Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
Conversations with journalists, publishers, researchers, and people building the future of the news.
A museum leader describes how local community-sourced archives prevent historical distortion
The Tyee publisher on curiosity, reader engagement and what keeps her interested in journalism
Publisher Jeanette Ageson on reader revenue, regional journalism, and building a sustainable independent newsroom
LAPL info-scientist shares how libraries keep historical records, and the stories of vulnerable communities, accessible to all
The Narwhal’s executive editor talks print, deadlines and overlooked beats
Executive editor Denise Balkissoon explains how a small Canadian newsroom builds community
The Local executive editor on Toronto neighborhoods, pet peeves, and the future of local news
Nicholas Hune-Brown explains how a Toronto health storytelling project became a nonprofit newsroom focused on deep reporting and overlooked ...
A quick round with the librarian who helps preserve millions of images of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Public Library senior librarian Christina Rice on how journalists and researchers can use one of the city’s richest visual archi...
The Rebooting founder answers our blitz of questions with verbose answers
The media analyst and founder of The Rebooting talks sustainability, community, and why journalism needs new business models
A guide to the California State Library’s image collection
Local editor Calum Grewar explains how the model works, and where it could go next
Cal Academy biologist explains how she uses community science to investigate changes at the CA coast
KCRW’s Arnie Seipel on Building Trust, Reaching New Audiences and the Future of Public Media
Deep South Today President and CEO Warwick Sabin discusses shared infrastructure, local editorial independence, and the financial realities ...
Reporter Aaron Hemens and publisher Eden Fineday discuss community accountability, Indigenous approaches to journalism, and the precarious e...
CEO and co-founder Lance Knobel on how Cityside built a nonprofit network of community newsrooms across the East Bay
A conservation biologist explains how community science networks help researchers capture more data
Librarian Jessamyn West on why libraries are targeted by authoritarians, and how they will survive anyway
Nile Southern and Maeve Conran on KGNU, local trust, and why community radio matters
Director of the Data Liberation Project comments on preserving and publishing data, forming academic-journalistic collaborations, and creati...
Kunal Purohit talks about his new report on the growth of H-Pop music on streaming platforms
Independent research and records preservation institute
Data behind bars: Incarceration, missing federal statistics, and why erasure is dangerous
Tactical Tech's Laura Ranca on protecting data, sources, and yourself
An interview with Vispi Balaporia, President of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Lynda Kellam on the Data Rescue Project and the battle for accessible info
The pioneering cartoonist discusses how he found his way into journalism, why comics offer something unique, and what keeps pulling him back...
Marshall Project data journalist Jill Castellano on her methods for working with flawed federal data
Criminal justice researcher at the Vera Institute on combating Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data gaps
An Interview With Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle, October 17, 2025
Former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe discusses leaving government for zoos, breakthroughs in research, and surviving fund...
Gordon Whiting on Ramnath Goenka, press freedom, and why some acts of resistance could only happen in print
A deeper look at the most recent Prairie Fire newsletter
Gordon Whiting on AI, news publishers, public archives, and the fight to preserve the journalistic record
Access Now’s Mohammed Al-Maskati on protecting activists, journalists, researchers, and civil society groups
Gordon Whiting on the knowledge sector, Prairie Fire, and the fight to preserve information
Interview with researcher Rachel Santarsiero on climate data erasure, FOIA under strain, and archival preservation
Newsjunkie publisher Gordon Whiting expands on his recent article
Data science engineer offers blueprints and tools for indie research
Morgan Kriesel expands on his most recent Prairie Fire newsletter
Researcher with Black & Pink comments on federal data's role in the erasure of LGBTQ+ prisoners
Tangle founder Isaac Saul on fairness, bias, and the business of being “nonpartisan”
On inequality, climate, and building a nonprofit news model
San José Spotlight’s co-founder Josh Barousse on filling a news desert, getting funding, and disrupting the status quo
A veteran’s view on the evolving economics of information flow
“The coolest job in the world” eliminated by RIF
Former editor shares story of groundbreaking indie investigative journal