John Adams

It's between 600 and 700.

Then we've got more than 100 partner organizations.

We're looking to grow that.

If there are institutions, organizations out there that are interested in being a part of this, we'd love to hear from you.

Visit local news day dot org and and click on the join us button.

And what it means to be a partner is basically saying, yeah, I really love this idea.

I want to support local news day and we're going to amplify the message on April 9th.

And then we've got about a little about a dozen sponsors there that are supporting this cause.

with direct financial contributions.

So, you know, our goal here is not to, you know, to raise a bunch of money and spend a bunch of money.

Our goal here is really to get the word out and really energize people all over the country to on one day come together and really express how much they value local news and how much local news elevates their community.

Yeah.

And, you know, for profit or nonprofit, really the you know.

A hundred percent.

And you know, the, what I, our friend, uh, Evan Smith always liked to say that, um, you know, one of the founders of the Texas Tribune, um, like to say that your, your tax status is not a business model.

Right.

I mean, uh, and that's really true.

But at the end of the day, um,

Local news matters only if it's reaching an audience that it can have an impact, right?

If you're doing great journalism, but nobody knows about it, that isn't doing any good.