Airtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable. If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make an exit plan. I wrote about what this means for small business owners. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/airtable-was...

Airtable was just acquired by Bending Spoons. Goodbye to Airtable.

If your business runs on Airtable or worse, if your business IS Airtable, you need to make an exit plan

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I'm part of Lex’s intentional creative network called Legends and right now, you can get your first year for less than $75. Revenue Rulebreaker is one of the newsletters I most look forward to reading and Lex offers lots of perks on top of that. Check it out! revenuerulebreaker.com/lucky400/"

Lex Roman@lexroman.com · 4d ago

I didn’t sleep at all because there were several tiny earthquakes that created sounds in my apartment but when I woke up WE ARE NOW 6 LEGENDS AWAY FROM 400! This is the last day of the Lucky 400 drive. I can’t believe we made it this far. We might even be able to bring it home 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I had fun speaking at the July Philly Data Viz Meetup! I gave folks a brief tour of some of my favorite community-oriented data viz projects & preview of a project with the @indiejournalists.bsky.social about philanthropy funding for #journalism. Links & more 👉🏼 silviacanelon.com/talk/2026-07... #ddj

A Candid Look at Journalism Philanthropic Funding

July Data Visualization Meetup

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New to freelancing? The Freelance Journalism Podcast is a must listen! IIJ leaders Katherine Lewis and Shernay Williams answer some FAQs of freelance journalism and share advice for emotional and financial sustainability. youtu.be/d0d1XDMO_gI

I'm looking to talk to entrepreneurs and financial experts about saving for retirement for an upcoming story. I want to hear your approach, your tips, your challenges and any recommendations you have for others in your shoes. More here: www.revenuerulebreaker.com/be-a-source-...

Be a source for a Revenue Rulebreaker story: Current requests

I'm looking for sources for the following stories. If any of these apply to you, please get in touch.

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I just noticed we're $225 away from hitting our $1,500 fundraising goal for OpenNews' 15th birthday. Coincidentally, that means fifteen $15 donations would get us there. That's lots of fifteens. Maybe not a coincidence after all? Get me to 15 shares. We'll see.

OpenNews turns 15! 🥳

Help us connect more journalists to peers, support and community.Your gift helps sustain a community where journalists and technologists learn from one…

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The IIJ is co-hosting a freelancer meetup at #NAHJ26 with the Association of Independents in Radio, International Women's Media Foundation, and Next Gen Journo! RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/...

The IIJ is co-hosting a freelancer meetup at #NAHJ26 with the Association of Independents in Radio, International Women's Media Foundation, and Next Gen Journo! RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/...

10 gigawatts is roughly the average power demand of NYC (~5.5 GW), LA (~3 GW), and SF (~1 GW) combined

We had SO MUCH FUN doing our live taping in Brooklyn, and now you all can listen in, too, to me and @alexhanna.bsky.social -- I mean Al Sloppy Wood doing ridicule as praxis together with a wonderful live audience. www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...

New on Source: Emilia Ruzicka reflects on their analog data-collection process and offers us a soothing balm for these overly digital times. Give it a read and join us tomorrow, June 4, to chat about it at our noon ET Community Call!

Data by hand: Analog datavis & self-reflection

Accepting the limitations of the format I’ve chosen and embracing that my visualizations will always be imperfect

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The IIJ is co-hosting a freelancer meetup at this #AAJA26 with the Association of Independents in Radio and the International Women's Media Foundation! RSVP here for more details: www.zeffy.com/en-US/...

Mongabay editor Latoya Abulu shares what *not* to do when pitching a story on Indigenous communities and the environment. Listen to the whole conversation on the Freelance Journalism Podcast: youtu.be/oJiDyWJ9HPI

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

Spend a day with the IIJ at #IRE26 and walk away with a wealth of resources to boost your freelance business! Our full day freelancing workshop is FREE for IRE attendees, learn more and register here: theiij.com/2026-dc-w...

Looking forward to seeing you in less than three hours!

Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 3mo ago

THIS WEDNESDAY: join @dairinstitute.bsky.social as we launch the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a resource for workers fighting AI at work. We provide strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of this tech through case studies, primers, and a resource library. www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-...

Yes, we're the real deal. The only U.S. journalism organization entirely focused on making news more accessible. givebutter.com/buildnews

Donate to Equal Access Public Media

Together, we build a more accessible journalism industry and more accessible public-facing news products so we can make #NewsForAll.

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Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible.@stacykess.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I woke up to some exciting news from @equalaccesspublicmedia.org's fiscal sponsor, Alternative Newsweekly Foundation. @candiddotorg.bsky.social has verified Equal Access Public Media. Why is this so exciting? 1/

So much attention has been paid to the Musk v. Altman trial. But real accountability for the AI industry will not come from a billionaire mudfight. It will come from the movements around the world resisting the empires of AI. My op-ed for @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/technology/c...

The Elon Musk v Sam Altman battle is a distraction | Karen Hao

Fixating on questions of whether Altman is untrustworthy, or whether Musk is even less so distracts from a far deeper problem with AI

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"Can I run a successful paid subscription WITHOUT a paywall?" I've been getting this question a lot this week. You can BUT I usually see it work for: - Publishers with huge audiences (100k+) - Publishers with local missions (like The 51st) The rest of us need a hook

I’m presenting some data findings about funding for freelance journalists at the IIJ Town Hall. Come through! 👀 📊

The Institute for Independent Journalists@indiejournalists.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us for the first-ever IIJ Town Hall, a virtual event for members of our community to hear the latest industry trends affecting independent journalists of color, and to hear how IIJ programming is evolving in response to these trends. www.zeffy.com/en-US/...

Join us for the first-ever IIJ Town Hall, a virtual event for members of our community to hear the latest industry trends affecting independent journalists of color, and to hear how IIJ programming is evolving in response to these trends. www.zeffy.com/en-US/...

Want to join us at SRCCON 2026? Check out our program for sessions on defining our values, making data public and usable, community organizing and all kinds of other convos you want to have right now — with the usual welcoming SRCCON spirit. Just fill out a call for participation and grab a ticket!

SRCCON 2026 — Call for Participation

A peer-led conference from OpenNews for journalists who want to transform their work, their organizations, and their communities.

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Want your newsletter to grow? MAKE IT EASY TO SIGN UP You need a newsletter landing page. Here's what to include. www.revenuerulebreaker.com/you-need-a-n...

You need a newsletter landing page: What to include

If you have a newsletter, you need a newsletter landing page. Stop making people dig around for where to sign up and get your visitors on your list! Here's what you should include

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Our mission combines our two favorite things: accessibility and journalism. Be sure to follow our projects on Bluesky and to check out the sites: • @the-word.news at the-word.news • @eapmstyleguide.org at www.eapmstyleguide.org

I'm running a one day special on Legends, my paid subscription for creative entrepreneurs. Legends are people who believe the good small business media matters and who want to connect with other independent thinkers. It's $75/yr today www.revenuerulebreaker.com/25-off-wedne...

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We take you behind the scenes of real small businesses and inside the stories of struggle, vulnerability and triumph of building something that is uniquely yours.

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New open GitHub repo from ProPublica! https://github.com/propublica/gas-ssi-toolkit

New open GitHub repo from Pudding! I don't know what this does but it uses Svelte. https://github.com/the-pudding/store-names

New open GitHub repo from The City! https://github.com/thecityny/Habaes-Arrest-Data-Analysis-

Journalism organizations and news outlets: Are you using AI-generated alt text, transcripts, and closed captions? Does that really fit with your AI policy? Read this thread! Then contact us for training: info@equalaccesspublicmedia.org

Stacy Kess: the revolution will be accessible.@stacykess.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A Thread. Something came up yesterday as I was discussing setting up training with a journalism organization. As you all know, I like to train organizations in How To Do Accessibility Practices, not just the concept of being accessible. One of my favorite things to start with? Alt text. 1/12