I’m writing as the holiday season is getting underway, and as 2024 heads to its conclusion.
I don’t know about you, but I find hard to believe how quickly this year has transpired.
First of all, thanks to East Cobb News readers for your readership and your financial support.
Now halfway into our eighth year, we’re building readership and sustainability for the long haul.
The challenges facing local news entities are steep, but your support of East Cobb News—financially and otherwise—has been so important.
We made it through another election year, and covered so many stories that matter to the people who live and work here, and we’re proud of our work.
At this time of year, I take pause and take stock of what it means to serve the community.
A few numbers to share: We’re on track to average around 100,00 pageviews a month and 60,000 unique visitors monthly.
That last figure is encouraging, because our coverage area is around 200,000 people. As the only daily all-online news source in this community, it’s heartening to know that so many of you take the time to engage with the content that is published here.
Our newsletter growth also has been very solid this year, as we recently surpassed 9,300 subscribers.
Whether it’s coverage of local government and politics, schools news, crime, traffic, zoning, or new businesses and restaurants, readers have told us repeatedly how much they value what they get in one place—whether it’s daily on our site, via social media postings or through the newsletter.
We really appreciate the financial support as we strive to serve you with more news that’s relevant to you, and as we continue this experiment in redefining what local news can mean for the East Cobb community.
East Cobb News is all-online, publishing every day, with timely, professionally reported news and useful community information that makes a difference for the people who live here.
That’s who we do this for, and if you like what you see here and you haven’t donated before, consider making a contribution at whatever amount you like.
Simply put, East Cobb News readers are at the center of what this is all about. Unlike many other media outlets, we don’t charge to read our coverage, and we never will. No paywalls here.
We offer this news resource as a public service to the community, but we’re also a small business. We want to continue telling the stories of the people that make East Cobb a special place to call home for many years to come.
We also believe that local news and local business go hand-in-hand, and our advertisers are much like our readers—they tell us how much they like how deeply local we are. They want to reach local audiences, and there’s not a better-engaged readership in East Cobb than those who are part of East Cobb News.
But there’s so much more we want to do!
In the coming year, we want to go more in-depth with the news and features that our readers come to expect, especially involving local government and schools.
These activities are always on the front burner, but with November’s election results they’re sure to continue to be in the spotlight.
We also want to highlight the many things that people are doing to make the East Cobb community even better than it is.
In the meantime, I’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and Happy New Year!
Seasons Greetings East Cobb and thanks for your readership!
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