2021 Hall of Achievement Inductee

A 1979 graduate of the UO journalism program, Ken Doctor is an analyst, speaker, and consultant on news business models through his company, Newsonomics, and Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. Extensively quoted in the press on the changing economics of the news business, Doctor is a 21-year veteran of Knight Ridder Newspapers, where he served in several executive and newsroom capacities.

Acting on the local news emergency, in late 2020 he founded and launched Lookout Local and Lookout Santa Cruz. At the startup, he brings his expertise to bear on producing a first-of-its-kind, mobile-first, community-centric local news product. Among the company’s initial funders are the Knight Foundation, Google News Innovation Challenge, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.