The DTM

What is The DTM?

The DTM has been providing curated news, independent reporting, and commentary from Charlottesville, Virginia since 2012.

“Good stuff from what seems to be the best news source in Charlottesville.” — Rick Tetzeli, executive editor, Fast Company Magazine.

“What the DTM brings to local news—besides McNair’s institutional knowledge—is a zestier writing style than more established media.” - C-Ville Weekly

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Who is behind The DTM?

DTM publisher and editor David McNair was a staff writer for The Hook. You can learn way more than you need to know about him here. You can reach him here: dsmcnair@gmail.com or @DSMcNair

Why is it called The DTM?

The DTM started as a blog about the Downtown Mall, which always seemed to be at the center of things in Charlottesville. "DTM" was a local shorthand for the mall that people frequently used online.

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Why subscribe?

• You want access to subscriber-only posts and the full DTM archive. You can sign-up for free and read public posts, but they will only be available here on the website for free subscribers for a limited time.

• Access to Cville Byline, a DTM paid subscriber post that collects and features the best journalism from the area’s best journalists - all in one place.

• You value fearless independent local journalism

• The DTM does not exclude news from other local media, or have to answer to corporate and private publishers, donors, or board members

• The DTM does not have toothless social media feeds (Twitter/Facebook)

• You’d like to see more journalists writing for The DTM

• You like to stay informed but don’t want to read boring news stories

• You got a raise and don't know what to do with all that extra cash

• You have a rich uncle

Some writing highlights

• A Mental Maze: what we can learn from Tarron Richardson's brief time as city manager

• Police vs. Civilians: What will it take to establish an effective Police Civilian Review Board?

• Title IX Remix: will new rules on sexual harassment & assault investigations serve justice?

• Why Charlottesville? How a Facebook comment, an unknown blogger, and some old tweets inflamed a debate about race and monuments

• Viral justice? Chief Longo on the alleged "knock out game" assault on the DTM

• Under fire: Is the Elks Lodge getting a bad rap?

• Dave, fame, and Haines: Celebrity, suicide, and the etiquette of envy

• Tale of Woe: The death of the VQR's Kevin Morrissey

• Send Girls Off to Learn, Not Off to Marry, Says 13-Year-Old Pakistani Activist

• Forget the ‘Rolling Stone’ Debacle: At UVA, 38 Reports of Sexual Violence, 0 Expulsions Last Year

Other stuff

• Follow The DTM Facebook and Twitter pages.

• Join the Seen on the DTM Facebook group: this group is for people to post weird, unusual, strange, disturbing, beautiful, newsworthy, and otherwise awesome things they see on or near Charlottesville's Downtown Mall.

• Want to be a DTM contributor? Send pitches to dsmcnair@gmail.com

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