50 newsletters recommended by our team

To stay updated on the latest news, find literary recommendations, or test new work tools, newsletters are our best allies. Here's our top 50.

Tech and Internet Atmosphere

• AfterSchool: A newsletter on Substack written and hosted by independent journalist Casey Lewis. Each edition presents a curated roundup in bullet-point format of the latest news related to pop culture and internet culture. The idea? Discover reading recommendations from a journalist you trust and whose work you follow and appreciate. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Dirt: A newsletter specializing in pop culture and teen culture. The design is well thought-out, featuring warm tones that give it a cozy coffee-shop vibe. Each newsletter is hosted by a different member of the Dirt team or a community member who shares their favorite picks and reading recommendations. I particularly love the weekend edition, which is longer and offers more in-depth curation. Dirt also has a Discord where newsletter subscribers can share their reads and recommendations. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Garbage Day: And there we have it, my Holy Trinity of newsletters dedicated to Internet culture is complete. The one from journalist Ryan Broderick comes out three times a week and it's essential reading for understanding the trends emerging on social networks and how they influence society. It's less a news-watching newsletter than personal reflections from the author, but it's always fascinating to read through. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Rule 30: A newsletter from Numerama hosted by independent journalist Lucie Ronfaut. I love the editorial, presented as a column, which dwells at length on the author's thoughts about a topic that made headlines in recent weeks in the tech world or on the internet. You can sense genuine freedom of tone. The editorial goes beyond just presenting the newsletter's content; reading it alone is sufficient. The rest is more conventional, featuring the journalist's news roundup and cultural recommendations. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Komando: A newsletter curated by consultant Kéliane Martenon covering all the clever, creative and interesting formats spotted recently in media, social networks and communication agencies. The design is attractive and the curated content is well-presented with the question: "Why is this interesting?", very much in the Axios style, which gets straight to the point and can be a source of inspiration. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Dense Discovery: Reading recommendations, tools, design, applications, media, introduction to idea debates… Dense Discovery brings together this joyful mix in its newsletter for curious minds seeking nothing and everything. Our favorites: an illustration by a different artist featured in the banner at each edition (same for the quote!) and a dedicated section that goes behind the scenes of the newsletter's creation (source selection, tech stack…). For the most devoted, you can become a "Friend of DD" and gain access to a whole range of perks. Recommended by Juliette Cahen.
• WP Marmite News: If you have a website built with WordPress, this biweekly newsletter is a treasure trove of information about CMS developments and its community. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• Digital Briefing: TikTok, artificial intelligence, personal data, music, media… Offered by Contexte, it's by far the most comprehensive daily newsletter covering all digital issues. And I can't wait to discover their new Tech/Media edition scheduled for November 6th. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.

Lifestyle atmosphere

• Service95: Pop star Dua Lipa's newsletter. It's written by freelance journalists and legend has it that Dua Lipa writes the editor's note herself. The content shared is highly engaging. You can feel the journalistic touch with solid analysis and information you won't find elsewhere. It's a great space in the style of Teen Vogue for young people to stay informed. The tone isn't falsely cool like you sometimes see in women's magazines. Here, pop culture and feminist issues are treated as serious topics of societal importance. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Le Filtre: Gift ideas, favorites, cultural recommendations, cooking recipes… Le Filtre (formerly Stay Hungry) offers lifestyle content to browse in a very attractive design that's both airy, colorful and readable. Special mention for their little animated GIFs. Le Filtre also produces the newsletters Dream Dare Do, aimed at women who want to boost their creativity, and Belly, to receive the editorial team's favorite recipes. Recommended by Juliette Cahen.
• Tapage: The newsletter of the young and engaged media outlet from the My Little Paris group. The introductory storytelling creates the impression that a friend is writing to us to share her tips and the latest trends spotted on social media. It's engaging, you're drawn in right away. You'll find cultural recommendations, a short section on an event that has made waves in feminist news recently, and a selection in bullet-point format of the latest articles published on the site. Very effective and pleasant to read. Recommended by Caroline Fauvel.
• mūsae: Vacations, entrepreneurship, relationships, civic engagement… Twice a month, mūsae demystifies and democratizes mental health through themed editions. Combining practical advice with genuine stories, the newsletter is a real dose of inspiration. The best part: we love when author Louise Hourcade takes the pen to share her adventures and reflections with us. Recommended by Marine Doux.
• Mon Petit 20e: Good addresses, portraits and an events calendar. What more could you ask for to stay up to date with what's happening in Paris's 20th arrondissement and its 200,000 residents? Every Friday, Pauline Pelissier shares the week's recap and an exclusive list of ideas for weekend activities. Practical and friendly. Recommended by Marine Doux.

