This is one of my favorite conversations so far. Lots of links below. Allison Wrabel with Charlottesville's Daily Progress is a remarkable asset to our community.

Local journalists matter because they pay attention to and catch the little things, and connect the dots, for the things that become bigger things.

Brookhill and North Pointe

Elections coming up

The number of things the candidates agree on is interesting

Go see the candidates in person and see how they interact

National politics and local politics

How Allison tracks meetings

How she got up to speed on the area as fast as she did. August 10 is her 4 year-in-Charlottesville-anniversary

The value of reporters being there.

Baseball lights in Crozet

How has social media changed journalism? (Twitter is not real life)

My Charlottesville media Twitter feed

Being a citizen takes sacrifice

Daily Progress' newsletters

Keeping her opinion out of what she's writing about