Reporting

There are some extraordinarily brave people out there who are ignoring the propaganda put out by governments, billionaires, business owners and the malicious, and doing in-depth research to find out what’s really happening.

Despite the shocking upturn in killings of journalists, doctors and medics by governments, investigative journalism remains alive and well. Here are some examples:

#International

• 89 Percent Project: a global journalistic effort to explore the little-known fact that the overwhelming majority of the world's people want governments to take stronger climate action
• 404 Media: an independent digital media company exploring technology’s impact on our world
• Aeon: launched in 2012, Aeon’s mission is to explore and communicate knowledge that helps us make sense of ourselves and the world
• CarbonBrief: covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy
• Circularity Gap Report: highlighting the urgent need for transition to a circular economy, reporting on worldwide initiatives
• CleanTechnica: aiming to catalyse the clean tech revolution through industry coverage with journalistic integrity, and achieve a radical mindset shift
• The Conversation: the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis
• Delayed Gratification: the “slow journalism” magazine, reporting in depth and preferring to get things right
• Doubledown News: aiming to bring people together with empathy and evidence
• Drop Site: independent, investigative news on politics, war and the powerful
• Earth.Org: environmental news website covering crucial issues affecting our planet
• Equator: holding up a mirror to a global audience who don’t yet realise they belong together
• Futurism: independent journalism committed to accuracy and ethics
• The Next Web: tracking the social and commercial impacts of technology
• Orion Magazine: inviting readers into a community of caring for the planet
• Pluralistic: daily links to social, political and technical commentary by activist Cory Doctorow
• Reuters Sustainability: leading source of international business reporting focuses on sustainable business issues
• Science Feedback: accurate information is the foundation of a functioning democracy
• Tech Policy Press: advancing a pro-democracy movement in tech and tech policy
• The UnPopulist: committed to defending free, open societies against emerging authoritarianism
• Where’s Your Ed At: a tech journalist’s analysis of the AI bubble and other issues
• Will Lockett’s Newsletter: an engineer and independent journalist reports on climate and power
• Works in Progress: the ideas driving scientific and technological progress

#Regional

#United Kingdom

• Declassified UK: investigating the impact of the UK on human rights and the environment
• The Independent – Climate News: climate-focused news from general newspaper The Independent
• Media Lens: aiming is to raise awareness of the systemic failure of corporate media to report the world honestly and accurately, encouraging readers to challenge journalists, editors and media managers who set news agendas that traditionally reflect elite interests
• The Nerve: fearless, independent journalism on culture, politics and tech
• The Sutton Trust – Elitist Britain: uncovering educational backgrounds in the UK elite
• Ugly Politix: Open Britain’s no-nonsense guide to democracy in the UK (and elsewhere)

#North America

• Blood in the Machine: a website tracking the rebellion against AI and big tech
• Logic(s): drawing in under-explored voices and perspectives to examine the impact of technology; previously Logic Magazine

#United States

• Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR): a national media watch group that has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986
• The Fine Print: a newsletter covering tech, media, politics and consumer rights
• How to overcome the Broligarchy: a blog about holding the tech bro oligarchs to account
• Popular Info: Judd Legum’s independent reporting on U.S. affairs
• ProPublica: a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that exposes corruption, reporting in all 50 states and partnering with local newsrooms; winner of 9 Pulitzer Prizes
• Public Notice: a fair, but not impartial, believer in democracy and free and fair elections, and in holding major outlets accountable when they equivocate
• TechDirt: a group blog covering policy, technology and associated legal issues
• Unbreaking: community-powered knowledge-making project charting U.S. decline