Description: WyoFile is an independent membersupported publicinterest news service reporting on the people places and policy of Wyoming The organization incorporated in 2009 as a Wyoming 501c3 nonprofit and is a member of the Institute for NonProfit NewsWyoFiles mission is to inform and engage Wyoming through indepth reporting in the public interestWyoFile aims to reestablish the primacy of facts in Wyomings public discourse to ensure that residents community leaders business leaders politicians agency personnel and policy makers all have access to and faith in the information they need to participate effectively in civic life and self governanceWe believe that healthy democracies resilient communities and effective governments all depend on a robust independent watchdog press the first three simply cant exist without the latter Rigorous factual journalism that holds individuals and institutions to account is a critical public serviceWe also understand that the old models our community has relied upon are no longer able to provide that civic cornerstone on their own The root cause is economic The result has been a profound and profoundly harmful disinvestment in news gathering in the state and beyond and a loss of Wyomings selfsufficiency locally grounded journalism and autonomy of information supplyWe believe independent membersupported nonprofit nonpartisan journalism of by and for the people of Wyoming is the solutionWyoming deserves the facts and a sustainable means of maintaining everyones access to them WyoFile exists to provide both