By Corey Hutchens

An ‘alternative social media platform’

Promising to bridge a gap “between local news and social media,” The Montrose Daily Press newspaper on the Western Slope became the first in Colorado to launch a NABUR program. 

That stands for Neighborhood Alliance for Better Understanding and Respect (and also Neighborhood Assisted Bureau Reporting.) It’s an initiative by Arizona-based Wick Communications, a family-owned local media company with two papers in Colorado. The project won a grant in 2019 as part of the Google News Initiative Challenge fund. 

The point of the platform, operated by the local newspaper, is to “help provide an alternative social media platform where the journalists can help facilitate dialogue,” according to Sean Fitzpatrick, Wick’s digital director based in Tucson.

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