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(Editor’s note: we sent this survey out around in November but we’re looking for as many responses as possible — please help us out and tell us what you think so we can improve in the new year!)

WILLITS, CA, 1/02/18 — Happy New Year! We are The Mendocino Voice, and for the past 15 months we’ve been engaged in an experiment. Newspapers nationwide have been cutting staff and coverage, and the North Coast, and Mendocino County, have not been immune. By closing locations such as century-old Willits News’, and cutting back reporting staff around the county, the national corporate chains have demonstrated that they’re not up to the task of providing news to rural communities.

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Kate Maxwell founded the Mendocino Voice in 2016 along with Adrian Fernandez. She served as publisher until June 2024 when the Mendocino Voice merged with the nonprofit Bay City News Foundation, led by...