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After selling Listenwise, Brady-Myerov became publisher of the media group that runs the Vineyard Gazette, Martha’s Vineyard’s newspaper of record. Her vision: hyper-local journalism—delivering information communities need in the language they speak in the places they get information, which she sees as journalism’s future. “Given that Brazilian immigrants comprise twenty to thirty percent of Martha’s Vineyard’s year-round population, the position also gives me the opportunity to use my fluency in Portuguese,” she says. In recent months, the paper has reported on ICE sweeps. “Brazilians are the underpinning of this island’s tourism economy. It’s important they are heard and valued.”