What is Compass Vermont?

Both Sides, Full Story: You Decide

Compass Vermont is an independent, native publication focused on a collaborative resource model. This ensures thorough research and reporting that serves every resident, not just specific interest groups.

Busting the Solo Reporter Myth: Embracing Broader Perspectives

At Compass Vermont, we challenge the traditional "byline" model—seeing it as a "myline"—where a single journalist often handles the research, writing, and final reporting in isolation.

This approach can inadvertently limit diverse perspectives, fostering potential bias or one-sided narratives that leave stories incomplete.

Instead, we encourage input from a team of professional resources for additions, edits, and refinements that truly enrich our coverage.

This empowers you with balanced information to make informed decisions—protecting against bias and ensuring opinions aren't swayed by a single author.

So, who wrote it? We did."

About the Publisher

Tom Davis, a native Vermonter, is a professional media writer, editor, publisher and owner of digital publications and radio stations. Davis founded Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily (Williamsburg, VA), Port City Daily (Wilmington, NC), Cola Daily (Columbia, SC), and Southside Daily (Virginia Beach, VA).

Before selling the company, the publications enjoyed a readership of over 4 million. Davis founded Compass Vermont in 2020 to provide his home state with a news organization with the same impartial reporting that was the mainstay of his previous publications. He works in partnership with a network of other publishers and a network of content providers who practice the same core beliefs of providing readers with the information they need to form their own decisions, and uses time and resources more efficiently than traditional media models.

Mr. Davis is also the Economic Development Director for the Town of Northfield, Vermont.

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