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Newsletters have become a great way for journalists and others to dive deep into less-covered topics and engage directly with their readers in ways not always possible in the mainstream media ecosystem.

The platform Substack is making it easy for them. The subscription-based model offers writers more editorial control and the ability to offer free content and earn a sustainable salary at a time when public trust in media is low, local news is thinning and media content is often driven by social-media algorithms.

We talk about newsletters with people who write them and critique them.

GUESTS:
Heather Cox Richardson - Professor of history at Boston College; she writes the Letters from an American newsletter
Gabe Fleisher - Student at Georgetown University and the author of the Wake Up To Politics newsletter
Isaac Saul - A journalist and the author of the Tangle newsletter
Ben Smith - Media columnist for The New York Times and the founder and former editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News

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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

Newsletters have become a great way for journalists and others to dive deep into less-covered topics and engage directly with their readers in ways not always possible in the mainstream media ecosystem.
The platform <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/business/media/substack-newsletter-competition.html">Substack</a> is making it easy for them. The subscription-based model <a href="https://www.cjr.org/special_report/substackerati.php">offers writers</a> more editorial control and the ability to offer free content and earn a sustainable salary at a time when public trust in media is low, local news is thinning and media content is often driven by social-media algorithms.
We talk about newsletters with people who write them and critique them.
GUESTS:
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<li>Heather Cox Richardson -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/history/people/faculty-directory/heather-cox-richardson.html">Professor of history</a>&nbsp;at Boston College; she writes the&nbsp;<a href="https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/">Letters from an American</a>&nbsp;newsletter</li>
<li>Gabe Fleisher - Student at Georgetown University and the author of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/">Wake Up To Politics</a> newsletter</li>
<li>Isaac Saul - A journalist and the author of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.readtangle.com/about">Tangle</a>&nbsp;newsletter</li>
<li>Ben Smith -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/ben-smith">Media columnist</a>&nbsp;for The New York Times and the founder and former editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News</li>
</ul>
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Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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