Mackenzie A.

As an independent journalist, my stories do not fit into what orthodox local media publishes, but NewsBreak has been rating my content value very high. Stories I write that would find a hard time getting into locally controlled local media are streaming with extra-large images on NewsBreak in my local stream, filled with local mainstream media stories. I believe that is related to the high CV rating that NewsBreak has been giving my stories, so you can tell which types of stories NewsBreak is encouraging by the image size.

Like all content-provider portals, NewsBreak is learning as it goes and can only be as good as the content submitted to it. On those terms, it can shake up our world. It seems to be giving different voices- from outside the mainstream, a chance to be part of the dialogue, but I did not even receive a response to the first call to applications and only got with a link that bypassed the application process. Now that NewsBreak has loosened up its application process- let's see what happens.