Archive Event Highlight

On May 6, the OPC hosted a panel with journalists who are growing their own audiences with alternative platforms to publish their work.

Click the window above to watch a playlist of videos from the program.

The panel included: Laura Bassett, who has reported on reproductive rights abroad, and after being laid off as the EIC of Jezebel, started a now-popular Substack on politics; Jane Ferguson, the founder and CEO of Noosphere, a monetization platform for journalists; and Adriana Teresa Letorney, co-founder of Visura.co, a global platform for visual journalists and storytellers to connect with a global network and license their images directly to buyers.

OPC Past President David A. Andelman, a former correspondent for The New York Times and CNN commentator who now publishes Andelman Unleashed on Substack, moderated.

During the program, each panelist gave advice to freelancers about launching a platform for their own work, and provided background on how they found those alternatives. Bassett talked about what led to her decision to start a Substack and the value of independence; Letorney recounted her struggle gaining traction with traditional media as a visual journalist from Puerto Rico; Ferguson discussed the origins of Noosphere; and Andelman discussed his experience with Substack.