MoCoShow Makes the News

<p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-427745c2-7fff-1902-f137-0ea48d5cfdd0" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In the general despair over the decline of local news, a</span> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> homegrown, social media-driven, local news company, The MoCoShow, is not only commercially profitable but also turning on its head some central principles of journalism. Sunil Dasgupta talked to MoCoShowe founder Alex Tsironis about his vision and how he turned a snow reporting social media handle to over hundred thousand followers and millions of unique hits across his various platforms.</span> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Music from Oren Levine:</span> <a href="https://ohljazz.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://ohljazz.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><span>https://ohljazz.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Local area nonprofits tell their stories and pitch for your support: </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.communityfarmshare.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span> Community FarmShare</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://friendshipplace.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span> Friendship Place</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.mocopridecenter.org/prideprom" style="text-decoration: none;"><span> MoCo Pride Prom</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://somdmontgomery.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span> Montgomery County Special Olympics</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.mocopaan.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span> MoCoPAAN</span></a></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.urbanadventuresquad.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span> Urban Adventure Squad</span></a></p>