“I’ve built a pizza oven, a family and a company. Not necessarily in that order.”

“I’ve built a pizza oven, a family and a company. Not necessarily in that order” – Adriano Farano.

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Adriano Farano is the cofounder of Pactio, an emerging CA-based startup designed to help readers support the journalists they value. Pactio as in pact, PACTIO as in Passion (journalists are not shy about the “why” of their reporting), Accuracy (no one is entitled to their own facts), Collaboration (every good story begins with a conversation), Transparency (is the real antidote to fake news), Independence (no ads, no shareholders, no hidden interests), Ownership (journalists own their content).

The company is based at the JSK Journalism Fellowships at Stanford and will be launching its public beta in a few weeks. One more thing. Pactio intends to provide participating journalists professional liability insurance as well as coaching on how to reach the audiences who’d be interested in their reporting. Bottom Line: a potential partner to some of you.