These local businesses and nonprofits will have their names in each weather post — headline, logo, website link, and a customizable message promoting their business each weekday (here’s a sample).
Thank you all for your support of local news in our community.
Click Here to access the calendar, and click “submit your event” at the top of the calendar to submit your event.
The addition of the events calendar marks a return of the popular feature to Potomac Local News. The events calendar is part of a host of new site improvements that we’ve made since Thanksgiving 2021.
Our reporters choose the assignments they want to cover.
Reporters are paid $50 to $75 per story. Each story is about 350 words. Reporters are paid monthly via e-check, so you never wait for the “check in the mail.”
That’s the question I’m often asked.
“Hey, Uriah, $54 a quarter for a membership? That’s $216 a year! I want to keep up with local news, but that’s too steep. Do you have an annual membership plan that costs less?”
On the current trajectory, by the end of next year, the country will have lost a third of its newspapers since 2005. Discouragingly, the growth in alternative local news sources — digital and ethnic news outlets and public broadcasting — has not kept pace with what’s being lost.
As a result, most communities that lose a local newspaper do not get a replacement.
Our Quarterly Membership Sale starts now! Stop the Paywall and take advantage of the best deal of the year. Click here to purchase an Annual Membership.
You may also purchase a Gift Membership for a friend or loved one so they can keep connected to their community.
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season are upon us. I’m surprised at how fast it creeps up on us every year.
This Thanksgiving, as we do each year, will take a break for a holiday and reflect on the many blessings in our lives.
Potomac Local News Fall Membership Sale is Friday, November 24, through Friday, December 1, 2023. You can purchase an Annual Membership for only $108 during this time.
You’ll save over $100 during this sale by purchasing an Annual Membership vs. a Quarterly Membership sold all other times of the year.
We’re hiring freelance documenters to cover public meetings. Our program is an innovative digital collaboration between residents and the press, helping to deliver more local news to the communities we serve.
Our reporters choose the assignments they want to cover.
