Joshua Micah Marshall

“What we've tried to do is build a new kind of news organization, a digital native news organization.”

“The decline of local news is a crisis for American democracy.”

“Disinformation isn't just false information; it's a tool to erode trust in institutions.”

“There’s this sense that if you’re not yelling, you’re not being heard. We try to be a bit more measured than that.”

“The process of discovering the story is part of the story itself.”

“The core of what we do is accountability journalism, watching the government.”

“Reader engagement is not a gimmick; it's a fundamental part of our reporting process.”

“It’s not the reporters’ job to be part of the machinery of passing legislation.”

“We believe that if we can create a sustainable business model for a certain kind of journalism, that is a public good.”

“I think the great opportunity of the Internet is that it allows us to have a conversation, a national conversation, about things that are important.”