Jim Finch announced on Tuesday that while he will maintain his popular daily online newspaper, he is otherwise taking a step back from his online presence in the First Amendment auditing reaction communities to focus on finding outside work to support his family.
A qualified online content and community manager, having managed communities for major properties for online giants such as AOL, Microsoft and Oracle in his 31-year career, Jim found himself in a unique role of blogger and journalist in 2022 when he fell into the role on Kate Peter’s Masshole Troll Mafia Discord server after Jose “Chille” DeCastro sued Peter and others in federal court.
Finch, who is currently writing this in third person format, established relationships and lasting friendships across the community leading to his joining the Welsh News Network nightly YouTube broadcasts in a temporary role when WNN Host Dan had a heart attack in 2023.
Having previously been infamously silent online, Finch found his voice and stepped in to help while Dan recovered and ended up finding a home with good friends for the past 10 months.
Trouble set in for the blogger turned on air personality in the Fall of 2023 when supporting himself through the revenue from the paper proved to be financially implausible.
While he’s received generous donations from friends and readers to help keep the lights on, ultimately, the decision was made in January to attempt to return to the workforce to supplement his income and be able to continue the daily newspaper.
What’s impacted by Finch’s decision:
- Featured Videos and Live Events will receive 1-2 updates a day, rather than a constant updated feed. The Discord based feeds will remain automated and unaffected by the changes.
- Extended coverage of Jose “Chille” DeCastro’s three-hour daily infomercials will be greatly reduced.
- Coverage of other breaking news stories may end up waiting for release until the morning updates.
- For non-1A readers, daily music selections, republishing of Comics and Ring Report will be pre-programmed to return to the site as there’s time to repost articles.
- After 20+ years of being ad-free, ReallyCoolSite.org will start running ads in 2024. If Finch can ever figure out AdSense (help need).
- Finch is also at least temporarily stepping away from his on-air role on the Welsh News Network.
- The audio expansion of daily articles project has not been cancelled and will be pursued as time permits.
For those interested in helping, donation links can be found on nearly every news article, with PayPal, cashapp and GoFundMe pages. While donations aren’t required, anything helps and is most appreciated.
Those seeking to help in Finch’s quest to find work can find his qualifications and skill sets at his most infamous LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-f-5b99248/
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