An independent investigative outlet examines how charity and poverty content on social media can exploit vulnerable people for views, donations and creator revenue. Its issues ask who controls portrayal, consent and profit, and frame the question as a guide to dignity in digital storytelling.
Website: https://news.thevaultinvestigates.cloud/
A collaborative of newsrooms delivers reporting on agriculture, water and climate across the Mississippi River Basin. Readers get narrative, on-the-ground stories about pollution, local communities, environmental monitoring and the people and projects tied to the watershed.
Investigative reporting from a non-profit co-op on Victoria, BC bylaw officers seizing and destroying the tents, medicine and possessions of unhoused residents, tracked with Apple AirTags during a municipal and provincial election cycle. Issues combine written investigations, first-person accounts and a companion podcast episode.
A weekly newsletter that makes one New Yorker story free to read, drawn from culture criticism, politics and long-form journalism. Issues also include occasional podcast conversations on current affairs such as the midterm elections.
Independent reporting from the U.S.-Mexico border covering border wall construction, immigration enforcement, and borderland history and culture. It also runs Wall Watch, a community-powered map tracking border wall contracts, surveillance technology and construction.
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