What newspapers are you still subscribing to?

@petergleick The Atlantic (unsure if I’ll renew), The Guardian, Scientific American (every few years), along with AP and Reuters, who do most of the non-local news reporting, plus a hyperlocal one.

Increasingly I’m subscribing to journalists such as: ProPublica, 404 Media, Allison Gill, Heather Cox Richardson, Molly White, Parkrose Permaculture, Popular Information, TechDirt, Truthout, and my public radio/TV stations.

@petergleick Is that just to support them or do you find value in them? I gave up on NPR years ago and for old school only follow BBC and AP Wire plus specialty Social media like hard core Discord news, were stuff is sourced by the people that read and discuss topics.

@petergleick I get my news by lifting up a rock behind my house and listening to the bugs whisper.
:3

@skry @petergleick This is the correct way.

LA times is still oligarch media.

If it's owned by an oligarch or an aristocrat, or if it republishes articles by an oligarch or an aristocrat, you should never pay attention. No matter how interesting or even good the article is.

The NYT especially is good at employing a few good journalists to make sure people stay hooked but making sure their overall narrative is oligarch supporting trash.

@petergleick I subscribe to the Weser-Kurier, as Paper not digital in Bremen Germany
Since 1998

@petergleick Chicago Sun-Times and Wired (mentioned by many although it's not a newspaper. It IS (optionally) paper and has news.)

@petergleick
Indy News all the way + Public Broadcasting

@petergleick NYT, G&M, National Post, Sunday Toronto Star

@petergleick
Minnesota Star Tribune (formerly Minneapolis StarTribune); MinnPost

Not newspapers, per se, but also: Minnesota Public Radio, The Atlantic, and a small number of independents.

Pulled the plug on NYT, for reasons.

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The Journal Gazette, The Guardian, and donations to Pro Publica.

@petergleick The Nerve. New from the journalists sacked by the Observer. Bit too vegan for me but I’m trying to do better.

@petergleick Sadly, I had to give up on The Guardian because of the transphobia coming out of some key personnel in the UK.

Newspaper/news sites I subscribe to or support with donations:
Mission Local for San Francisco
Berkeleyside
404 Media
CalMatters
Texas Observer
Stat and KFF for health news
The Associated Press

ProPublica in the past, but probably not again given this: "At bargaining yesterday, @ProPublica management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.”
https://union.place/@propublicaguild/115736214313145243
(If that changes, I'll gladly reconsider.)

I also support these newsletters, all of which are not on Substack:
Today in Tabs
1440 Daily Digest (ad-free version)
This Week in Security
Citation Needed by Molly White

And Money Stuff from Matt Levine at Bloomberg, which is free.

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