A strong start for a Substack looking westward, and a Banner week in Baltimore.

The great thing about The Roanoke Times was that there was an emphasis on investigation but there was also an emphasis on storytelling and writing. And they would bring in lots of people like Roy ...

A judge ruled that Kari Lake’s tenure at USAGM was unconstitutional and ordered employees back to work. But a new appointee and legal challenges could make a fresh start difficult.

A growing number of reporters and researchers are covering immigration through the lens of surveillance.

A new wave of cases pin blame for tech’s harms on product design—keeping the First Amendment and Section 230 out of the conversation.

Nozlee Samadzadeh on restarting Gourmet with a profit-sharing plan for freelancers and space for foods that look gross but taste delicious.

A site called Visegrád 24 rode the waves of military conflicts and social media angst to become a household name on X. Its new project, Middle East 24, is aiming to do the same.

But by then he had already developed the seed of the idea for his platform, and soon he connected with the Digital Weather Network, a group of meteorologists who had likewise struck out on their own.

As MAGA media splinters over Trump’s foreign wars, the Murdoch empire has stayed loyal—but what happens when Lachlan succeeds Rupert?

I wouldn’t be getting this experience at a national publication, to be extensively following the hottest news story in the country.” ...

Dustin Gouker, the author of a Substack about prediction markets, says the media could benefit from keeping an eye on Kalshi and Polymarket.

Last week, a reporter in Nashville was detained by ICE. Officials claimed to have paperwork for her arrest, but her lawyers ...