The Plymouth community has embraced its fledgling hometown news organization, which published its first stories in November 2023. And the appeal of the Independent goes far beyond Plymouth. Since then, more than 700,000 people from here and elsewhere have read our news stories, the events calendar, obituaries, letters, and many other features. We’ve published more […]
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PI Editor Mark Pothier receives the coveted Yankee Quill Award
Mark Pothier, who left a senior editor’s position at the Boston Globe to become editor and chief executive officer of the Plymouth Independent, has received the coveted Yankee Quill Award, the top honor for journalists in New England. “Mark Pothier earns the Yankee Quill award for decades of dedication to the betterment of journalism and […]
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A fundraising note from the PI board
When we began publishing in November, we committed ourselves to be fiercely independent. That means that no one who contributes money to the PI, to include even our board members, has any say in our journalism. To strengthen that wall, we adopted a policy in June that we would not take donations from government entities, […]
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Are you a PI supporter? Time is running out for our $50,000 winter donation match. Please give now.
Last March, the Plymouth Independent was just a gleam in the eye of its volunteer founders. Fingers crossed, we declared our intention to create a nonprofit news website committed to journalism that would promote transparency and community engagement and hold the powerful accountable. “Local journalism that matters has all but vanished,’’ we wrote of our […]