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Here’s how you can help The Local Insider

A very helpful reader asked for a listing of what they can do to help as The Local Insider grows in its opening months, so here’s my (hopefully helpful) response:

• Purchase an affordable ad and marketing package by emailing .

• Tell your friends that they should reach out about affordable ad packages.

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Share our Facebook page with your friends and family.

• Like and love stories on social media. Even a laughing or angry emoji is OK.

• Share stories you find interesting.

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• Pay close attention to ads such as those from United Way of Rhode Island and others, especially those featuring a call to action on the Causes page. Willing to sign up as a volunteer during Rhode Island’s upcoming Summer of Soccer? Hit the ad and sign up. Here’s what one of those ads looks like:

• Make a one-time investment or become a regular contributor to what The Local Insider does.

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• Read, read, read, to understand what’s going on in your community.

• Email with great tips, feedback, and frequent letters to the editor. We want to run letters with photo headshots, so send those along too.

Ethan Shorey

Ethan Shorey

Ethan Shorey is the founder and editor of The Local Insider News, a digital media news source centered on the northern Rhode Island area. The president of the Rhode Island Press Association, he has two decades of experience covering stories that matter to people where they live. He and his wife live with their three children in Cumberland. Email news tips to .