Independent. Local. Useful. Good.
The Edge is Berea’s source for real journalism.
Mission Statement
If you live in Berea, The Edge empowers you with quality information to help you make the most informed decisions about your community.
Contact The Edge
Comments, suggestions, or questions are all welcome from readers and citizens. Please send your messages to publisher, Whitney McKnight. You will receive a reply, typically, within 24 hours.
You can also call The Edge: 859-415-4863
Entity Status
The Edge is fiscally sponsored by the Tiny News Collective, a 501c3 nonprofit. Your donations to The Edge are tax deductible. Subscriptions are not tax deductible. The Edge also receives business support from the Mountain Association.
Advisory Board
Alysia Mora
Bob Foote
Craig Williams
Dave Kobersmith
Lauren Kallmeyer
Ethics policy
The Edge abides by the code of ethics from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Preamble
Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. Ethical journalism strives to ensure the free exchange of information that is accurate, fair and thorough. An ethical journalist acts with integrity.
The Society declares these four principles as the foundation of ethical journalism and encourages their use in its practice by all people in all media.
Seek Truth and Report It
Ethical journalism should be accurate and fair. Journalists should be honest and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.
Minimize Harm
Ethical journalism treats sources, subjects, colleagues and members of the public as human beings deserving of respect.
Act Independently
The highest and primary obligation of ethical journalism is to serve the public.
Be Accountable and Transparent
Ethical journalism means taking responsibility for one’s work and explaining one’s decisions to the public.
To read the entire code of ethics, here it is at the SPJ website.
AI at The Edge
The Edge will, on occasion, use AI to copyedit stories. Almost all interview transcriptions are done by AI, and then compared to the audio.
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