A weekly curated list of links about reimagining journalism, with short editorial intros on process, leadership and sustainability in news organisations. Readers get a handful of linked stories per issue plus the editor's reflections and reader questions.
Website: https://www.newsalchemists.com/
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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