Reporter Andy Kroll explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of trillions of dollars and millions of federal workers.
MEP Alexandra Geese argues that Europe needs its own infrastructure, social networks, and software. Rising US authoritarianism means the clock is ticking.
Blogging was a different medium - and there's still a need for it more than ever.
The needs are real – and you have so much power.
A framework for newsroom build vs buy decisions.
"[An] archipelago of high-trust communities [is] where journalists are uniquely capable of building thriving businesses."
I bawled my way through Nowhere Special, a 2020 movie about a terminally ill man who needs to find a new family for his four year old son. I’ll be thinking about it for years. It’s the story of a window cleaner with a terminal illness who needs
Many of our colleagues' communities are being directly targeted by an increasingly authoritarian, anti-immigrant regime. As managers and leaders, we have a duty of care. It starts with listening.
It turns out that "we're protecting democracy and our industry is dying, please pay us money" is not a great sales pitch.
This simple, repeatable framework for building a culture of open feedback has been a part of my toolkit for over a decade.
How law enforcement and private parties can access your information without your knowledge, and what you can do about it.
Preparing viable alternatives for broadcast censorship and a restricted internet.
Media
Casey Newton's annual updates are always great. This year, perhaps predictably, the biggest highlight for me is his ambitions around community. We need stronger community platforms to support newsrooms.
Culture
Has the internet led to more polarization, or is this more of a great unmasking, where people feel more comfortable to share opinions they've always held?
Future of News
Let's help build the world we want to see.
Future of News
From self-hosted WordPress to managed solutions
Startups
Useful tips on creating an unlimited PTO policy. I used to think these were more accounting hacks than real benefits - but I've changed my mind over time.
Future of News
How community-first thinking can help newsrooms survive AI
Science
An open source project aimed at making medical research easier.
Technology
A new survey suggests that scientists vastly prefer Bluesky to X - and to its other alternatives.
Media
"Sixteen of the 50 biggest news websites in the UK are now using a “consent or pay” model to allow users to pay to reject personalised advertising or even avoid ads altogether." It should be illegal.
Business
"Focus on flows and relationships, not products or services." An argument for systems thinking instead of design thinking or breakthrough innovation.
AI
"Obviously, any campaign that used only that AI-generated data would miss the mark — instead of looking at the views of real respondents, it would be looking at a funhouse mirror reflection of a demographic cooked up by a language model with no access to actual data."
Technology
After Arc's pivot to AI left power users behind, I found the browser I actually wanted.