Joel Gross, CEO of the Austin Monitor, offers a front-and-center look into Austin's increasing need for community news. With a nonprofit model, Joel is helping sustain the information landscape within a city rapidly growing into a metro region. Joel's first mission is to make community news more accessible so that locals can stay informed and engaged, having a voice in the decisions made where they live.
Timecoded Guide:
[5:02] Mission of the Austin Monitor
[7:14] Sustaining a nonprofit news model
[10:26] Access to local news
[14:05] Future of the media landscape
[16:34] Big issues in Austin
[22:33] Austin monitor's role in the community
What do you see as the mission of the Austin monitor?
The Austin Monitor has a broad mission but with two main facets: informing and engaging the community. Joel says that, with this, comes a prosperous community when it is made stronger by people feeling more connected. Importantly, people gain a sense of agency with community news when they have more of a voice and can go from being informed to being engaged.
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