Owen Huchon
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Leave or stay on social media to adapt to your readers' habits? Also: concerning obstacles to local independent press, a ghost journalist, the future of associative web and journalists on YouTube seeking a truly independent model.
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Many platforms promise to make designing and sending newsletters easier. But they don't all involve the same editorial, economic and technical choices. How do you choose well? Here are some criteria to guide your decision.
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Available in bookstores or free to print from the website, Splann! booklets offer another way to read and discover the media's investigations. A print format designed for reading comfort, distribution outside the web, and reaching a wider audience.
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In 2025, we shared over 200 links across the editions of our top 10 links. As we enter this new year, we chose to select a few that stood out, because they help us think through the current transformations and look ahead to 2026 with greater clarity.
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We're exploring alternative distribution formats, with a zine to break free from platforms and a directory to map the independent web. Also in this issue: our gift ideas list, the ongoing fragility of source protection, the gamification of armed conflicts, and a lighter note.
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Media outlets are rethinking their workspaces to assert their identity and reinvent their relationship with the public.
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The 2025 edition of our gift ideas list to delight your loved ones during the holidays while supporting independent press and publishing.
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This week, we're looking at Reddit, Beehiiv, and the indie web renaissance. Also: a plugin to browse a pre-AI Internet, media libraries, gag orders, and a magazine to relearn HTML.
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As the social ecosystem fragments, Reddit emerges as a new gold rush for media distribution. Yet behind this enthusiasm, the risks of platform dependency and fragile moderation persist. Should media invest there, and under what conditions without compromising editorial independence?
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Sphera Media Lab recently brought together European journalism stakeholders in Brussels around a shared challenge: how to strengthen the editorial, technical and financial independence of media outlets?
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