Publisher's Note: Punching above our weight
A World Cup team made Alexandria home for a month. As Croatia prepares to leave, here's a case for making the friendship last — starting with a fifth sister city.
Publishers Note
When something needs to be said. Occasional essays on community, journalism, and what it means to be neighbors.
Publisher's Note: No one took the easy route
Nobody's ever happy with a budget. That's not the same as nobody trying.
Publisher's Note: What it really costs to cover Alexandria
Seven months in, an honest look at the numbers behind your community newsroom
Publisher's Note: Sometimes what's best for all of us isn't best for any one of us
The Braddock Road vote is settled. How a divided neighborhood lives with it is not.
Publisher's note: It's been heavy. Be a little kind.
On a hard week in Alexandria, the mayor's reminder, and the gift of arguing about bike lanes
Publisher's Note: A new home
The Alexandria Brief has moved. You might notice things look a little different this week. That's because I've migrated to a new platform—Ghost—after three months on Substack. A significant number of readers have reached out over since the launch of The Alexandria Brief with
Publisher's note: Understanding the Braddock Road corridor improvements project
A guide to what's being proposed, what residents are saying, and what questions remain ahead of Monday's hearing
Publisher's note: Clean the mirror
On monks, mirrors, and what thousands of Alexandrians stood in the cold to hear
Publisher's note: The people who got us through
Two weeks after the ice storm, a pause for gratitude
Publisher's Note: 1,000 neighbors
Three months of proof that local journalism can work differently.
Publisher's note: Believing that everyone is doing their best. Including you, I hope.
Frustration is fair. Cruelty isn't.
Publisher's Note: Don't blame the process. Change it.
On firehouse primaries, cynicism, and what actually fixes democracy
Publisher's Note: The kids are listening
A comments section isn't a community. A neighborhood is.