Local reporters working with KFCF are producing stories of local interest and sending them to the KPFA news
department in Berkeley for inclusion in one of KPFA's news broadcasts.  These reporters are paid by KFCF on a per-story basis.

KPFA is cooperating with us and has started working with some of our reporters.  You may have already heard some of these stories on KPFA.  The local reporters did these stories without pay because they, like you and all of us, believe in the value of local news.

Those pioneering reporters have shown us the way forward, and now it is time for us to build upon their efforts and create a pilot program for paid news stringers.  In this way, over time, we expect to substantially increase the number of stories coming out of the valley.

The startup budget is a modest $3600 for the first year; we will begin broadcasting once that initial goal has been reached.  If we raise more than that, we will produce more stories.  It is as simple as that.

 If you like the idea of local alternative news that would include perspectives not usually aired in the corporate media, the KFCF

 news stringer program is your baby.  Please contribute generously.  Make checks payable to KFCF-FM and write "news stringer"

 on the memo line.  As always, your donations to KFCF and to the Fresno Free College Foundation are tax deductible.

 Here are some recent stories:

http://www.kfcf.us\audio\KPFAairqualitystory.mp3  A story on critics of the air quality board asking a director to resign.

ElCapitanReunion.mp3     A story about a reunion of El Capitan climbers.

FINALSJRIVERMIX.mp3  A story on the San Joaquin River water issues.

http://www.kfcf.us\audio\FresnoIPA31009.mp3   The Fresno Independent Police Auditor

http://www.kfcf.us/audio/GlenBeatystoryforPacifica.mp3 Fresno Police accused of beating homeless man.

http://www.kfcf.us\audio\UCMERCEDMIX.mp3  Michelle Obama at UC Merced commencement.

http://www.kfcf.us\audio\MayDay2009KPFA.mp3  May Day in Fresno.

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