![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/338a3accf44fda0d88fc4820cb49f1af?s=80&d=mm&r=g\")
by\u00a0LYDIA CH\u00c1VEZ<\/a><\/strong> MARCH 21, 2024 (MissionLocal.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Illustrative](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/meet-the-candidate-top-banner-1.png?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1\")
Dear readers: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, thank you for all of your support. Unlike other newsrooms, Mission Local is fueled by our readers. Just look below to see how important you are \u2014 representing 74 percent of our revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What are we doing with your money? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, it is all about elections \u2014 following campaign finance<\/a>, the big inflow of tech and real estate money<\/a> and drilling down on local races for supervisor and mayor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We want our coverage to engage all of you and make smarter, better-informed voters. Ideally, strong news coverage should increase voter turnout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You\u2019ll be seeing Mission Local out in your neighborhoods, working on our weekly Meet the Candidate series<\/a>. Join our reporters for coffee, send in questions for the candidates, or just let us know what issues you think are most important. Need to register to vote? Go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a schedule for the next week, detailing when and where our reporters will be in your district, but you can also email them to ask. Or, check back on our site and click on the links below to find out when our reporters will be in your district. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Unsure which district you\u2019re in? Enter your address here to find out<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>by KELLY WALDRON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>by JUNYAO YANG<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/a>by\u00a0XUEER LU<\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n lydia.chavez@missionlocal.com<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Founder\/Executive Editor. I\u2019ve been a Mission resident since 1998 and a professor emeritus at Berkeley\u2019s J-school since 2019 when I retired. I got my start in newspapers at the Albuquerque Tribune in the city where I was born and raised. Like many local news outlets, The Tribune no longer exists. I left daily newspapers after working at The New York Times for the business, foreign and city desks. Lucky for all of us, it is still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As an old friend once pointed out, local has long been in my bones. My Master\u2019s Project at Columbia, later published in New York Magazine, was on New York City\u2019s experiment in community boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Right now I’m trying to figure out how you make that long-held interest in local news sustainable. The answer continues to elude me.More by Lydia Ch\u00e1vez<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019re also following the money through the election season. by\u00a0LYDIA CH\u00c1VEZ MARCH 21, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Dear readers: First, thank you for all of your support. Unlike other newsrooms, Mission Local is fueled by our readers. Just look below to see how important you are \u2014 representing 74 percent of our… Continue reading \n
MORE ELECTION 2024 COVERAGE<\/mark><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
![\"District](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/District-7-Banner.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDistrict 7 candidates talk road safety after West Portal fatal crash<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"Meet](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/District-1-Banner.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nMeet the District 1 candidates: \u2018How did you vote on the March 5 propositions?\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
![\"Meet](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/District-11-Banner.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nMeet the District 11 candidates: \u2018Which March 5 propositions got your vote?\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
LYDIA CH\u00c1VEZ<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n