We're newsletter superfans. Like, can't-get-enough-should-probably-stop-subscribing-but-is-there-such-thing-as-too-many-newsletters(?) superfans. Between our inboxes and yours, we've compiled a pretty comprehensive list of email lists that can, we hope, bring joy to our lives. Please keep sending suggestions!
About the Internet and the Digesting Thereof
Links I Would GChat You If We Were Friends (weekdays): Caitlin Dewey picks stories and memes with ramifications on broader culture. Occasional animal pics.
Next Draft (weekdays): Ten stories of the day chosen from 75 different websites. In editor Dave Pell's words: "I am the algorithm."
Today in Tabs (weekdays): Rusty Foster gives you the news, the Twitter-snark, and the other news/gossip/etc. you want to know about but don't necessarily want to spend time on yourself.
This. (daily): The email version of the social network that allows members to only submit one link per day. Recent guest editors have included Ann Friedman, Jenna Wortham, and Laura Olin.
MediaREDEF (your preference): Media analysis and interviews from Jason Hirschorn, who loves the golden age of television and stories about tech moguls.
Lorem Ipsum (daily-ish): Margot Boyer-Dry's newsletter keeps you in the know on the things that keep you cool. Music, Instagram trends, lingo.
What Happened Last Week (Mondays): Exactly what it sounds like. (h/t Tom Unterkircher, who is a wealth of newsletter knowledge)
The Sunday Long Read (Sunday mornings): Two sports writers pick one long read (not usually about sports, but sometimes) and, yes, send it out on Sunday.
About the World Beyond the Internet
Quartz Daily Brief (daily): If you are an international business tycoon on your way to a mindfulness conference. Or if you just want to feel like one.
The Skimm (weekdays): A tl;dr for the day, at the beginning of the day. For people who like Taylor Swift references and birthday wishes sprinkled into their UN updates.
Vox Sentences (weekdays): A tl;dr for the day, at the end of the day. For people who like to have their big stories broken down into bullet points.
On the Media (Thursdays): A tl;dr for the week, through the lens of truth and First Amendment rights.
Pulitzer Center (weekly): Stories and striking photos from reporters in the midst of global crises.
The Marshall Project (daily or weekly): Beloved by the criminal justice-minded among us. "Opening Statement" goes out Monday through Friday and "Closing Argument" goes out Saturdays.
SRSLY (daily) ProPublica's David Epstein distills investigative reporting into a three-minute, digestible read.
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