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Iran emerges as a prominent example of decline in both internet and press freedoms. It serves as both a distinctive case marked by its own intricate challenges as a country and a microcosm of the global threats to press and…
This group is more able to innovate, represent diverse communities, and tell stories that might escape institutional newsrooms — stories we need more than ever. But independence, it turns out, is not so simple.
Indie info providers are bridging humanity and rigor. In contrast with legacy journalism, they tend to marry authenticity with authority, with a very clear sense of their voice and the way they build credibility with their audiences.
Indie info providers are offsetting risk with a multiplatform distribution strategy. Similar to many other kinds of information providers, they feel pressure to be everywhere at once online.
Indie info providers are struggling to build sustainable revenue. Interviewees have similar financial challenges to both legacy journalism and other new small businesses.
Indie info providers are finding this work fulfilling but difficult. Like other early entrepreneurs, interviewees tend to work alone, and a lot – as one described it, “every waking hour” – with time divided between the content and the business.
Check out the indie info providers who took our survey, participated in interviews or created videos for us.