About
Welcome to the Cournalist (short for Citizen Journalist), where community service begins with connecting to those around you. We are a publication created by the people of Santa Cruz, for the people of Santa Cruz, with information and knowledge for all.
Our mission extends far beyond simply giving people a voice and facilitating a town to share. Our mission is to explicitly catalyze this sharing, to go out into the community, and to get everyone using this space, the Cournalist, to share their voice, their stories, their news, their photos and their lives. Furthermore, our mission is to use the human resources of an entire town, in other words the citizens, to take investigative journalism to a new level.
Anyone can write an article for the Cournalist on any subject they want. No story is too big or too small. And while we feel that this new model for local news reporting could have powerful implications and a wide-ranging impact on the way news is produced and consumed, ultimately you, the people, will decide.
Click here to start contributing today.
What You’ll Find Here (and what you can add)
The Courant Times is divided into the following categories:
Community:
This category is for general news, information, and updates regarding the general community.
Arts:
In the Arts category, you’ll find information about art exhibits, local bands, film, poems people have written, updates from local artists, and so forth.
Local Biz:
This has all your updates from local businesses. We try to encourage local businesses to write updates for themselves, and could include sales, specials, a barista’s favorite pick for coffee, a local bartender’s specialty drink, and more. We also encourage all the towns people to write about any experiences they have with local businesses.
Local Politics:
Here is where you’ll find all the news and updates about local politics. You can also count on updates and interviews with local politicians.
Open Mic:
This category is for videos, poems, creative writing and photography from Santa Cruzans.
Opinion:
This is where you can share your opinions about things. So while the other categories are primarily for news, updates, and exchange of information, the opinion section is more specifically for articles that appeal to the “Here’s how I feel about this” and “Here’s what I think about that” format.
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