Three best friends create alternative newspaper in Sanford

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>>> COVID 19 AND THE PROTEST

MOVEMENT, TWO MAJOR STORIES AND

WHAT A TIME TO BE IN JOURNALISM

COVERING THOSE STORIES.>> AN

INCREDIBLE TIME AND TONIGHT WE

FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN

SANFORD SCOTT MASON HAS OF THE

STORY OF THREE NEWSMEN AND A

SUCCESSFUL ALTERNATIVE

NEWSPAPER THEY HAVE

CREATED.>>REPORTER: I GOT INTO

JOURNALISM ALMOST RANDOMLY.>> I

GOT INTO IT BY ACCIDENT AND IT

IS A LOT OF WORK.>> THERE AT

WORK AT A BAR BUT AT WORK.

THEY WRITE FOR A PAPER, NOT THE

NEWSPAPER PAPER BUT A PAPER.

THE RANT.

MONTHLY BID AND THE RANT IS ON

A ROLL SPIRIT NOW YOU RUN INTO

PEOPLE SAY YOU ARE THE RANT.

IT IS INCLUDED ON A COFFEE CUP

OF SANFORD LANDMARKS AND PEOPLE

ARE PAYING ATTENTION>> THEY ARE

NOT FUN STORIES.>> BUT THEY ARE

IN-DEPTH STORIES.

SPEAKING ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR

HOSPITALS.

SPIRIT AND EVEN THE STATE OF

SOCIETY AND THEY ENJOY GOOD

CONVERSATION.

AT ONE TIME THEY ALL WORKED AT

THE SANFORD HERALD.

JONATHAN, GORDON AND BILLY, AND

BILLY WAS THE BOSS AND ONE DAY

HE FIRED GORDON>> I FIRED HIM

IN THE MIDDLE OF LUNCH.>> I WAS

HALFWAY THROUGH A SANDWICH WHEN

HE ASKED ME TO COME TO HIS

OFFICE.>> BUT THEY HAD MANY

MEALS TOGETHER SINCE,

ESPECIALLY TACOS.>> THEY HAVE

AN APPETITE FOR USE AND

TOGETHER THEY STARTED THE RANT

2008.

SPIRIT WHAT EXISTED IN THE RANT

WAS A RADIO SHOW AT THE

COMMUNITY COLLEGE>> THE SHOW

GREW INTO A WEBSITE THAT GREW

INTO A NEWSPAPER WHILE ALL

THREE LEFT THE OTHER PAPER.

SPIRIT I SAW THE WRITING ON THE

WALL IN THE NEWSPAPER

INDUSTRY.>> THAT THEY ARE BACK

IN THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY>>

LOOKED AT OURSELVES AND SAID WE

LIKE DOING THIS.>> THEY TURNED

A NEW LEAF WHILE ALSO WORKING

OTHER FULL-TIME JOBS AND THEY

LIKED A GOOD STORY.

THEY LIKE SPENDING TIME ON

STORIES.

PASSENGER RAIL.

THEY BROKE THE STORIES.

THEY HAD FUN WITH THE STORIES>>

THAT IS ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR

FEATURES.>> AND THE RANT BECAME

POPULAR HITS ON THE RANT

WEBSITE.>> GOES BACK TO WE

OFFER A VERY ACCESSIBLE

PRODUCT, A FREE PRODUCT.>> IT

IS FREE TO A GOOD HOME, ROLL

OUT THE NEXT EDITION.

40 PAGES OF FREE TP.

SPIRIT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR STAFF

YOU CAN SEE OUR PERSONALITY ALL

OVER IT.>> MOST OF IT IS

SERIOUS NEWS AND SOLID

REPORTING.>> WE DID HAVE THE

SKILLS WE THOUGHT WE COULD USE

THEM FOR THE COMMUNITY.>> THEIR

COMMUNITY IS SANFORD AND IN

SANFORD THEY FOUND THEIR OWN

UNIQUE PLACE.

THEY ARE WORKING ON IT, ON

ANOTHER EDITION OF THE RANT.