Good blogs (that are not on Substack(TM)

Bloggers and Independent News Outlets

The private company Substack(TM) has become so dominant in the blogging space – and is so good at promoting its brand, that people have started calling blogs "substacks". But actually, there are a number of platforms where great journalists have blogs or newsletters so if you stay within Substack(TM)'s walled garden, here is just a small sampling of what you are missing.

WordPress

• The 19th
• The Intercept
• Center for Cooperative Media
• Pluralistic Cory Doctorow
• Documented
• Rural Progressive Voices
• Talking Points Memo
• Press Watch (Dan Froomkin)

Ghost

• 404 Media
• The Lever
• Tangle News
• Local News Blues (currently inactive but returning soon, better than ever).

Medium

• The Whole Story: Solutions Journalism
• Whither News Jeff Jarvis

Beehiiv

• Small Press, Big Ideas
• The Handbasket, Marisa Kabas

Self-hosted

• Beat the Press Dean Baker / Center for Economic and Policy Research
• Notes on the Crises Nathan Tankus
• Anil Dash
• Naked Capitalism 
• Status News (Power Lines)