The Other Wave

After years of big wins, bold moves and honest takes, #TheOtherWave is hitting pause 💌 Now? It’s time for a new kind of growth 🍼 I break it all down: the media moves, the milestones and what’s next in my final newsletter for a while. Read more: theotherwave.substack.com/p/lessons-on-g…

Join me and hundreds of fellow independent news publishers at @LIONPubs’ 2026 Summit this Sept. 9-11 in San Diego! Early-bird tix available now for LION members: tinyurl.com/LIONSummit26

.@neeeda: The AI winners won’t be the biggest newsrooms niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-ai…

From launching @TheGreenLineTO's first-ever pocket guide for city living to breaking our audience records, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to build something that lasts and why sustainable media has to be community-first. Read more: theotherwave.substack.com/p/lessons-on-g…

After years of big wins, bold moves and honest takes, #TheOtherWave is hitting pause 💌 Now? It’s time for a new kind of growth 🍼 I break it all down: the media moves, the milestones and what’s next in my final newsletter for a while. Read more: theotherwave.substack.com/p/lessons-on-g…

After years of big wins, bold moves and honest takes, @theotherwave is hitting pause 💌 Now? It’s time for a new kind of growth 🍼 I break it all down: the media moves, the milestones and what’s next in my final newsletter for a while. Read more: theotherwave.substack.com/p/lessons-on-g…

🌎🇨🇦With global & local politics more connected than ever, we explore how diaspora communities navigate the threat of foreign interference and the power of belonging in civic life. @JaskaranSandu_, @neeeda & @SabreenaDelhon break it down on Group Chat 🎙️. buff.ly/YVF6wOd

This month’s edition of @theotherwave is about trust — or what’s left of it 🫣🗞️ Whether you work in a startup newsroom or a legacy outlet, journalism is facing a full-blown credibility crisis. theotherwave.substack.com/p/journalisms-…

This month’s edition of @TheOtherWave is all about impact (the real kind) 📊✨ theotherwave.substack.com/p/the-green-li…

🎬Just announced: The winners of our News Creator Award for Excellence in Independent Video Journalism! The awardees represent a diverse range of media platforms and storytelling approaches, from longform videos on Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement to reels challenging misconceptions of so-called “green mining” & more: icfj.org/news/news-crea…

Read our full conversation in this month’s edition of @TheOtherWave. 🔗 Do you support defunding @CBCNews and broader journalism subsidy programs? Against it? In between? Sound off in this thread. 🧵 theotherwave.substack.com/p/if-poilievre…

@CJR @PierrePoilievre Although my interview didn’t make it into the CJR story, I figured there was no better time than now to share my nuanced thoughts on @PierrePoilievre's intention to defund @CBCNews and broader journalism subsidy programs.

My conversation with Lauren Watson (@laur_watso), a Delacorte Fellow with Columbia Journalism Review (@CJR) in my @TheOtherWave newsletter just got a little more real after Prime Minister @MarkJCarney recently called a snap election. 🗳️ theotherwave.substack.com/p/if-poilievre…

For more book and media recommendations, check out December’s edition of #TheOtherWave: theotherwave.substack.com/p/how-to-creat…

I highly recommend reading Pearce’s newsletters, “Journalism's fight for survival in a postliterate democracy” and “Journalism's biggest problems are now what we don't control.”

As a journalism nerd, I’m always reflecting on the current and future state of the industry. theotherwave.substack.com/p/how-to-creat…

🌊 Ryan Y. Kellett (@rkellett) for @Niemanfdn, “Your Audience team is now your Creator team” For more book and media recommendations, check out December’s edition of #TheOtherWave: theotherwave.substack.com/p/how-to-creat…

🌊 Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) of @UserMagazine, “Prediction markets go mainstream” 🌊 Sam Mintz (@samjmintz) of @Brookline_News, “Communities relearn the habits of local news” 🌊 Francesco Zaffarano (@FraZaffarano) at Will Media, “Focus on the people who elect the populists”

Did you find yourself turning to YouTube instead of cable TV to get your news this year?