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Using Real News Skills to Cover What Happens In WordPress, With Rae Morey
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Rae Morey launched "The Repository" in 2019. It's a weekly newsletter that often break real news about what's happening in the WordPress ecosystem. Sign up for Rae's newsletter at
https://www.therepository.email.
Here are some of the topic we covered:
- Each weekly issue has about 5 major stories, with lots of community comments, plus a couple of dozen other stories. How does Rae collect and sift through all the noise to find the key stories?
- How does The Repository earn revenue? The newsletter is remarkably light on advertising with just one key sponsor, then a group of other sponsors on the website.
- Is quality news curation and analysis (appreciated and sufficiently valued in the WordPress community? Are there good models for sustaining tech journalism?
- - Does Rae have a long-term goal with The Repository? Is she aiming to make it a full-time job?
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