Behind-the-scenes atmosphere

• Mosaïque: An insider newsletter offered by the editorial team of Mosaïque, a magazine specializing in rap. It features photos of the team's behind-the-scenes moments, information about their thoughts on ongoing recruitment, the schedule for upcoming days including cover shoot for the next issue and presence at an event booth… The entire process of creating an issue is detailed throughout the newsletters. And it really makes you want to buy the magazine. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Hors d'atteinte: Have you ever wondered how a publishing house works? We have. Even more so when it's a feminist and Marseille-based one like Hors d'atteinte, a publisher of authors including Erika Nomeni, Hanane Karimi, Elvire Duvelle-Charle and Mehdi Charef. Twice a month, Marie Hermann and her team share the inner workings of the publishing house with you. Great laughs and great reads guaranteed. Recommended by Marine Doux.
• The Making of StreetPress: Each month, the StreetPress team shares the behind-the-scenes story of the media's development, from new arrivals to organizational changes. We already loved the newsletter FAF, which specializes in covering the far right, and we love it even more now that we know its secrets. Recommended by Marine Doux.

Media atmosphere

• Aux petits oignons: A newsletter from Arrêt sur images led by its deputy editor-in-chief Pauline Bock. For anyone interested in media, near or far, the content is rich, accessible and full of thoughtful insights that go well beyond a simple news roundup. Again, reading the editorial alone is enough. I like the engaged tone that reflects the media's values and the numerous sources always cited to extend your reading. I also appreciate the curated news in the "À grignoter" section, even though I find it hard to read, with so many links packed closely together. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Rewind: This newsletter aims to measure journalism's impact on society in an original way by delving into articles published over the past year. With each edition, we ask: what was making headlines a year ago? Where do we stand on these topics today? We also focus on one particular investigation from a year prior and seek to understand why it emerged at that time and what has changed (or hasn't) since. Recommended by Mathilde Carlier.
• The Rebooting: Trained in journalism and former editor-in-chief of Digiday, creator Brian Morrissey delivers embodied media analysis and reflections on current topics related to the media industry. The Rebooting notably features a dedicated section for interviews extracted from his podcast The Rebooting Show which gives a platform to media founders with viable business models. Recommended by Juliette Cahen.
• WAN-IFRA Executive News Service: Not the most pleasant to read, but the monitoring links to content in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German make it possible to broaden your international perspective. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• The Media Today: Columbia Journalism Review's daily newsletter, featuring an in-depth article on topics shaping the U.S. press, plus monitoring of editorial news from the media landscape. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• Media Review: It's an automated newsletter that lets you discover new articles from Media Review, INA's media outlet, and it does its job brilliantly. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• The Fix: International monitoring focused on Europe, product topics, marketing, and management in media—The Fix's newsletter is a reference. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• Simon Owens's newsletter: A newsletter about the media industry, particularly covering marketing and technical topics that help explain the economics of the sector. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• Patrick White's media news: Plenty of links monitoring media news in Quebec, North America and sometimes Europe. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• magCulture — We love magazines: The newsletter you won't want to miss for discovering the latest in English-language independent publishing and micro-press. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: A highly comprehensive and well-structured newsletter that offers an analysis of media consumption trends, based on studies conducted in different countries, notably their annual study, the Digital News Report. It provides a good understanding of media trends and industry evolution, and how newsrooms can adapt to these changes. Recommended by Mathilde Carlier.
• Splice Slugs and Splice Frames: Our counterparts at Splice (the equivalent of Médianes in Asia) offer very well-crafted newsletters dedicated to media and the connections between emerging technologies, product, and newsrooms. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• Inbox Collective: The king of newsletters has a name, and it's Dan Oshinsky. Having worked at the New Yorker and Buzzfeed, Dan has developed genuine expertise on newsletters over recent years. Best practices, case studies, resources and tools: every Wednesday, you can benefit from his advice in your inbox. We love his content so much that we've (1) already shared a sandwich (2) translated some of his content. Recommended by Marine Doux.
• Nieman Lab: Whether in daily or weekly form, the Nieman Lab newsletter is a goldmine for keeping up with media industry news and discovering the best newsroom stories. Fundamentally optimistic, the Nieman Lab team seeks to imagine the future of journalism in the internet age. Naturally, we're fans. Recommended by Marine Doux.
• Axios Media Trends: A classic format we love for its structure: the news / why it matters / the details / to dig deeper. Devilishly effective. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Local News Festival: Every two weeks, all the latest news from local and hyperlocal media. I particularly enjoy their Projects section, which showcases a wealth of interesting and innovative formats being tested by community newspapers, whether independent or part of large press groups. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• SYNTH: Monthly newsletter by journalist and product manager Gérald Holubowicz on

Cultural atmosphere

• Bulletin: You can't escape it! Bulletin offers newsletters that are always exceptionally well-crafted, with a distinctive tone and clear value proposition. Among them, Les bonnes infos, which approaches the concept of news by shifting perspective. You come away well-informed and with poetic phrases filling your head. Bulletin also helps support newsletter projects. In our sights precisely: Marguerite, a "monthly newsletter that tells, explains and decodes royalty". Recommended by Juliette Cahen.
• La Disparition: The disappearance of the “INSEE Tower,” the beaches of Alexandria, work, municipal communism, or water in Mayotte: twice a month, the epistolary and political publication La Disparition revisits cultural and political news through the lens of what is disappearing. The Perks: the best newsletter for finding out what to read at your local bookstore. Recommended by Marine Doux.
• Censored: What if the struggle began in the imagination? A feminist and artistic review, Censored also offers an excellent newsletter that shares cultural recommendations with you twice a month and takes you behind the scenes of how the review is made. We especially love the art direction. Recommended by Marine Doux.

