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MISSION DRIVEN JOURNALISM WITHOUT A PAYWALL

Katharine Graham, journalist and publisher of the Washington Post, famously said, “Journalism is a mission, publishing is a business.”

The Estes Valley Voice exists to provide local readers with news about our community. We are locally owned, journalist-led, and hyperlocally-focused.

No one else is going to come up the hill to tell our stories and report on the people, businesses, and events of the Estes Valley.

The Estes Valley Voice publishes original, journalist-written news. We work hard to keep a firewall between our newsroom and our business office. We are open to criticism and grateful for praise.

As a reader, you may not like every story we write, or you may wish we had told a story differently, but we strive to tell the truth without partisan bias.

The role of journalism is not to be a lap dog but a watchdog, and in a small town, that can be difficult. We passionately believe in the Washington Post’s motto: “Democracy dies in darkness.”

We believe it is important to listen to all voices, not just the loudest or most organized ones, on any given issue, and that there is usually more than one side to most stories.

Journalism is a public good that should not be an exclusive privilege of just those who can afford a subscription. None of our stories is behind a paywall.

Subscription revenue, local advertisers and sponsors, and grants fund our newsroom, keeping our reporting accessible to the entire community.

We invite you to read our purpose, mission, and values statement. And we invite our readers to share their opinions with letters to the editor and commentaries on important topics of interest and concern in our community.

Thank you for reading and supporting our work –
The Estes Valley Voice