Why Pay More for Less News?

As The Citizen shrinks, Above the Fold delivers real journalism — faster, deeper, and for a fraction of the price.

Although I was told there would be not math, let’s do some.

The Key West Citizen now charges $18 a month for print plus digital — about $237 a year — for a paper delivered just two days a week, when it arrives at all.

Delivery is hit-or-miss, and by the time it lands on your porch, the stories are already three days old.

Their “digital-only” plan runs $14.50 a month for the same warmed-over content you could have read on Facebook before breakfast.

Meanwhile, Above the Fold costs less than $2 a week — about a quarter of The Citizen’s price — and actually tells you what’s happening when it happens. No delivery excuses. No ghost routes. No filler about “10 Things to Do on Duval.” Just real reporting, straight from the source.

And while The Citizen struggles to find the story, Above the Fold breaks it — with exclusive documents, investigative follow-ups, and the kind of accountability journalism Key West used to be known for.

So ask yourself:

Why fund the paper that missed the story when you could back the reporter who broke it?

Here’s what your subscription supports

• Cancel anytime — no contracts, no fine print.

• Paid subscribers get exclusive stories, public records, and investigations not available anywhere else.

• No pop-up ads, no clickbait, no City Hall dependency.

• I’m not beholden to the $70,000 city-notice contracts, ad buys, or political pressure that keep other outlets in line.

• Above the Fold follows the story wherever it leads — not just to the line of scrimmage.

The Bottom Line

The Key West Citizen prints what it’s told.

Above the Fold publishes the truth.

I know.

I worked there.

Support independent journalism that keeps Key West honest — for less than $2 a week.