Current Atmosphere

• Morning Mail Briefing: A straightforward morning newsletter with comprehensive international news coverage, diverse media sources, and coverage that's both geopolitical and cultural. It also features some more unusual or distinctive sections in today's media landscape, such as Rob Breszny's horoscope, and the Modern Love column. Recommended by Pauline Butel.
• Voxe: A fairly short newsletter that lets you stay on top of essential news. The design is simple but bursting with bright colors, and the tone makes the newsletter accessible and enjoyable to read. Recommended by Maëlle Ledu.
• La Déferlante: Every two weeks, the feminist media outlet La Déferlante's newsletter helps you understand current events through a gender lens, with an exclusive article, a press review, cultural recommendations, and the editorial team's favorite picks. The bonus: a collective editorial team that lets you read pieces from the magazine's cofounders, as well as from authors and journalists like Nora Bouazzouni, Laurène Daycard, and Tal Madesta. Recommended by Marine Doux.
• Vert: How do you understand ecological challenges and take action while staying upbeat and smiling? That's the promise of Vert, whose newsletter shares daily or weekly bite-sized articles, briefs, infographics and videos on ecology news. What we love: the wordplay in the headlines. Recommended by Marine Doux.
• Country: Because local subjects are most often national issues, the Country publication changes its focus to tell you each month about current events through a theme, while sharing behind-the-scenes content from its biannual journal. Where next? The Ardennes! Recommended by Marine Doux.
• Chez Pol: How could you not be won over by its little anecdotes, wordplay and quizzes? For 5 years, Libération's political newsletter has been a beacon in the night for those who find themselves too often exasperated by political news. Recommended by Owen Huchon.
• Brief.me: This newsletter literally saved me when I was preparing for journalism school entrance exams. Their daily news recap is very accessible and gets straight to the point. Special mention for their special editions: I finally understood something about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• With independent outlets: The weekly press review of engaged journalism by Basta!. It's beautifully designed, well-organized, and features a selection of articles curated from the independent press. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.
• Playbook Paris: POLITICO's daily newsletter on French political news. It's aimed at professionals, so it's very specialized, but it's the perfect tool for understanding the stakes and key events on the day's political agenda. The tone gives the impression of being part of a club—I really enjoy the little touches of humor and irony sprinkled throughout. Recommended by Marine Slavitch.

Work environment and tools

• Le Ticket: There are quite a few anglicisms, but the go-to newsletter for product management professionals is worth checking out to broaden your horizons on the subject. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• Courier Weekly: Stories of modern companies—that's the promise of Courier media's newsletter (acquired a few years ago by Mailchimp), very pleasant to browse for juicy stories. Recommended by Baptiste Thevelein.
• The Audiencers: From professionals to professionals. Twice a month, the newsletter from subscription solutions company Poool offers practical advice and expert case studies to help you better engage, convert, and retain your audiences. Always worthwhile reading. Recommended by Marine Doux.
• American Press Institute: A range of fascinating topics on the American media ecosystem and its evolution through extremely precise and well-structured articles and studies. Recommended by Pauline Butel.
• Quantum of Sollazzo: In each issue, Giuseppe Sollazzo's newsletter on data visualization offers a rich selection of work as well as numerous tools, tutorials, and training resources. I notably discovered this map there, which I think about often, of ancient Roman roads transformed into a subway map: Ancient Roman Roads in Italy Transformed Into Modern Subway Map. If you know nothing about data viz, don't be intimidated by certain sections clearly aimed at an initiated audience. While some will be delighted to learn that you can now "use QGIS geoprocessing algorithms in the R programming language, thanks to the CRAN version of the qgisprocess library", there's no shame in subscribing simply to look at the images. Recommended by Owen Huchon.

To go further

• Objectives, formats, distribution… This practical guide supports you in your strategy to create, launch, or optimize your newsletter.
• Creating and distributing an effective newsletter is an art that requires close attention to detail, from deliverability to accessibility. Discover our 5 tips for designing your newsletter.
• To re-engage audiences, reach new targets, or drive subscriptions, editorial newsletters are a valuable tool. How can local media make the most of them?
• Olivier Marino is deputy editor and editorial strategy lead at regional press group Nice-Matin. He explains the strategy behind the launch of the group's various hyperlocal newsletters. The heart of the project? Making service-oriented news come alive.
• We've translated Dan Oshinsky's 52 tips for you, founder of InboxCollective, to help grow your newsletter audience.
• A newsletter is a media outlet in its own right. To create or redesign it step by step, we recommend reading our book Créer un média.