Support Journalism That Shows Up. And I am Not Alone.
Consistent, in-the-room, on the ZOOM reporting keeps accountability alive — whether you pay or not. And that is why mine is free.
If you’ve followed coverage of the Conchtown Shooter Trial, or relied on sustained reporting from courtrooms, City Commission meetings, public agendas, Advisory boards, and this year’s local elections, the takeaway is simple: local journalism, like democracy, only survives if people show up.
Above the Fold — is free by design.
That is my business plan.
To provide the most comprehensive coverage at no cost.
Don’t like it?
Don’t pay.
Like it?
Pay.
If you really like it?
Support it.
Pay more.
I spent too many years in the newsprint and magazine sectors where corporate overlords told me what, when and how to write.
Today, I write for you.
The way I want to write.
Fuck them.
Access to everything is intentionally open to promote a free press as guaranteed under the First Amendment and guarded by the Fourth Estate.
You get the same breaking news, livestreams, and daily coverage as everyone else.
The only time a paywall appears is when stories move to the archive (Which honestly at this point, is valuable.)
In other words: join the community, read along, stay informed.
Subscribe.
Like.
Share.
But please just engage.
If you choose to pay, you’re doing more than buying access.
You are helping fund real reporting and the technology that goes with it — courtroom hours, public-records requests, livestreaming, production tools, and the imagery that puts you in the room when it matters.
A paid subscription costs $2 a week — with consistent pricing and consistent coverage.
Less than a mixed drink at the Tree Bar.
And let’s be clear.
This shit ain’t free — quality news don’t write, video or edit itself.
How do I know what The Citizen’s offer is?
Worked for them over three stints.
Subscribed once.
And now they are desperate to retain me.
They sent it to my email — from when I was an employee.
$10 a month.
There is nothing there I want to read.
I am in front of them.
If I was a regular subscriber at $256 a year, I would be offended by the cut rate.
Consider the Source
I break the news.
I don’t read theirs.
Unless they poach mine.
Why support a paper that might not show up when you can support the reporter who does?
That includes ground-breaking coverage of corruption at City Hall — the kind of reporting that pulled back the curtain on the so-called Bubba Bozo Trio and followed the paper trail when others looked away.
Accountability doesn’t happen by accident; it happens because someone shows up.
Again and again… and again.
If Above the Fold isn’t for you, that’s fine.
I know people don’t like how I write.
Like really punchy short sentences.
But that is how you get the point across… to the masses.
I don’t care if you don’t like Above the Fold or me.
But I would make a plea to you to support the Key West Newswire.
Support Keys Weekly.
Watch Janine Stanwood on WPLG-10. (She is a lot more attractive than me.)
I do not care what you do.
But, hell.
Just support something.
Do something.
Follow local issues.
Pay attention.
And if you can’t afford to pay, that’s OK too.
Read.
Watch.
Stay engaged.
And if you are not pissed off… you clearly are not paying attention.
I will still be here doing the work as long as I can.
And always remember:
Nine out of ten parrots don’t complain when you line their cage with The Key West Citizen — if it arrives… at all.
The tenth insists on the comics section. And then complains.
Because when local reporting disappears, accountability disappears with it.