Plugging the Competition

According to the website, MassLiveDaily.com offers "Independent reporting on Boston and statewide affairs — government accountability, public safety, education, and local life...
"Mass Daily News is an independent news website covering Boston and Massachusetts. We report on state and city government, the criminal courts, public schools, and the issues shaping life across the Commonwealth.
"We're independent and reader-funded, with no corporate parent and no political sponsor. The work answers to readers — nobody else."

The site has earned a lot of buzz, in part because it relies heavily on AI,  and recently was featured in coverage by the Boston Globe, which revealed that the whole site was created by one man, a South Shore software engineer  named Simon Pacheco.

In the wake of the Globe piece, Pacheco posted his own lengthy explainer and origin story on his site. It is worth a read..

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