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📊 Survey: What should I cover more of at Cops & Congress?
When I first started this newsletter over two years ago, I made a promise: to report on police and policy with honesty, depth, and the kind of local focus that too often gets overlooked. I work alone, but I don’t do this work for myself. I do it for you.
Over the past year, I’ve covered everything from small-town council meetings to complex emergency responses, from crime stats to courtroom drama. Some stories are driven by data. Others are deeply personal. Some pull straight from government minutes and records. But every story is grounded in facts, and guided by your interest in what’s going on behind the headlines in the Lake Lure area and beyond. I take your commitment to my independent journalism seriously.
Now, I want to hear from you. What do you like, and what do you want more of? Your input helps guide what I cover next—and how I spend my reporting hours. So please: Take the survey below. Let me know what matters most to you. Together, we can shine a brighter light on the stories that deserve to be told.
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