We are in the midst of a rebirth in local news across this country, driven by a new generation of local news innovators changing the way we sustain community journalism. Check out these outstanding organizations joining our portfolio. We can’t wait for the work ahead! 👇

go grist! go New York Focus! two of the best orgs with visionary leaders Nikhil Swaminathan Akash Mehta Rebecca Klein

This is huge news for the amazing team at grist. We're truly honored by the American Journalism Project 's confidence in us, and we're ready to get to work on getting high-quality climate and environmental justice news to communities across the U.S. theajp.org/news-insights/…

Stacey Augmon aka Plastic Man.

MVP Lil Jon, obviously

You should be paying attention to your state utility commission! Want clean electricity? These are the overlooked elected officials who get to decide. grist.org/georgia-psc/wa…

The best news! Pumped to see my "big bro" taking the reins of Quanta Magazine—and can't wait to see what he does with it! x.com/SPatel_v1/stat…

As one of his top apologists throughout his career, congrats to Matt Ryan on a what should be a Hall-of-Fame resume. Fingers crossed he doesn’t become the Atlanta Falcons Dale Murphy—who everyone knows should totally be in Cooperstown.

They’d have told him if they thought he could keep a secret.

Sadness. May his excellent cooking blog, cummerbund guitar strap, lording over the poker tables at All Tomorrow's Parties festivals, and of course, his scowl live on. pitchfork.com/news/steve-alb…

Some professional news:

JJ Redick drafts himself?

Psyched to be talking w Tom Steyer tomorrow about his new book and winning the climate war.

Tomorrow at #TribFest24: Gina Hinojosa Mayor John Giles, and Benji Backer join me to successfully* take politics out of the climate conversation. *or try real hard to do it in an hour.