors for areas, citing talent as one of the primary factors for expanding into a market. Axios Local has yet...