By Adam Pagnucco. On top of the county executive’s recommended budget, which has large increases for most government functions financed by a 10% property tax hike, two county council members…
Media
Is This MoCo’s Most Powerful Critic?
By Adam Pagnucco. Imagine reading a series of tweets about Montgomery County that said the following. About the county’s new law requiring healthier drinks for kids in restaurants: “More over…
Another Reporter Leaves MoCo360
By Adam Pagnucco. Apps Bichu, who has been a growth and justice reporter for MoCo360 since October 2022, announced her departure on Twitter today. She wrote: After spending half a…
MoCo360 President is Out
By Adam Pagnucco. Sumindi Peiris, who has been the president of MoCo360’s parent company since February 2022, is no longer with the company. Peiris has extensive experience in branding for…
Steve Bohnel Says Goodbye to MoCo
By Adam Pagnucco. MoCo360 county government reporter Steve Bohnel has announced his departure from Montgomery County. We reprint his tweet below. ***** Hi all. Some personal/professional news, as they say. …
By Adam Pagnucco. From August 2018 through December 2019, I was a columnist at Bethesda Beat. They had a great team back then, including but not limited to Dan Schere,…
Maryland Matters is Hiring
By Adam Pagnucco. Bethesda Beat is not the only news organization seeking new hires; so is Maryland Matters. The latter organization, co-founded by legendary reporter Josh Kurtz, is looking to…
Bethesda Beat is Hiring
By Adam Pagnucco. Bethesda Beat, MoCo’s online news publication of record, is hiring for the positions of Managing Editor and Education Reporter. I bet one of you, our readers, could…
WAMU Staff Forming a Union
By Adam Pagnucco. The content staff at WAMU has announced on Twitter that they are forming a union. Their petition to management is reprinted below. WAMU Union We, the undersigned…
By Adam Pagnucco. The disappearance of local media has been a worrisome trend around the nation for years. MoCo is not immune. In the last year, three local media outlets…