5 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.
A New York City newsletter covering local politics, transit and city life, with explainers on ballot measures, reported features on subway history and neighborhood organizing, and promotion of live events. Readers get local context and voting guidance written in a chatty, opinionated voice.
A photographer's dispatch newsletter that shares personal accounts of making street and transit photography in New York and Los Angeles, along with updates on his book projects and sequencing process. Readers get reflective behind-the-scenes context on the work, its influences and its editing decisions.
The Trellis is a Philadelphia cycling newsletter covering local bike infrastructure such as smart bike pods at regional rail stations, the femme, trans, women and non-binary cycling community, and profiles of local racers. Readers get reported features with interviews and practical local context for riding in the city.
A personal newsletter from a developer-researcher mixing reflective essays on memory and time with hands-on project write-ups, such as a gopher/gemini browser and a realtime MBTA subway map sign built on an ESP32. Readers get a mix of personal narrative and concrete maker documentation.
bzzx is an irregular personal blog-style newsletter mixing local civic commentary, such as analysis of a Winnipeg protest-buffer bylaw with a mapping tool, with a podcast transcript about a Quebec City tramway and a how-to for syncing open letter signatories with Google Forms and Docs. Readers get pointed opinion on civil liberties and local politics along with practical hands-on tech tutorials.
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