Why Kin+ exists,
and what we owe each other.

The Columbus Call & Post and the Columbus Post closed. The Black press in this city took one of the biggest losses it has taken in a century, and the room that used to ask the accountability questions on our behalf — quietly, without ceremony — went dark.

I grew up reading those papers in my grandmother's kitchen. They weren't perfect. They were ours. They named names. They printed the obituaries the dailies wouldn't print. They covered the school board fight, the church anniversary, and the contract that should have gone to the brother on the East Side. When they went away, the city didn't notice. We did.

Kin+ is not only publishing content. Kin+ is moving Black Columbus.

Kin+ is built to take that room back. Not as a startup. Not as a creator project. As infrastructure: a newsroom, a video platform, a membership engine, and a commerce bridge — owned by Black Columbus and accountable to Black Columbus.

We chose member-funded on purpose. We've watched what advertising-funded news did to our coverage. We've watched what billionaire-funded news did to our coverage. The only model with the right incentives is the one where the people who read the work also own the work.

What we're building, in order

1. The newsroom. Daily local reporting, the investigations, the briefing. Live now.
2. TalkBack. The conversation show — long-form video, weekly, in the studio.
3. Around The Way. The commerce bridge to Black-owned Columbus.

You'll see the work here first. If you're reading this on day one — welcome. You're early on purpose. The work to do is too big to do quietly, and too important to do alone. The room is open. Pull up a chair.

— DaVante'