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Press kit
About the Quiet Corner Brief
What to know this week in the Quiet Corner, delivered every Monday. For local media, organizations and businesses: our mission, the towns we cover, how we track what's happening, and how to work with us.
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One file with everything on this page — mission, towns, sourcing, and sponsorship.
Our mission
The Quiet Corner Brief is hyperlocal by design. Not regional headlines, not wire copy — the farmers markets, workshops and talks, family events, music and arts, town meetings, outdoor days and bakeries that make up an actual week in northeastern Connecticut.
Most of this already exists somewhere: a flyer on a corkboard, a post in a town Facebook group, a PDF buried three clicks into a town website. It scrolls past and it's gone. We gather it all in one place, on one site, where it stays findable — no algorithm deciding whether you see it, no doomscrolling to reach it.
One issue, every Monday. Every listing opened and verified before it's published, and anything we couldn't confirm is marked as unconfirmed rather than guessed at.
Towns we cover
Every town has its own page with events, markets, local businesses and a month calendar.
How we track what's happening
- Town and city calendars, agendas and meeting notices, read week by week.
- Library, museum and historical society calendars across the region.
- Farmers market schedules and vendor announcements through the season.
- Venue, church, club and nonprofit pages for music, talks and family events.
- Reader tips sent through the site — a real person reads every one.
Corrections are welcome and we publish them. Report a correction.
What we measure
Sponsors get a plain monthly summary of how their section performed. We publish real numbers only — no estimates, no inflated reach.
- Page views by page, so a sponsor knows how many people saw their section.
- Tip and listing submissions, broken down by town and category.
- Share clicks — how often readers pass an issue along.
- Which towns and which kinds of listings readers search for most.
Sponsorship and pricing
Five spots, one business each. No banners, no pop-ups — your name and link sit on the section readers already use, and the editorial picks stay ours.
Jobs and hiring
$60 / monthUseful this week — homepage and Useful page
Seen by people looking for work and by employers hiring locally.
Services and deadlines
$60 / monthUseful this week — homepage and Useful page
Residents handling town business, permits, taxes and household needs.
Markets and local food
$60 / monthUseful this week — homepage and Useful page
Market shoppers, farm stand regulars, bakers and food makers.
Volunteer and community
$60 / monthUseful this week — homepage and Useful page
Neighbors looking to pitch in, and the groups that need them.
Add-ons
Local business spotlight
$150 one-timeA longer written feature on one business, published in the issue and kept on the site.
Video on a posting
$50 one-timeAdd a short video — a walkthrough, a bake, an introduction — to a listing or a sponsored spot.
Launch rates while the Brief is growing — flat monthly rate per spot, no contract, cancel anytime. See the five spots and apply.
What a business gets
A free listing, clearly labelled
Any local business, market or organization can be listed at no cost. Free listings and sponsored placements are always labelled so readers know the difference.
A presence people can actually find
Plenty of good local businesses have no website, or one that never surfaces in search. A listing here gives them a findable page tied to their town.
Your story, not just your hours
Tell people how you started, what you make, and why it's worth the drive. That's the part a directory listing never carries.
Video on your posting
Add a short video to a listing or a sponsored spot — a walkthrough, a bake, an introduction.
Local business spotlight
A longer written feature on one business, published in the issue and kept on the site.
We bring the traffic
We run Facebook and Google ads pointing at the Brief, so listings and sponsored spots get in front of people who don't already follow you.
Media contact and assets
For interviews, quotes, event partnerships or reprints, send it to the contact form — a real person reads every one. You can also email media@quietcornerbrief.com. You're welcome to link to any page on the site.