2021 was not that great – what comes next?
This was a tough year for The Charlotte News. We lost two editors and several board members for a variety of reasons.
NewsMatch update…and a cow manure tribute
You may have watched Storm Lake Times, which screened on Vermont PBS on Monday night.
The News Board asks for your donations
At a time when 2,000 U.S. newspapers have either laid off staff—including just in recent days Seven Days and VTDigger—or closed shop altogether, The Charlotte News is also struggling. As covid-19 wreaks havoc on the local businesses that have helped sustain the paper for decades—and for which we are immensely grateful—we anticipate that our advertising revenue, which makes up about two-thirds of our income, will take a hard hit over the next weeks and months.
Governor Phil Scott asks that you help support local journalism
Like many in business, trusted news organizations are being hit hard by this pandemic. If you can, please consider subscribing to your local paper or contributing to a Vermont news organization.
Fake it up baby, print and shout
There’s a gentleman whose hair is a fake color. He never mentions why he painted it blond, but he does, by the same token, talk a lot about “fake news” and why the news media has it in for him.
Here’s what we’ve learned from our readers survey
Two findings stand out: First, more of you read the print version of the paper than the online version. And second, we need to include more local news in each issue.
To imagine your role
During Easter week what you have is a news editor with very few words. Or, rather, a pastor with a lot going on. Also, while I’m sitting here feeling a little lacking in vision, let me mention that one of us three hospice chaplains who cover hundreds of Vermont miles is out with a broken arm, and I have two papers to write for my Fordham classes.
Leave your mark, red marks and all
We are proud to announce The Charlotte News has won “Distinguished Newspaper” in our category in The New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) “Newspaper of the Year” 2017 competition.
Charlotte News fundraising update
To date we have raised $13,000 of the $20,000 we need from you, our readers, to finish the year with a balanced budget. If you have made your annual contribution to support The News, thank you. If you haven’t done so yet, please consider a contribution in any amount. You can contribute at our website, charlottenewsvt.org, or by mailing a check to The Friends of The Charlotte News, P.O. Box 211, Charlotte, VT 05445. All contributions are fully tax deductible.
Help wanted!
The News is looking for writers, photographers and delivery drivers to join the community of Charlotters—more than 130 of…