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I have been a blogger for a long time. Even before I started LearnDash, I wrote a blog while in college as I first became familiar with...

It’s strange to think that I knew what Substack was as soon as it was put in front of me. But I did—it was an attempt to wrap email in a platform, with promising initial promises, but the goal of strengthening Substack itself.Sure, there were a lot of things about Substack that looked good at the outset—the fact that they effectively gave the platform away for free was a vast improvement over the model of charging money after you reached a certain subscriber size—but every new publisher that jo…

The company has an iOS app and big new ambitions. Should writers be scared?

I’m going to miss writing and making video for you all.

In this issue, we have sought to convey the scope and ambition of CJR over the course of its life. The stories are organized thematically, rather than chronologically, to help connect the dots from one age to the next.

Capital B was born from a racial justice reckoning.

"We counted all the native advertisements between 2014 and 2019 we could find from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal."

Hands-off around COVID misinformation, but hands-on around racial slurs

Apple News is introducing its first daily local newsletter for the Bay Area and is actively exploring expanding the offering to other cities. The Bay Area daily local newsletter, which is reminiscent of a daily local paper, includes top stories across local news, sports, politics, dining and more. …

It’s completely unclear why.

Well hello, reporters! It’s that time of year again. RevEye My most popular post on Substack this year (kinda surprisingly to me) was also the most recent, RevEye! RevEye helps you avoid making an oopsie by checking if images have already been published online. This helps prevent you from b

This annual report, based on a survey of senior executives, looks at the key issues facing journalism in 2022 and beyond.

This annual report, based on a survey of senior executives, looks at the key issues facing journalism in 2022 and beyond.

Podcast ads start to act more like the web

Trying to move podcasts to web-like “industry standard advertising” is worse than violating the spirit of *If it ain’t broke don’t fix it* — this is breaking something that definitely works for something we know doesn’t.

One year after January 6th, we look back at our reporting on the militia movement.

The Wall Street Journal's stubborn conservatism.

The former employee also says the company hides behind flat offices and metrics to shirk its responsibility.

Tracing the evolution of tech’s three eras, and why the fourth era — the Metaverse — is defined by its bifurcation with the physical world.

The Verge turns five on November 1st, and we’re in the process of refreshing our entire brand for the next five years. In Refreshing The Verge, we’ll be looking at how that refresh process works,...

Things look a little different around The Verge today. Very different. Like a thousand lasers shining through your mind, pointing at the future.

pResponses to this report written by journalists and media scholars. Each focusing on a specific issue raised,  including legal considerations (Victoria Baranetsky), online harassment (Michelle Ferrier), representation (Leonor Ayala Polley), audience trust (Benjamin Toff), and objectivity (Laura Wagner), can be read here. Executive Summary Journalists increasingly rely on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter […]/p

"If I was queen for a day, what I would honestly do is fire every journalism professor and hire adjuncts working in the field. That's, like, my dream."

Vox’s flagship daily news podcast will also air on local public radio stations nationwide, in partnership with WNYC Studios.

Dorsey announced the decision via his favorite social media platform.

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