The best Journalism newsletters

A weekly pick of one standout New Yorker story, plus occasional podcasts and essays on literature, politics, and culture. Readers get long-form criticism, reporting, and conversations without a paywall.

First Floor is a weekly-ish newsletter covering electronic music and the culture and industry around it, including artist recommendations and features on dance music scenes. It also includes essays on the business of independent music writing and media.

Pablo Torre Finds Out is a sports journalism podcast and newsletter featuring long-form interviews with sports figures and reporters on topics like the Manchester City financial scandal and NFL/NBA business. Each issue previews an episode and invites readers to watch on YouTube or Apple Podcasts, with paid subscriptions supporting its reader-funded reporting.

Matt Taibbi's Racket News delivers opinionated commentary and investigative reporting, with recent issues covering media personalities, election night plans, and a debate over whether art can be apolitical. Readers get a distinctive, combative voice that mixes personal anecdote with political argument.

A Substack journal from veteran journalist Terry Moran offering reporting and moral argument about American democracy and power. Issues mix opinion essays on Trump and the Republican Party with announcements for his on-the-road video series America in Person.

TAXA publishes experimental long-form journalism that uses surprising everyday objects and overlooked byproducts as entry points into science and history. Its sample issue traces the story of an MIT milk carton kept for decades and connects it to Louis Pasteur's work on fermentation and food safety.

A daily curated email that selects five notable long-form articles from hundreds read each day, giving readers reading material and conversation topics. The excerpt provided is only a notice about updating a paid subscriber feed address, so the editorial content itself is not visible.

A personal newsletter from Jessica Reed Kraus mixing pop culture deep dives, Elizabeth Holmes coverage, celebrity gossip and lifestyle anecdotes with a breezy, diary-like voice. Readers get chatty first-person musings, interviews with writers and commentary on trending entertainment news.

A bilingual Chinese-English Substack publishing journalism oriented toward futures, with a theme of pluralistic coexistence and renewed dialogue. The available material is limited to a short description, so the exact content and format are not clear.

Independent political commentary and investigative reporting from journalist Glenn Greenwald. The excerpts shown are mainly announcements for weekly live Q&A video sessions, with no substantive analysis included.