Neighbor Radio
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Neighbor Radio gives plain answers about the faiths, cultures and holidays of the people next door, so you know what to say, what to bring and how to show up.
He finds the real problem, then builds what helps.
David Zatara is an engineer and data scientist in Flagstaff, Arizona. He started on drill sites, reading the ground one thin tube of soil at a time. Fifteen years later he works the same way: find the real problem, then build what helps. Today that means free websites for the questions his neighbors ask most.
Hope for Americans
hopeforamericans.netSay what's going on. Get one website and one first step.
Free websites for faith, family and local help all sit behind one front door.
MOEx
ilovemoe.comStart here on the day you begin to wonder.
Every visitor starts with one sentence and gets one plain next step, not a flood of advice.
Free Constitution
freeconstitution.orgKnow your rights by reading them yourself.
Read every word of the Constitution, with a plain-English version beside it, and decide for yourself what it means.
Numbers World
numbersworld.orgLook up the number you keep seeing on the clock.
Numbers World is free numerology, done honestly. Type in a number you saw, and the site shows what the tradition says it reflects, with every step of the math. It explains the number and leaves the future to you.
Start where you are
- I'm hiring or looking for a partnerStart with how he works, then see the proof.How he works
- I'm writing about David or his workGet his bio, headshot, logos and how to cite his work.Press and partners
- Our church can't afford a websiteSherwood Digital builds it with you, free, in your name.Sherwood Digital
- I came from Neighbor RadioMeet David in three lines, then read the full story.Who he is
Who he is
David is an engineer who always checks the count.
- ThenHe worked on drill sites, ran a marketing agency for eleven years, worked on UNICEF campaigns and improved operations at a telecom company.
- NowHe builds free websites with the Hope for Americans volunteers, including Neighbor Radio.
- WhyHe watched the web turn into subscriptions. He thinks anyone who needs help today should be able to get it today, for free.
Part 1 · Where it started
Fifteen years, three lessons
Each job taught him one habit he still uses on every project.
12011–2016 · Under the ground
A small sample speaks for a big place
An engineer pulls up one thin tube of soil and uses it to judge a whole hillside. A news number works the same way. A small count speaks for millions of people.
The lessonBefore you trust a number, ask who got counted and who got missed.
22014–2025 · Sherwood Digital
Do the job before you teach it
David never hired someone for a job he hadn't done himself. He did it, wrote the steps down, then handed them off. Over eleven years, that habit helped the agency consult for more than 100 clients.
The lessonGood instructions come from doing the work, not guessing at it.
32016–2024 · Operations work
Most mistakes happen in the handoff
At a phone company, every team did its job, yet work still went missing. The problem was never inside a team. It was in the space where one team passed work to the next.
The lessonTo fix a slow process, watch the handoffs, not the people.
Part 2 · The turn
Freely you received. Freely give.
For eleven years, Sherwood Digital built and marketed websites for healthcare professionals. In that time David watched nearly everything online turn into a subscription, even the sites people reach for in a hard moment: a prayer, a parenting answer, help after a diagnosis. Nobody should need a credit card to get in.
So the agency's skills became a gift. Sherwood Digital now builds and publishes for church congregations and community groups that have something worth sharing but can't afford to publish it. The work carries their name and costs them nothing.
See Sherwood Digital
Sherwood DigitalEstimate for your congregation
- Website, designed and built$0
- Book, cover, listing, readers$0
- Podcast, on any phone, any hour$0
- Course, from what you already teach$0
- Shopfront, so a neighbor can find you$0
Publishing usually costs$3,000
Total due$0
Eleven years of agency work paid for this.
Part 3 · The work
Featured work
Each one started with a question a neighbor asked. Open any of them to see the data, the engineering and the design behind the answer.
- Neighbor Radioneighborradio.com Know what to say to the people next door. Neighbor Radio gives plain answers about the faiths, cultures and holidays of the people next door, so you know what to say, what to bring and how to show up. Read the case study
- Hope for Americanshopeforamericans.net Say what's going on. Get one website and one first step. Read the case study
- MOExilovemoe.com Start here on the day you begin to wonder. Read the case study
- Free Constitutionfreeconstitution.org Know your rights by reading them yourself. Read the case study
- Numbers Worldnumbersworld.org Look up the number you keep seeing on the clock. Read the case study
Part 4 · Checking the count
The drill-site habit, put to work
Before you trust a number, ask who got counted. Every answer David publishes names the sources it was checked against.
Every answer is checked against sources like these
- Pew Research Center
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Congress.gov
- National Archives
- Library of Congress
- Smithsonian
- CDC
- National Institute of Mental Health
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Harvard Pluralism Project
- Sefaria
- My Jewish Learning
- Quran.com
- Hindu American Foundation
- Sikh Coalition
- National Congress of American Indians
Questions
Here are quick answers about David and his work.
Who is David Zatara?
David is an engineer who became a data scientist. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona. He worked fifteen years in engineering, data and business, including eleven years running Sherwood Digital, a marketing agency for healthcare professionals in Orange County.
What does he build?
He builds free websites that answer the questions his neighbors ask about family, mental health, local help, learning and faith. One of them is Neighbor Radio, which gives plain, sourced answers about the faiths, cultures and holidays of the people next door.
Why is everything free?
Because of what he watched happen online. After years building and marketing websites, he saw nearly all of them turn into subscriptions, including the ones for faith and mental health, which people need most in the moment they can least afford a bill. So he builds sites that anyone can open and use right away, for free.
Where do the facts on Neighbor Radio come from?
They come from public sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, Pew Research Center and the founding documents, and from the communities themselves. Every answer lists its sources at the bottom.
How do I reach him?
Email hello@davidzatara.com.
What he says yes to
- Free tools for neighbors
He likes building a website that answers the one question a congregation, a nonprofit or a town keeps hearing. It should open for free, right away, for whoever needs it that day.
- Numbers a newsroom can check
He shares plain answers and data with shows, reporters and teachers, and he names every source.
- Finding where work goes missing
Some processes are slow for no reason anyone can see. He watches the handoffs and writes down the fix.
Have a question of your own?
Ask about his work, suggest a project, or point out a mistake. David reads every message.
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