Each week, the Explainer offers a closer look at stories we have been following. This week, we’re looking inward. When we kicked things off here in Monitorland, we added the “beta” tag because we knew that we were still in early days. We also knew that the project would be ever-evolving, and so before I […]
Publisher’s Note
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Publisher’s Note: Hello 2015
This space has mostly been used for incremental updates on a few stats that we feel illustrate our progress. And I’ll get to that. But first, I’d like to offer you all a peek at a few planned content upgrades for 2015. Shortly after the New Year, we’ll roll out a section we’re calling the […]
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Publisher’s Update: Elections/readers survey
Election Day is always something of a high-water mark for your Monitor team. Each cycle we pour resources into coverage of the campaigns. This year, of course, was multiplied by two major factors: the switch to 10-1 and the amount of candidate interest that went with it (for not the last time in these pages, […]
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Publisher’s Note: One Year/One Month
A note from Monitor publisher Mike Kanin: As of last Wednesday, it has been one year since we acquired what was formerly In Fact Daily from the Austin American-Statesman. Somehow, the occasion got a little lost. This probably had something to do with the fact that it was a City Council week. It might also […]
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Week 1 update
Morning all. First, thank you for bearing with us as we work through the lingering troubles we’ve had with our login system. If you are still having issues, don’t hesitate to email me. I can be found at Michael dot Kanin at Austin Monitor dot com. It is usually a very quick fix. I’d also […]