Editor's Notes

In the few days leading up to the new year, I’ve been working hard to detach Free Press operations from the Windows sphere and...

I fear that for some "net neutrality" may seem too much like an esoteric term that only "techies" are interested in. But from the standpoint...

While Free Press is steadily gaining the editorial credibility we envisioned, the business side of this publication has suffered. That’s because I have far...

I’ve spent this summer intensely exploring what kind of business model would serve the mission of Free Press. It’s been a time of talking with...

Surprisingly, individual non-moving photographs still rule the day in news reporting. And we make sure that we rule with the medium that rules. All the...

The most critical function of an independent press is to be the eyes and ears for the public. You trust us to watch the...

There’s plenty of room for every organization that works to actually gather and deliver the news. Delivering the news is not a zero sum game. No...

I haven’t been a journalist for my entire adult life. And so, it was with surprise and gratitude that I received my first journalism award...

I’m embarking on a difficult but exciting process of learning how to retrieve information without depending fully on official access. The Intercept reporter Glenn Greenwald...

In my reporting, I will choose skepticism rather than cynicism. Cynicism, and its opposite, optimism are philosophies about people. There aren’t many optimists in the reporting...

I read a lot of news. And what I see more often than not is that news tends to fall one of two ways. One way...

Some were surprised that FP had a story about Ralph Shortey’s religious background and what it might reveal about his complex struggles. I ran that...

Some might wonder if this venture is my reaction to one or all my former clients when I was an independent (or, freelance) reporter. It’s...

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