The Fairfax Machine
Ryan BacicNews and stories from Virginia’s largest county, by a former Washington Post editor who lives here, too.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 55 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | a year ago |
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3 reflections from the first 8 months of The Fairfax Machine
It’s the first day of my new job. That means The Fairfax Machine is entering Sleep Mode.
It’s not the Great Blue Screen for The Machine — I’ll be back here, in one form or another — but it does provide a tidy little reflection point here b...
Friday Download, 1/24: McLean Chocolate Festival, Improvicon, Lunar New Year celebrations and maple-syrup boils
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Happy Friday, all. The Machine sends this Friday Download from Southwest Florida, where it isn’t 20 degrees like in Fairfax but (rest assured) isn’t beautiful beach weather either.
Thank you for being here, especially those of...
Bridging U.S. divides, a dinner at a time
Michael Graham opens BreadBreakers at the Lake Anne community center. “Success,” he told participants, was “learning one new thing.” (Photos by Ryan Bacic/The Fairfax Machine)
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Michael Graham arrived at the Reston community c...
Friday Download, 1/17: Fairfax Record Riot, NoVA Wine Expo and a battle of the bands
(Ryan Bacic/The Machine)
The Friday Download is your guide to the week and weekend in Fairfax and around the area. Subscribe today to get the next one in your inbox and support The Machine’s work.
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Happy Friday, all. It’s a...
A Machine system update: I got a job
The Fairfax Machine was built to be nothing if not efficient, so I won’t waste words with a windup: I start a new full-time job later this month.
That will mean some changes here.
I launched this newsletter in early June, a little over a...
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I'm a news editor living in Fairfax County, Va., who spent close to a decade running coverage, writing stories and building things at the Washington Post.
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