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Can the News Exist Without Big Tech? The Atlas Says Yes
When The Atlas, a digital newspaper, launched earlier this year, it billed itself as “the new samizdat.” The term recalls the dissident networks that distributed forbidden news and literature in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and ’60s, evadi...
Journalism in the Age of the Quick Take
In 1990, a chance encounter in the office elevator changed the trajectory of Razia Iqbal’s career. She was then a subeditor at the BBC on a six-month contract. Days later, she was on a flight to Pakistan as the BBC’s foreign correspondent,...
The Fight to Save Journalism in Georgia
In Georgia, since a new party took power in 2024, founded by a billionaire oligarch with links to Russia, journalists are facing unprecedented attacks. All sorts of repression have become more common: physical assaults, arrests, arbitrary f...
How independent media organizations are standing together against an authoritarian government.
In Georgia, since a new party took power in 2024, founded by a billionaire oligarch with links to Russia, journalists are facing unprecedented attacks. All sorts of repression have become more common: physical assaults, arrests, arbitrary f...
Mayor Mamdani’s Friendly Influencers and the Funding of Public Messaging in New York City
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Mayor Mamdani’s Friendly Influencers and the Funding of Public Messaging in New York City
A look inside the new New York ecosystem.
By Anya Schiffrin
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Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School
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Investigative climate reporter. Host of the Boiling Point podcast at LA Times Studios. Author of The Understory, a weekly newsletter on climate and culture for Atmos Magazine
Senior Research Fellow, Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, New York NY
2025-26 Tow Center Reporting and Research Fellow
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