Cheers to independent journalism: A message to TNL readers

Cheers to independent journalism: A message to TNL readers

The first time I heard Amy Goodman’s voice on the independent news program Democracy Now!, it was 2016 and I was fresh out of journalism grad school. I was still new to Washington, DC, where I lived in an eclectic seven-person group house and wrote about earthquakes and asteroid dust for my (paid!) internship at a science news magazine. Even back then, I knew I hadn’t picked the most stable or lucrative path. But I was idealistic enough not to c…