We bring Spanish-language news coverage to Pajaro Valley communities with ongoing enterprise and investigative journalism, and breaking news reporting. Our goal is to promote institutional accountability and transparency on environmental, agricultural, land use, labor, housing, health care, food security and criminal justice issues.
Centralized control of daily print media and digital news distribution has contributed to an unprecedented political crisis. Local control of journalism free of institutional bias is necessary. Santa Cruz County is fortunate to have community-based publications that reliably provide original reporting for decades. This initiative contributes resources to hire, train and employ emerging voices to provide trustworthy local information to ensure a just, informed public.
The publications in this initiative have served Santa Cruz communities with reporting, information and government oversight: The Pajaronian since 1868, Press Banner since 1960 and Good Times since 1975. Hiring three reporters who can engage in analysis of underlying, unreported or underreported social justice issues will have significant impact on the quality of local information available to local communities.
Great mix of news, features and entertainment... A distinctive community voice.
California Newspaper Publishers Association
