The cambriaca is a community supported online newspaper focusing on news from non-profit organizations, local governance, and from community members in Cambria and San Simeon.
News in the cambriaca is provided online and is free to all at this website. Readers never need to register, subscribe, or become a member, or give up personal information to gain access to these webpages.
Readers wishing to become subscribers to the cambriaca can do so by sending a request to: kris.fox@outlook.com. Subscribers receive an email reminder on the first and third Thursday morning each month when the latest edition of the cambriaca is published.
Each edition of the cambriaca provides local news and information about Cambria and San Simeon (an area of about 120 square miles, a population of about 6,000) including reports from nearly 50 organizations on arts, environment, health and safety, social services, schools and education, churches and local government, and recreation.
Created by John Rohrbaugh in April 2020 as a demonstration project in citizen journalism, all content for the cambriaca is the collected work of a team of more than 40 volunteer correspondents, designated by their own organizations to serve as representatives to local media outlets. A five-member Editorial Board functions as a volunteer advisory body on matters pertaining to journalistic ethics, standards, and practices, as well as upholding the values of fairness, honesty, independence, and accountability. The Board has no operational, fiscal, or legal responsibility.
There is no provision in space in the cambriaca for letters to the editor or other statements of individual or organizational opinionating. Advertising is neither solicited nor accepted. Fund-raising appeals from local organizations are limited to local charitable purposes only. It is not the intention of the cambriaca to compete with other local media outlets but rather to supplement the total coverage being provided by local governments and non-profit organizations in Cambria and San Simeon.
The cambriaca functions as a non-profit under the fiscal sponsorships of Ecologistics, a 501c3 organization. As a community-supported newspaper, the cambriaca accepts donations to cover minimal costs of publication. All donations are tax deductible.
Editorial Board: Stephen Beck, Mark Berry, Tom Cochrun, Kitty Connolly, and Consuelo Macedo
Environmental Section Editor: Kitty Connolly
Education Section Editor: Suzanne Kennedy
Services Section Editor: Kristine Fox
Government Section Editor: currently open
Churches Section Editor: Mark Berry
Recreation Section Editor: currently open
Arts Section Editor: currently open
Managing Editor: Kristine Fox
Creative Agent: Juli Amodei
