Ben Warren

I’d spent summer 2020 recruiting for journalism jobs, of which there were none

Iconic successes seemed outright strange at first: Amazon (wait days to receive a product you’ve never seen), eBay (buy beanie babies from someone thousands of miles away), Google (trust an algorithm to answer your questions), LinkedIn (publicly post your resume), Facebook (share personal updates with people you haven’t seen in years), Airbnb (stay... See more

In the past 2 years, 15.2% of the sample reported experiencing an eviction. Of the evictions experienced in the past 2 years, 56.2% were court-ordered ( n = 122) and 43.8% were illegal ( n = 95).

That promises to upend the advertising industry. But what will it mean for news? How soon can we create much more personalized versions of an article? Perhaps you’d get a shorter, audio version when your phone detects you’re driving or running; or one that omits background information it knows you read yesterday; or one that weaves in more context... See more

Is America Switching from Booze to Weed?

But that request jeopardized the project and pitted the people of Peculiar not just against Big Tech but also against their own local officials. Residents described a web of distrust filled with nondisclosure agreements, hurt feelings and a mysterious entity vying to become the town’s new neighbor.

Substack identified a business model (subscriptions) that aligns reader, writer, and company incentives.