About

Welcome to the New River Voice

The New River Voice is devoted to quality journalism and public service information for Virginia and the New River Valley area, including Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and the counties of Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, Carol and Giles in the New River watershed.

The New River Voice  is an independent non-profit organization without formal links to any educational or governmental institution.

Founding principles

1. New River Voice will uphold the highest ideals of American journalism, subscribing to the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics, which advises:  Seek the truth and publish it; Minimize harm; Be accountable; and Act independently.  See: www.spj.org/ethics.asp.

2. New River Voice will publish regional news and information with an emphasis on public service, scientific facts, and appropriate context.  We will seek out the most interesting people and the best ideas from all frequencies of the political and cultural spectrum. We will focus on health, science, education, literature, art, architecture, planning, design and environment. We will be fearless and absolutely committed to the defense of democracy and First Amendment freedoms. We will observe and encourage the Spirit of our Age.

3. New River Voice will serve as a laboratory for generating media services revenue as an important supplement and/or alternative to display and classified advertising.  We will also develop novel structures for government and public information access (or what Walter Lippmann once called “organized intelligence.”

4. New River Voice will draw in outstanding writers, editors, programmers, bloggers, photographers, videographers, outreach specialists, poets and political observers to provide a platform for the vision and social construction of our common future.

5. New River Voice will work with and apply for membership in appropriate professional organizations, especially the Virginia Press Association (as an online member), the Virginia Center for Investigative Reporting, and, nationally, the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Background

The New River Voice was a printed  news and cultural magazine produced from 2007 to 2009 in the New River Valley founded by Tim Jackson and Taryn Chase Jackson.

The Voice became an online publication around 2009.  Articles have been published regularly since then.

What’s next?  A good deal of discussion has taken place about how to proceed with the Voice, which is essentially a community trust.  A committee of interested parties, including Tim and Taryn, Bill Kovarik, and others, is in the process of investigating the feasibility of creating a public information cooperative as a new kind of non-profit organization.

Please contact us via email or Facebook for more information.

Also see Dan Smith’s May 27, 2020 article on the Voice.

 

CONTACT

Provisional Editor/Publisher :   Bill Kovarik
bill @ newrivervoice.com

Founding board members:
Tim Jackson, Taryn Chase

Mail: PO BOX 333, Radford, Va. 24143.

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