Garland Pollard is the editor of the Boca Beacon and the Gasparilla magazine, both print and online versions, plus a visitors guide, and a phone book - yes there are still phone books! He is my guest on Pivot Point for December, 2023.

Garland, who became editor in November, 2023, shares why comminity newspapers matter and how the Gasparilla Island community supports them. Community newspapers around the country are actually thriving. We eaily forget that good news with hearing and reading all the doom and gloom when it comes to print.

Listen to this podcast and be uplifted - print lives, even thrives, and the Boca Beacon lights up the way.

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