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The best Media Literacy newsletters

3 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

thehumanityarchive.substack.com· weekly· Published yesterday

A weekly newsletter that links current headlines to overlooked history, aiming to give readers a slower, more durable way to stay informed. Recent issues cover the tech elite's influence, youth pessimism, and critical reading in the age of endless scrolling, drawing on W.E.B. Du Bois.

history and headlinesslow newsmedia criticismw.e.b. du boiscritical readingattention economy
mapuc.substack.com· irregular· Published 27 days ago

A personal newsletter about attention, online manipulation and digital community, mixing essays on computational propaganda with fiction contest updates and announcements about a community space. Readers get reflective commentary on social media dynamics alongside a speculative flash fiction piece and news about its author's projects.

doomscrollingcomputational propagandaspiral of silenceflash fictiondigital communitybots and misinformation
melissabrodsky.substack.com· irregular· Published yesterday

A history-focused newsletter that frames current events around media literacy, antisemitism, and antizionism, with articles on French unrest and historical Nazi-era persecution of Jews. It also publishes paywalled multi-part investigations into the Muslim Brotherhood and alleged funding networks.

antizionismjewish historyholocaust historynazi germanyfrance riotsmuslim brotherhood