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Journalism as a cooperative: an afternoon in Germantown.

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Maceo on Maplewood Mall in Germantown, just out of the Germantown Music Studio, with Omar. The thanks first: “Shout out to Jerry. Shout out to Connie. Shout out to the library. Shout out to Omar.” Then a coincidence he cannot get over: he met someone whose son is named Maceo. “I don’t know anybody with anybody named Maceo in their life.”

He calls the afternoon “divine timing,” says he took a lot of notes, and lands on the sentence that belongs on the mission page: “We’re coming for international journalism as a cooperative, and I’m finding all my inspiration exactly where I need to.” Omar’s minute from the same walk is the companion piece linked below. The transcript below is from the original audio.

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0:00A: Oh, I’m going first. Yeah. Okay, boom. We’re here in Germantown. We’re on Maplewood Mall. We just came out of the Germantown Music Studio. Shout out to, um, shout out to my guy on the drums. I can’t think of your name. Jerry. Jerry. Your name is Jerry. Shout out to Jerry. Shout out to Connie. Shout out to the library. Shout out to Omar. You’re on a nice walk. I feel like it’s been divine timing kind of. Perhaps I met somebody who has a son named Maceo. I don’t know anybody with anybody named Maceo in their life. So that feels just crazy to me in general. Yeah.

0:00A: It’s just been. It’s been a cool vibe. I’ve learned about the secret news, something like that. I took a lot of notes on that. We’re coming for international journalism as a cooperative, and I’m finding all my inspiration exactly where I need to. As for me, as for me.

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