Founder of Project C. Supporting, amplifying and normalizing independent creator-model journalism.
Jun 12, 2026
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8 min read
PLUS: Zeteo goes global, a Gourmet lawsuit and upcoming Community events!
Jun 5, 2026
5 min read
PLUS: @Muslim's founder on building to 12M and DC's Capital Weather Gang goes solo
May 29, 2026
PLUS: Joanna Stern's killing it, Substack v. beehiiv and an Emmy win for Johnny Harris!
May 15, 2026
6 min read
PLUS LINKS: Neighborhood newsletters have a moment; fleeing the Substack tax
May 8, 2026
Plus: Vine is back, TikTok's thumb on the scale and a new creator economy minor
Apr 24, 2026
9 min read
A growing share of investigative journalism is being produced outside newsrooms. Getting credit for it has become its own kind of work
Apr 17, 2026
4 min read
CNTI's new report is the most comprehensive look yet at the independent journalism economy. – and it bummed some of you out
Apr 11, 2026
It was a busy week in creator journalism. Here's what I was reading from airports this week
Apr 3, 2026
22 min read
The economics of independent journalism are more complicated than the stories we keep telling about them
Mar 30, 2026
10 min read
Andrew Freer has been documenting ICE operations in Chicago and Minneapolis since last fall. He's running out of money to keep going.
Mar 27, 2026
13 min read
Plus: YouTube's new partnership portal, prediction markets target journos and Project C heads to ONA!
Mar 19, 2026
Plus: A new Project C website, community wins and a ton of upcoming events
Mar 6, 2026
From Portland to Miami to Birmingham to Phoenix, these 10 journalists are building the future of independent media — and heading to ONA26 together
Feb 23, 2026
How Chicago's untapped media landscape is quietly serving the city's most specific communities
Feb 14, 2026
7 min read
A year of transformation for independent creator journalism – notes from the 2026 Knight Media Forum
Jan 30, 2026
More inside: NextGen News Report deets and a bomb cyclone of local weather influencers
Jan 27, 2026
When ICE raids sparked a crisis in Minneapolis, an ecosystem of independent journalists was already on the ground
Jan 26, 2026
Apply by Feb. 17 to join us in Chicago in March
Jan 12, 2026
New research from Video Consortium, Fordham University, and Project C grounds creator journalism in real practice
Dec 30, 2025
Journalism is at an inflection point – and we’re living inside it
Dec 18, 2025
A wayfinder for the future of news media
Dec 8, 2025
Plus: The New Yorker heads to Substack, Richard Lawson moves to Beehiiv and Ryan Kellett's prediction for 2026
Nov 26, 2025
11 min read
Plus: The new pivot to video critiqued; Nuzzi-Lizza fatigue and a grant opportunity you won't want to miss
Nov 21, 2025
Plus, Friday links: Hanna Raskin's kickass investigation, Defector's year-end report and more!
Nov 14, 2025
Plus: New research on news influencers and and a stack of can’t-miss applications!
