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1. • • Our founders quit their jobs in August 2020 because they couldn’t bear consuming divisive, biased, and fear-mongering news any longer. News media had been deteriorating for years; the pandemic accelerated the trend. Our founders envisioned a media company that helped people live happier, healthier, and more informed lives.
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   Why did Roca start?

   • News media had been deteriorating for years; the pandemic accelerated the trend. Our founders envisioned a media company that helped people live happier, healthier, and more informed lives. They set out to create convenient news products that did that. “Roca” is short for “Pororoca,” a biannual wave that sweeps the Amazon River.

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   What is Roca news?

   • They set out to create convenient news products that did that. “Roca” is short for “Pororoca,” a biannual wave that sweeps the Amazon River. Surfers come from across the world to surf the Pororoca; it’s a wave that brings people together. That’s Roca’s mission with the news.

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   How does rocanews work?

   • The slides feature photos and/or graphics, as well as bits of text that are often bullet-pointed. Towey, RocaNews’s CEO, says the cogent format helps RocaNews stick to its mission of “fact-forward,” nonpartisan reporting. The group also stays on-brand by merely circling hot-button issues of the day.

   RocaNews Builds A Youthful News Alternative On Instagram, TikTok

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   How many employees does rocanews have?

   • RocaNews has grown from a staff of three, Towey says, and will soon employ 13, including writers, engineers, a head of video and an operations manager. There’s also a community manager to handle social media comments, online polls and other interactivity with RocaNews consumers, which Towey believes is a key element of the platform’s success.

   RocaNews Builds A Youthful News Alternative On Instagram, TikTok

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   How credible is rocanews?

   • The reporting is factual and usually sourced. These are the most credible media sources. Overall, we rate RocaNews Least Biased based on minimal editorializing of content. We also rate them Mostly Factual rather than High due to a complete lack of hyperlinked sourcing.

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   What is the future of Roca?

   • Roca is building the go-to news community around nothing but the facts, because we believe our readers are smart enough to form their own opinions. Too often, news outlets favor negative, partisan, and alarmist news. They profit by pushing political narratives and raising blood pressures. The future of Roca is the future of news.

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3. voices.media › rocanews-ceo-max-towey-onRocaNews CEO Max Towey on rebuilding the younger generation's ...

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   Jul 11, 2022 · This week we hear from Max Towey, Co-Founder and CEO at RocaNews. RocaNews is a start-up building a community around the news that lowers the blood pressure; they believe alarmist and partisan coverage has been responsible for much of the news avoidance we’re seeing today.

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4. www.rocanews.com › aboutRocaNews

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   Our Story. Our founders quit their jobs in August 2020 because they couldn’t bear consuming divisive, biased, and fear-mongering news any longer. News media had been deteriorating for years; the pandemic accelerated the trend. Our founders envisioned a media company that helped people live happier, healthier, and more informed lives.

5. tvnewscheck.com › journalism › articleRocaNews Builds A Youthful News Alternative On Instagram ...

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   Jun 14, 2022 · A center-lane news startup finds fertile ground among Gen Zers and millennials on Instagram and TikTok, tapping into exhaustion over cable news polarization and picking up more than 1.1 million followers in the process.

6. www.linkedin.com › pulse › why-rocanews-exists-rocanewsWhy RocaNews Exists - LinkedIn

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   Oct 20, 2021 · That's why RocaNews exists: to improve the world with better news. Roca is building the go-to news community around nothing but the facts, because we believe our readers are smart...

7. www.marketscreener.com › news › latestRocaNews Raises $4.4M and Acquires River to Build Social ...

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   Jan 19, 2022 · RocaNews closed a $4.4M seed round and acquired newstech company River to facilitate its mission to democratize the news. Roca will combine a booming online platform with AI and Web3 technology to eliminate partisanship and deliver factual and engaging content to viewers.

8. www.glensfallschronicle.com › rocanews-makesRocaNews makes national news: Raised $4.4-million, big ...

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   Jan 21, 2022 · Axios Media Trends on Tuesday broke the story nationally that RocaNews, the Internet news business co-founded in 2020 by Glens Falls native Max Frost, “has raised $4.4 million in a seed round led by Ori Allon, the co-founder and executive chairman of Compass Real Estate.”

9. www.citybiz.co › article › 204075RocaNews Raises $4.4M | citybiz

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   NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–RocaNews closed a $4.4M seed round and acquired newstech company River to facilitate its mission to democratize the news. Roca will combine a booming online platform with AI and Web3 technology to eliminate partisanship and deliver factual and engaging content to viewers.