[IMC-Boston-Editorial] banner

[Sofia JarrinT]

what about something like:
a democratic media alternative committed to
community-based news

I would love having a logo underneath, but I'm not
sure that "accurate tellings of the truth" is true...
I mean, is not like we fact check all our articles or
anything.

peace,
sofia

--- alex telaraña <keralavive at clerk.com> wrote:

> yeah, i agree with jamie on this one- it's mostly
> fine and most readers know already what imc's deal
> is, but our name is the first thing new people read
> on the site, and should reflect imc's purpose as
> accurately and attractively as possible. it seems
> important to emphasize the open, democratic nature
> of our alternative to the MSM. it's our open
> publishing and open decisionmaking process which
> make us democratic after all, so we could emphasize
> that somehow to make the idea of grassroots
> community-based journalism more inviting. maybe we
> could mention 'open collective' or 'open publishing'
> or 'democratic media alternative' -or maybe
> something less slogan-y to make it easier for
> newcomers to understand. not too big on specific
> ideas just now, and i could go with just about
> anything, but i do think we would be well-served by
> a statement reflecting our democratic and open
> nature. 
> ok, here's to the imminent collapse of the
> petrodollar, over and out.
> -alex   
> 
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