Newton Beacon

To promote and carry out public educational and charitable activities including the creation, publication and distribution of news and information in the city of Newton, Massachusetts and surrounding areas; to promote an informed citizenry and to help secure public engagement, government accountability, and an inclusive community where all voices have a chance to be heard; to support, promote and provide fair, factual, professional reporting and analysis of issues affecting Newton and its surrounding areas , including its government, businesses, institutions, and people; to support, promote and provide local news coverage through core values of facts, truth, transparency, independence andprofessionalism providing avenues for citizen voices to be heard in respectful settings.