A media literacy newsletter that examines health misinformation, crime statistics and citizen journalism through research-backed explainers and reader polls. It aims to help readers judge claims calmly and check sources without absorbing outrage or spin.
Website: https://newsletter.gettingbetterfoundation.org
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.
Factual Wellness is a newsletter that checks wellness books and claims against their cited sources, grading how faithfully authors translate the science they reference. Its reviews report specific citation counts, pages read and fidelity scores, so readers can judge health claims for themselves.
ETTE Media offers critique of news media and journalism, covering media industry trends, AI's effect on publishing, and weekly roundups of overlooked stories. It mixes written newsletters with podcast-style interviews about journalistic practice.
Mehran Khalili, a European left organiser, writes a newsletter on how movements should respond to the far right, media diets, and the role of social media in organising. Each issue mixes interviews, livestream follow-ups and self-critical reflection on what organisers actually do.
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