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Two years ago, Hurricane Helene ravaged Western North Carolina. The damage was catastrophic: more than 230 people lost their lives, and there was billions of dollars worth of damage. It also knocked out power, water, and cellular services for the region. In his article, published by Nieman Journalism Lab, Neel Dhanesha tells the story of how Emergency Mode for News was born in the wake of this disaster to provide journalists with the tools they need to cover disasters effectively. Funded by a grant from Press Forward, we're working alongside OpenNews and NC Local to build Lite Sites, a WordPress-based plugin that strips sites down to a text-only version that loads quickly during cellular outages, and Rolling Coverage, a liveblogging tool that allows journalists to post updates to developing stories as they come in. Both tools are open source and will be available for any digital newsroom to access. Thank you, Neel, for sharing this story! Read it here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eZ2rAa3U

Congratulations to 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦's Drew Philp for winning the Michael Kelly Award from The Atlantic. He's recognized for his investigative feature “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘦 𝘕𝘰 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘺,” an exposé of Ethiopia’s civil war. "𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘱’𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘺. 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘎𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘨𝘻𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘺," wrote The Atlantic in this article 👉 https://lnkd.in/gpR6GXtE. Read Philp's article. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gU_EFCde

🇵🇱 This week, we're headed to Gdańsk, Poland, for the BREAKWATER Festival. You can catch our Head of Growth Initiatives, Kim Bode, at the following workshop and panel: 📌 How to Make Progress When Everything Feels Urgent: Too busy for strategy? How small newsroom teams can make real progress on audience and revenue 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘪𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘎𝘰𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳” 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 🗓️ 25 September, 12:30 – 13:30 👉 https://lnkd.in/dNmpd-sy 📌 The Capital Stacks of Journalism: 20 newsrooms. One question: what does it really take to break even? 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 20 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯. Kim will join a panel of experts, including Peter Erdelyi, Milo Tesselaar, Eszter Szücs, Lot Carlier, and Elio Donauer. 🗓️ 26 September, 10:15 – 11:15 👉 https://lnkd.in/d7b2xbjh

We're excited to head to Austin, Texas, this week for the International Symposium on Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin! ✨ Join our Founder, Kinsey Wilson, for a discussion about measuring and managing AI traffic. He'll join fellow experts Jill Nicholson, chief marketing officer at Chartbeat, and Dan Petty, independent consultant and former director of audience strategy at ProPublica. We look forward to seeing you in person! 👉 Check out the rest of the program: https://lnkd.in/ggpF_JUG

🎉 Huge congratulations to the Newspack publishers named winners and finalists for the 2026 Online News Association's Online Journalism Awards! 🏆 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⭐ CalMatters — "License to Kill," Explanatory Reporting ⭐ Injustice Watch — "Taken by Taxes," Excellence in Social Justice Reporting ⭐ Wisconsin Watch — "Supreme Costs," Explanatory Reporting 🍾 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒 ⭐ CalMatters — "My Legislator," Excellence in Newsletters; "Agents of Chaos: Border Patrol's year of unchecked force," Topical Reporting: Immigration ⭐ Injustice Watch — "Judicial Elections 101," Excellence in Social Media Engagement ⭐ Block Club Chicago — "Chicago Under Siege: Block Club's Coverage Of Operation Midway Blitz," Gather Award for Community-Centered Journalism; General Excellence in Online Journalism ⭐ Mission Local, SF — "And then they were gone," Topical Reporting: Immigration; General Excellence in Online Journalism ⭐ The City — "NYC: Nation's Capital of Immigration Courthouse Arrests," Topical Reporting: Immigration ⭐ Arizona Luminaria — "A Long Way Home," Topical Reporting: Immigration ⭐ Public Health Watch — "Fumed," Explanatory Reporting ⭐ Boyle Heights Beat & The LA Local — "Por Comunidad, Para Comunidad: Covering ICE Enforcement in Boyle Heights," Gather Award for Community-Centered Journalism ⭐ Enlace Latino NC — "ELNC – Using AI To Improve Translations," Excellence in AI Innovation Check out the full list of finalists and winners 👉 https://lnkd.in/esgNrcjX

