A little about the founders

Next Door Media began when Kate Bergman registered MyBallard.com shortly after moving to the Ballard neighborhood with her husband Cory in 2007.  Both of us worked for KING TV at the time — Kate as coordinating producer for the morning news and Cory as the head of KING5.com.  Since then, Cory has moved on to msnbc.com as director of business development, and Kate still works at KING.  Both of us have worked in journalism our entire careers — Cory even won two national Edward R. Murrow Awards, two Emmy awards and an EpPy during his stay at KING. While we come from the traditional world of news, we’re beginning to believe that “news powered by your neighborhood” (our slogan) is the future of local journalism.