The Big Bend Sentinel's community approach to local news
The Rebooting Show - Un pódcast de Brian Morrissey - Lunes
In 2016, Max Kabat and Maise Crow moved to Marfa, a small arts town in west Texas, and a couple years later made a bold call. They bought the local newspaper, The Big Bend Sentinel. Ever since, they've been building out their take on a sustainable local news model by pairing the weekly newspaper with a cafe and events space. Max and I discuss the model, the challenges of operating entwined but separate businesses, and whether this could be a blueprint that could work in towns with similar characteristics as Marfa, a tourist town that attracts a flood of visitors every year. After all, https://www.vogue.com/article/marfa-texas-travel-guide#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20an%20estimated%2049%2C000,times%20its%20population%20of%202%2C000. (most towns in America aren’t featured in Vogue).
