Amidst funding cuts, massive layoffs, editorial differences and Donald Trump’s ongoing attacks on media, more and more journalists and creators are leaving traditional media platforms and going independent. They’re turning to newsletters, Substack channels, Youtube and more, to keep doing the work they’ve been doing – but without institutional guardrails. As stalwart publications like The Washington Post are seeing a major exodus of reporters and as Paramount Skylark purchases The Free Press and hires its co-founder Bari Weiss as the new editor-in-chief of CBS news, we check in with independent journalists about the shifting landscape of the media.

Guests:

Brian Merchant, tech journalist; writes Blood in the Machine newsletter; author, "Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech"

Alicia Kennedy, food and culture writer; founder, From The Desk of Alicia Kennedy; author, "No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating"

Nick Valencia, journalist; former CNN correspondent; founder, Nick Valencia News

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