Earlier this year, The Record also began publishing its stories on Apple News and secured a $20,000 grant for participating in the Google News Initiative Fundamentals Lab program, offered by the Institute for Nonprofit News. We’ve got some more exciting news on the business front coming out in the next month, so keep an eye out for it!
Behind the scenes, I’ve been advocating on behalf of the greater local news ecosystem — calling on legislators to support local news and hold Big Tech accountable — and talking with student journalists at Riverside City College, UC Riverside and Chaffey College about the importance of local news and the role they have in their communities.
Over the next month, The Record will continue to dive into the local ballot measures Riverside County residents will see this November and build on our work from earlier this year to help demystify the voting process…