☀️ We’re headed to the LION: Local Independent Online News Publishers Sustainability Summit in San Diego this week! We’re particularly excited to: 👋 See you all in person! Please stop by our booth or fill out this form to schedule a 1:1 with us: https://lnkd.in/gzhVSV32 🥐 Host breakfast on Thursday and Friday from 9-10:30 am for our community to review our latest product innovations and what’s next on the horizon as we help publishers maximize revenue and cope with the complexities of AI. RSVP for breakfast here: https://lnkd.in/gVuq3Hqn 💙 Co-host a meet-and-greet with BlueLena Founder and CEO, Daniel Williams, from 12- 1 pm on Thursday, where we'll share the latest updates on our strategic partnership, including how we’ve made our platforms play more effectively together.

Congratulations to the following Newspack community members for their Edward R. Murrow Awards wins! We love to see their hard work be recognized for its excellence. 🏆 Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting — Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion — Network Radio — "𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱?" 🏆 Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting — Investigative Reporting — Network Radio — "𝘈𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳: 𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘥" 🏆 Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting — News Documentary — Network Radio — "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘎𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢’𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴" 🏆 The Texas Tribune — News Series — Large Digital Organization — "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯" 🏆 inewsource — Excellence in Innovation — Small Digital Organization — "𝘏𝘖𝘔𝘌 𝘚𝘐𝘊𝘒: 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺" 🏆 Retro Report — Excellence in Video — Small Digital Organization — "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘈𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘜𝘴 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘳" 🏆 The City Reporter — Feature Reporting — Small Digital Organization — "𝘛𝘩𝘦 '𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳' 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘜𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘌𝘈 𝘈𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵" 🏆 Arizona Luminaria — News Documentary — Radio | Small Market — "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘻𝘻: 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘑𝘢𝘪𝘭" 🏆 Arizona Luminaria — News Documentary — Radio | Small Market — "𝘔𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨" 🏆 ASPEN JOURNALISM — Continuing Coverage — Radio | Small Market — "2025 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵" 🏆 ASPEN JOURNALISM — Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — Radio | Small Market — "𝘗𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰 𝘈𝘻𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳-𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴" 🏆 ASPEN JOURNALISM — Feature Reporting — Radio | Small Market — "𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘒𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘴𝘱��𝘯-𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥" 🏆 ASPEN JOURNALISM — Hard News — Radio | Small Market — "𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴" 🏆 Adirondack Explorer — Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — Radio | Small Market — "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘐𝘯 𝘈 𝘕𝘢𝘮𝘦?"

Join us for three days in Durham, NC, to build your local news business. Together with our partners at Blue Engine Collaborative and BlueLena, we’re hosting Local News Camp. It’s designed to be a collaborative, hands-on experience with workshops and campfires, meals, and informal conversations. Our goal is to help local news leaders make decisions that guide their strategies for 2027. We're looking forward to seeing members of our publishing and partner community in person. And, if you're curious about working with Newspack or our partners, please join us for camp! We'd love to meet you. 🌟 Newspack publishers can attend all three days for $100 thanks to support from the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. Use code NEWSPACK when you register. 👉 Come to camp: https://lnkd.in/gTd6fQwg.

Please welcome Free Press Indiana to the Newspack community! 🍾 🌟 FPI reports on the stories that matter most to Indiana. They cover the consequences of decisions, uncover the forces behind them, and show how they shape people’s lives across the state. FPI News is building on the success of Mirror Indy and now reaches all of Indiana! Check them out! 👉 https://fpinews.org/

Hong Kong Free Press Editor-in-Chief Tom Grundy describes Hong Kong as "one of the most complicated press freedom situations in the world." This is especially true after the 2020 security law that forced thousands of journalists out of work, put more behind bars, and led to newsrooms being raided. Tom's job is to manage the ever-shifting red lines of that press freedom situation. He and his team are on the ground, getting the news out to Hongkongers. They are not developers. Nor do they have time to worry about the technology side of running a newsroom. That's why they started using Newspack. Over the years, Tom has worked with Newspack to develop eight member benefits, such as exclusive columns and merchandise discounts, and to 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐲 33% 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. He also mentions 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. Tom finds it reassuring that Newspack is part of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. Because Newspack is built on WordPress and hosted on WP Cloud, Grundy can focus on journalism knowing the site is secure. “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘈𝘐, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥,” said Tom. “𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸. 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥; 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.”