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Evan Newton on The Monticello News and the Future of Local Journalism – Episode 109
He Bought His Hometown Newspaper at 25
At six years old, Evan Newton was picking up The Monticello News for the football contest and the arrest page. In 2023, he returned as an intern. At 25, he bought the newspaper.
That is a pretty good hometown headline. The next question is what happens after the headline: Who covers the meetings, asks the uncomfortable questions, sells the ads, checks the pages and makes sure a newspaper actually reaches its readers?
In Episode 109, Trey sits down with Evan to talk about all of it. After a successful Candidate Conversations series, Town Square Podcast is…
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