Teenage Brothers Hope Their Newspaper Can 'Educate, Motivate, Inspire'

A visit to The New Yorker is already in the books for Brooklyn siblings Rusty and River Fields.

Reading about The Bainbridge Times, a monthly newspaper launched in May by a pair of charismatic Brooklyn siblings, it’s clear these media barons have their heads screwed on right.

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While the enterprise overseen by editor in chief Rusty Fields, 17, and managing editor River Fields, 14, is most definitely grassroots, they found room on the masthead for a fact checker, Darren Fraser. A safety net many of today’s other outlets have dispensed with.

The duo recently told PIX 11 that after launching in print, they’ve realized it makes more sense to be digital-only.

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