[Office Hours] Celebrating Local News Day!
South Durham deserves local news that is actually local. It deserves coverage that helps people make sense of the changes happening around them, not just broad countywide headlines.
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Wes Platt
Today is Local News Day, and it feels like the right moment to talk about why local journalism still matters — especially here in South Durham.
South Durham deserves local news that is actually local. It deserves coverage that helps people make sense of the changes happening around them, not just broad countywide headlines. That means reporting people can actually use in daily life — reporting that is close to home, practical, and rooted in the neighborhoods people live in every day.
At Southpoint Access, that’s the mission.
