{"id":6,"date":"2025-11-01T16:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T02:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T02:34:14","slug":"about-paper-folds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/about-paper-folds\/","title":{"rendered":"About Paper Folds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<article class=\"pf-about\" aria-labelledby=\"pf-about-title\">\n\t\t<header class=\"pf-about__hero\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"pf-about__eyebrow\">About Paper Folds<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h1 id=\"pf-about-title\">Independent local news for Tipton County, Tennessee.<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"pf-about__lede\">Tipton County has always had stories worth telling. For nearly two decades, those stories have been Echo\u2019s beat\u2014the school board votes, the board of mayor and aldermen drama, and the neighbors doing remarkable things nobody else thought to write down.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>We launched Paper Folds as a fully digital, independent newsroom because those stories deserve to be told. We operate with the belief that local news still works when it\u2019s done right.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"pf-about__motto\">Old-school standards. New-school delivery.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t<section class=\"pf-about__section\" aria-labelledby=\"pf-about-staff-title\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"pf-about__eyebrow\">Our newsroom<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"pf-about-staff-title\">Who we are<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pf-about__staff-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pf-about__staff-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pf-about__staff-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/author\/echo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/wp-content\/themes\/paperfolds-block\/assets\/images\/echo-rose-author.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"Echo Rose\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/author\/echo\/\">Echo Rose<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"pf-about__staff-title\">Co-Founder &amp; Editor-in-Chief<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pf-about__staff-bio\"><p>Echo Rose is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Paper Folds News, an independent digital news organization covering Tipton County, Tennessee. She is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and has been recognized for her work in editorial design and news coverage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pf-about__profile-link\" href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/author\/echo\/\">View author profile <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"pf-about__staff-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pf-about__staff-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/author\/robert\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/wp-content\/themes\/paperfolds-block\/assets\/images\/robert-rose-profile.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"Robert Rose\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/author\/robert\/\">Robert Rose<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"pf-about__staff-title\">Co-Founder &amp; Publisher<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pf-about__staff-bio\"><p>Robert Rose is the co-founder and publisher of Paper Folds News. A Covington native and professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Memphis, he brings expertise in data, technology, and information systems to Paper Folds\u2014helping turn the technical and data-driven side of local journalism into something that works for the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pf-about__profile-link\" href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/author\/robert\/\">View author profile <span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t<section class=\"pf-about__section pf-about__commitment\" aria-labelledby=\"pf-about-commitment-title\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"pf-about__eyebrow\">Accountability<\/p>\n\t\t\t<h2 id=\"pf-about-commitment-title\">Our commitment<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Paper Folds News is a publication of <strong>Rose Media Co. LLC<\/strong>. We are editorially independent\u2014our coverage is not influenced by advertisers, political parties, or outside interests.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>We cover Tipton County because we live here. We\u2019re invested in getting this right because you are our neighbors, these are our schools, and this is our government.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"pf-about__policy-links\" aria-label=\"Paper Folds transparency policies\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/policies\/editorial-standards-ethics-policy\/\">Editorial Standards &amp; Ethics<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/policies\/corrections-policy\/\">Corrections Policy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/paperfoldsnews.com\/staging\/9696\/policies\/advertising-sponsorship-disclosure\/\">Advertising &amp; Sponsorship Disclosure<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t<section class=\"pf-about__contact\" aria-labelledby=\"pf-about-contact-title\">\n\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"pf-about__eyebrow\">Contact the newsroom<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 id=\"pf-about-contact-title\">Have a tip or story idea?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>We mean it when we say we\u2019re listening. 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