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Bloc by Block News

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Bloc By Block News is a media cooperative owned by newsreaders and news producers. We’re helping Marylanders make informed decisions in communities through our newsletter, social media, and a mobile app (coming soon).

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Kevon Paynter
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Christina Sturdivant
Editorial Director

RECOGNITION

  • Voqal Media Fellow (2019)
  • Start.Coop (2021 cohort)
  • Halcyon Opportunity Intensive Fellow (2021 Cohort)

PRESS

  • Meet The Innovator: Bloc by Block News | Social Innovation Lab at Johns Hopkins University | Medium
  • Bloc by Block News – putting the power of media in the people’s hands | Co-operatives UK
  • Remaking the Economy: Information, the Media, and Economic Justice – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
  • What’s New in Co-op Media? Growing Pains in the Digital News Co-op World – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
  • A New Business Model Emerges: Meet the Digital News Co-op – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
  • When Bloc By Block News launches our news publication, what will it stand for? These seven beliefs. | Bloc By Block News | Medium
  • Here are the pivotal moments that led me to start Bloc by Block News, a new-age media cooperative | Bloc By Block News | Medium

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