Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
Conversations with journalists, publishers, researchers, and people building the future of the news.
Independent research and records preservation institute
Data behind bars: Incarceration, missing federal statistics, and why erasure is dangerous
Tactical Tech's Laura Ranca on protecting data, sources, and yourself
An interview with Vispi Balaporia, President of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai
Lynda Kellam on the Data Rescue Project and the battle for accessible info
The pioneering cartoonist discusses how he found his way into journalism, why comics offer something unique, and what keeps pulling him back...
Marshall Project data journalist Jill Castellano on her methods for working with flawed federal data
Criminal justice researcher at the Vera Institute on combating Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) data gaps
An Interview With Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle, October 17, 2025
Former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe discusses leaving government for zoos, breakthroughs in research, and surviving fund...
Gordon Whiting on Ramnath Goenka, press freedom, and why some acts of resistance could only happen in print
A deeper look at the most recent Prairie Fire newsletter
Gordon Whiting on AI, news publishers, public archives, and the fight to preserve the journalistic record
Access Now’s Mohammed Al-Maskati on protecting activists, journalists, researchers, and civil society groups
Gordon Whiting on the knowledge sector, Prairie Fire, and the fight to preserve information
Interview with researcher Rachel Santarsiero on climate data erasure, FOIA under strain, and archival preservation
Newsjunkie publisher Gordon Whiting expands on his recent article
Data science engineer offers blueprints and tools for indie research
Morgan Kriesel expands on his most recent Prairie Fire newsletter
Researcher with Black & Pink comments on federal data's role in the erasure of LGBTQ+ prisoners
Tangle founder Isaac Saul on fairness, bias, and the business of being “nonpartisan”
On inequality, climate, and building a nonprofit news model
San José Spotlight’s co-founder Josh Barousse on filling a news desert, getting funding, and disrupting the status quo
A veteran’s view on the evolving economics of information flow
“The coolest job in the world” eliminated by RIF
Former editor shares story of groundbreaking indie investigative journal