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Sarasota Digest

Sarasota's week in one email: the local news worth knowing and what's coming up, each item linked to its source.

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What's in an issue

Every issue is organized the same way, so you know where to look.

Each issue follows this layout, with real local items, every one linked to its source, where the grey lines are.

Sarasota Digest

Every week, in this order

  1. The Short List

    The three or four things worth knowing this week, one line each.

  2. News Notes

    A few sentences on each local story, with a link to the full piece.

  3. Coming Up

    Events nearby, soonest first, with the day, time and place.

  4. Around Town

    Openings and community happenings, in weeks that have some.

What Sarasota Digest covers

News and events from Sarasota and the towns around it in Sarasota County, Florida, gathered from 19 local publishers, each item linked to the one it came from.

Cities and towns

  • Sarasota
  • Bradenton
  • Lakewood Ranch
  • Venice
  • North Port
  • Longboat Key
  • Anna Maria
  • Palmetto

Neighborhoods

  • Downtown Sarasota, Sarasota
  • St. Armands Circle, Sarasota
  • Siesta Key, Sarasota
  • Lido Key, Sarasota
  • Rosemary District, Sarasota
  • Laurel Park, Sarasota
  • Towles Court, Sarasota
  • Burns Court, Sarasota
  • Gulf Gate, Sarasota
  • Bird Key, Sarasota
  • The Bay Park, Sarasota
  • Newtown, Sarasota
  • Downtown Bradenton, Bradenton
  • Village of the Arts, Bradenton
  • Cortez, Bradenton
  • Main Street at Lakewood Ranch, Lakewood Ranch
  • Downtown Venice, Venice
  • Nokomis, Venice
  • Wellen Park, North Port
  • Warm Mineral Springs, North Port

Local sources it reads

  • ABC7 Sarasota WWSB (Gray Media)
  • City of North Port
  • City of Palmetto
  • City of Sarasota
  • City of Venice
  • Florida Politics
  • Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
  • National Hurricane Center
  • Observer Media Group
  • Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College
  • Sarasota Magazine (SagaCity Media)
  • SNN Local News (Nexstar)
  • Suncoast Searchlight
  • The Anna Maria Island Sun
  • The Islander
  • Town of Longboat Key
  • Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
  • Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
  • WUSF Public Media

How each issue is made

  1. Gathered from local sources

    Through the week, our software reads local sources: city and county sites, public media, local papers and venue calendars.

  2. Checked by an editor

    An editor reads every issue and approves it before it goes out. An item without a source doesn't make it in.

  3. Sent Thursday morning

    It arrives as one email: a short summary of each item, with a link to where the story was published.

More on how an issue is made

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