Dear Readers,

When I was in elementary school, I started a newspaper about my family of five. Hand-written and illustrated, it was my first foray into journalism — and I quickly realized how time-consuming and difficult the work was.

Decades later, I’m still devoted to the principles I stumbled onto that day in my childhood kitchen — keeping people informed and accurately reporting on the issues that matter to the community. Now, I do it from the Poynter Institute instead of on the kitchen counter (and while my writing has improved, my illustrations haven’t).

My team and I are working to provide you with ethical, fact-based journalism that you rely on every day to help navigate your world. Whether you’re a daily Tom Jones junkie, a digital disciple of Ren LaForme’s, an apostle of female leaders like Mel Grau, a business trendspotter like Rick Edmonds or a local news champion like Kristen Hare, we hope to keep you inspired and informed. Our nonprofit newsroom aims to make a difference in the lives of the journalists we teach and the citizens they serve.

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