When the Record-Review closed, the Bedford area lost a trusted source of local news. One year ago this month, The Recorder — a nonprofit founded by Ed Baum, Lloyd Trufelman, and Karen Sabath, with longtime editor Thane Grauel helping to lead the newsroom — stepped in to fill that gap.In this episode, Local Matters Westchester co-hosts Adam Stone (publisher of The Examiner) and Martin Wilbur (former Examiner editor-in-chief, now a senior reporter at The Recorder — yes, it’s an incestuous local media world) talk with Editorial Director Ed Baum and Publisher Lloyd Trufelman about how it all began, the reasoning behind its nonprofit structure, the story behind the brand name, how they’re inspired by the legacy of a 19th-century Katonah Recorder, and much more.

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