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Mission Note
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…
Mission Note • By Michael Kanin • Jun 6, 2016
Publisher's Note: Fun and Game Night
Last week, your Austin Monitor team tried something new. From the start, we’d planned on building an events series to further our mission of civic engagement. Our thinking was that direct outreach might more directly impact our readers (and earn…
Mission Note • By Michael Kanin • May 23, 2016
Publisher's Note: Whispers, more sponsorships, and Watson and Adler on transportation
A couple of small changes, more Web sponsorships, and some event announcements to get to here: First: We’re moving Whispers. Not far, just behind a new button that you’ll find on the front page of the site. We’ve struggled a…
Mission Note • By Michael Kanin • Mar 28, 2016
Publisher's Note: 2015, 2016
I was recently given the advice that such phrasing as “let me be honest” or “honestly” implies that everything else one’s said is not, and so I won’t begin this note that way. Instead I’ll try this: I wasn’t quite…
