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Season 13 Episode 5
In early 2024, scores of journalists fled Substack over the company’s refusal to ban Nazi newsletters. Smaller newsletter companies saw an opening. B…
6 hours ago
California’s Big Bet on Government-Funded News
Season 13 Episode 4
Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, had Matt Pearce sweating. Until the day before the signing deadline, Pearce didn’t know if the biggest piece of …
2 weeks ago
A Victim of the ‘Elon Musk Playbook’
Season 13 Episode 3
For me, and for most of my fellow millennials in the journalism industry, the idea of spending more than two decades in the same job seems unfathomab…
4 weeks ago
Ruth Ann Harnisch on life as the fairy godmother of newsletters, podcasts, and blogs.
Season 13 Episode 2
If you had lots of money to give away, what kind of journalism would you fund? City hall reporting? Big-swing investigative projects? Detailed covera…
1 month, 1 week ago
So Are Nonfiction Books Dead or Not?
Season 13 Episode 1
Anna Sproul-Latimer, a literary agent, on what a shrinking market means for journalists.
After a boom time for nonfiction books during the pandemic, s…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Kenya Hunter took a terrifying leap out of journalism. She couldn’t be happier.
Season 12 Episode 18
One of my favorite dive-bar conversations with fellow journalists is “What would you do if you couldn’t do this anymore?” We’ve all thought about it;…
2 months, 1 week ago
Twenty Years of Food Blogs: Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Perelman has never needed AI to develop a recipe.
Season 12 Episode 17
A friend recently posted a photo on Instagram of a giant zucchini harvested from her backyard in Chicago, with a caption that she needed recipes that…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
What Went Wrong: A first-time editor in chief reflects on a startup that didn’t work
Season 12 Episode 16
When The Barbed Wire debuted, in 2024, it promised “something different: a site that combines the best of savvy, new-model online journalism with Tex…
3 months ago
Welcome to Hell: A site with personality big enough for the city it covers.
Season 12 Episode 15
Since last year’s uber-competitive New York City mayoral primary, my favorite election night activity has been watching Hell Gate’s live broadcasts. …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Do You Have to Run from Us? Local reporters are struggling to get answers from the politicians they cover.
Season 12 Episode 14
Generations of local journalists mostly took for granted their ability to access elected officials. Talking to the local newspaper or TV station was …
3 months, 4 weeks ago