Town Crier Productions is an LLC created by Sean Tubbs in July 2020 to raise revenue to pay for coverage of local and regional government in the area in around Charlottesville, Virginia.
The publisher is Sean Tubbs, an award-winning journalist dedicated to informing the public about issues ranging from affordable housing to utility infrastructure.
Town Crier Productions provides a framework that allows Tubbs to cover as much many ground as he can. Here is some of what you can sign up for:
- Charlottesville Community Engagement: This is a newsletter and podcast on Substack that comes in two flavors. One is Week Ahead which comes out on Sundays and previews upcoming meetings and elections. For the rest of the week is a newsletter and podcast that seeks to cover as much as possible in Charlottesville and surrounding counties. This is supported by paid subscriptions as well as some limited advertising and sponsorships.
- Charlottesville Podcasting Network: This website was created in 2005 as a way to get in on the ground floor with community podcasting.
- Instagram account: I try to use this to put out information about what’s being posted. Please send this around to people if you are on it because maybe that’s one way to get more followers and subscribers!
- Information Charlottesville: You’re looking at it! This blog is the archive for the Charlottesville Community Engagement newsletter and the goal is to expand this into a full-fledged media outlet. Articles are posted here within a week.
dedicated journalists in this community as we all work to document Charlottesville’s in the third decade of the 21st century, a period of transition and healing.