Using Real News Skills to Cover What Happens In WordPress, With Rae Morey

10/02/2025 39 min Episodio 5
Using Real News Skills to Cover What Happens In WordPress, With Rae Morey

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Rae Morey launched "The Repository" in 2019. It's a weekly newsletter that often break real news about what's happening in the WordPress ecosystem. Sign up for Rae's newsletter athttps://www.therepository.email.Here are some of the topic we covered:Each weekly issue has about 5 major stories, with lots of community comments, plus a couple of dozen other stories. How does Rae collect and sift through all the noise to find the key stories?How does The Repository earn revenue? The newsletter is remarkably light on advertising with just one key sponsor, then a group of other sponsors on the website.Is quality news curation and analysis (appreciated and sufficiently valued in the WordPress community? Are there good models for sustaining tech journalism?- Does Rae have a long-term goal with The Repository? Is she aiming to make it a full-time job?

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