The Rise of Indie Local News

Local news isn’t dead. It’s just smaller.

Jun 2 • 

Jeff Inman

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May 2025

Your Privacy vs. Their Profits

The EU wants to limit what companies can track and sell. The U.S. just gave them a green light to keep going.

May 19 • 

Jeff Inman

3

Media Overthrow

President Trump has attacked the media at every opportunity—just like Project 2025 told him to.

May 5 • 

Jeff Inman

3

April 2025

Jailing Journalists

A Justice Department policy change revives the threat to reporters’ notes, footage — and freedom.

Apr 28 • 

Jeff Inman

4

The Substack Bubble?

Will the explosion of interest in the newsletter platform be its very undoing?

Apr 21 • 

Jeff Inman

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March 2025

Dismantling Section 230

The 26 Words That May Not Protect You for Long

Mar 31 • 

Jeff Inman

2

The Watchdogs

With legacy media focused on Trump's every utterance, these newsletters will keep you up to date on the real stories

Mar 17 • 

Jeff Inman

2

They All Lie

How JMM's accountant represents the bulk of America's view on the media

Mar 10 • 

Jeff Inman

3

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Spectacle Over Substance

The White House's war on legacy media is changing who gets access across the government

Mar 3 • 

Jeff Inman

3

February 2025

Still Fighting

Student Press Freedom Day is usually about protecting student journalists. This year, it's about fighting to protect the rights of all journalists.

Feb 24 • 

Jeff Inman

3

The War on Wikipedia

The far right is targeting the internet's last bastion of unbiased information.

Feb 17 • 

Jeff Inman

9

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Send in the Smokejumpers

When the government is burning down, you need journalists to keep track of the devastation

Feb 10 • 

Jeff Inman

6