About the Author
Mike Kanin is the Publisher of the Austin Monitor. As such, he doesn't report on much--aside from the workings of the Monitor--any more. In his previous life as a freelance journalist, Kanin has written for the Washington City Paper, the Washington Post's Express, the Boston Herald, Boston's Weekly Dig, the Austin Chronicle, and the Texas Observer.
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Publisher’s Whisper
Monday, July 11, 2016 by Michael Kanin
In an attempt to be even more transparent about who supports our work, we’ve decided to post a downloadable spreadsheet that lists each of our donors at the bottom of every story we run. Our thinking here is that this will allow our readers to better explore our sources of funding. However, we’ll also note that nothing has changed in terms of editorial policy: Our firm wall between editorial decision-making (i.e., Liz Pagano) and Monitor fundraising (i.e., Mike Kanin) remains. For more on the policies that keep this in place, you can read our ethical policy here.
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