Publisher’s Note
Friday, August 11, 2017 by Ashley Fisher
Publisher's Note
Publisher’s Note – Penny Pass
As you know, we operate on a subscription service. That is how we are able to pay our awesome reporters and bring you all the great coverage that we do. (To make it simple, the more subscriptions we have, the…
Friday, April 28, 2017 by Michael Kanin
Publisher's Note
Onward (in a different kind of way…)
I write you all this morning with a bit of news: At the end of May, I’ll head over to The Texas Observer, where I will serve as that venerable publication’s publisher. I’m also pleased to say that the Austin…
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 by Michael Kanin
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Publisher’s Note: PennyPass incoming
I have a bit of news, but first I want to be sure that we’re all on the same page with regard to terminology and philosophy. The Austin Monitor employs a paymeter (stay with me here, it’ll be worth it)…
Thursday, March 9, 2017 by Michael Kanin
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Publisher’s Note: Why your Monitor is a bit light this morning
How’s this for a morning duh: Diversity is nothing but good for a newsroom. Without it, we can’t well claim to cover every possible angle of a story. Your Monitor has a bit of work to do on our cultural…
Friday, December 30, 2016 by Michael Kanin
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Publisher’s Note: Into 2017
December 2016 marks the third anniversary of the rebranding that gave birth to the Austin Monitor. In those three years, we’ve rebuilt our web home, expanded our coverage, made room for some new voices in the coverage of Austin and…
Monday, June 6, 2016 by Michael Kanin
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Publisher’s Note: Story Map and individual story purchase
When we started this project, we envisioned a regular beat of these Publisher’s Notes — maybe once every two months or so. This is my second in about three weeks. So, if you’d like a rough “exciting times” metric for…
