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Alec Meeker
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Publisher and CEO, Bushwick Daily
Brooklyn, New York
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Biography
Alec Meeker is publisher and CEO of Bushwick Daily. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Alec is building platforms for sustainable community journalism. People who live in Brooklyn can’t find in-depth local community news. Most local publications have gone out of business, the majority of the remaining publications are in Manhattan who have lots of journalists but few reporters going out into the field to cover the news or connect with sources. The local news that remains does not serve the community. Driven by shallow rewriting of press releases, crime blotters, and broad stroke political coverage, the New York local news ecosystem is totally detached from the communities that it serves. Bushwick Daily provides 100% local, in-depth news and culture reporting powered by the community. Our stories are authentic and original because we engage with and build relationships within the communities we report on which has earned us a loyal and engaged audience. We meet our audience where they’re at by consistently publishing five days a week and sharing on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and our newsletter.
food, Gen Z issues style, gaming climate, entertainment music,Internet culture
products, general business
Content
By Alec Meeker| Bushwick Daily Verified Behind the counter, Debbie Perez has spent years greeting customers by name, remembering their addresses, and transforming mundane shipping errands into meaningful human connections. But for the past few weeks, after being evicted from her apartment, Debbie has been experiencing the store in a completely different way: as her bedroom. “I’ve actually been sleeping and living here,” Debbie says, pointing to the spot where customers usually queue up during business hours.
By Alec Meeker| Bushwick Daily Verified At a Crypto Monday event in Manhattan, attendees watched as an AI agent called “Alfred” independently searched for, found, and emailed the Office of the President of Mexico while its creator, Dossey Richards, waited alongside them for the results. “I’ll ask it to find the email of the office of the President of Mexico, and then I want it to cc me in an emailed introduction to them,” Richards said to the crowd, before typing the request into Alfred’s chat interface.
By Alec Meeker| Bushwick Daily Verified Behind the counter, Debbie Perez has spent years greeting customers by name, remembering their addresses, and transforming mundane shipping errands into meaningful human connections. But for the past few weeks, after being evicted from her apartment, Debbie has been experiencing the store in a completely different way: as her bedroom. “I’ve actually been sleeping and living here,” Debbie says, pointing to the spot where customers usually queue up during business hours.
Company Info
Bushwick Daily
Bushwick Daily is an independent media company based in New York City that launched in 2009 to focus on community issues, events, food, art, and culture in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. The publication is a progressive local resource for the thriving communities of Bushwick, Ridgewood, and East Williamsburg. Five days a week, Bushwick Daily publishes articles from a diverse team of local contributors about neighborhood events and hyperlocal news.
New York, New York, United States
Founded: 2009