A news organization is only as valuable as the audience it serves.
One early novelty about Technical.ly’s approach to reporting on emerging local tech and startup ecosystems was that we always identified as part of a community. An audience is a one-to-many relationship; a community features a web of many to many relationships. Our community is made of technologists, entrepreneurs and their supporters — those growing local economies.
For those who have been to our events, are active on our Slack or who have seen how routinely we make connections across our sources, clients and partners, you understand why we have long identified as a “community company.” This was a controversial stance at our founding — and to some it remains incompatible with a journalistic approach.
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