Hi y’all! I’m Sarah Day Owen Wiskirchen (you can call me Sarah Day), the publisher and editor of the Raleigh Convergence and founder of Minvera Media Co.

Thanks for supporting this locally owned and operated modern media company. I’m excited to start this conversation with y’all, and I hope you’ll hit reply on a regular basis when you read these  newsletters (the first one will arrive in inboxes on Wednesday, Feb. 18, afternoon).

Before starting this entrepreneurial venture, I’ve spent my career as a journalist in newsrooms across the country and I’ve held just about every job in a newsroom at some point, from reporter to magazine editor to digital editor to interim executive editor.

After spending about a decade in legacy organizations, and exploring different parts of the country, I started dreaming about an idea for a modern media company -- something that was with and for the community in the ways we actually communicate now.

Also around that time, I started a family with my husband, and we were ready to put down roots somewhere.

We chose Raleigh because we wanted to live in a place that was growing, was inclusive and diverse, and had a great food scene.

It’s that growth that makes this the time for an ongoing conversation on how we’re making the Raleigh of the future.

The Raleigh Convergence, a curated newsletter on the issues, ideas and creative neighbors of Raleigh, takes its name from the idea of an upwelling of good through coming together.

The Convergence aims to create stronger ties with our home by explaining local news in a way that’s actionable, sharing ideas in a way that’s collaborative and telling stories of Raleighites that makes us feel like neighbors rather than strangers.

Minerva Media Co. is the business arm of the company, focusing on content strategy coaching for local businesses and selling designated sponsor message space and local biz classifieds in the newsletter. You can read more about our ethics, transparency and how it all works together here.

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Sarah Day