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> We hope these stories will take over the internet, impact public policy, and expose bad actors.

I think one of the main problems with modern journalism is that it has ventured too far into activism. Journalism is there to report on politics, not become a political actor.

I think a mistake that has been made is paywalls - if you don't get your story out there, somebody else will with their agenda on top. Make your content as shareable as possible and 1:X consumers you can convert into a customer. Once you have more users in the comments section, you could prioritize paid users.

You have a techy edge anyway, assume everybody runs ad blockers and can use archive links. Believe it or not, hosting images of ads bypasses ad blockers, protects privacy and cuts out the likes of Google (see top of EEVBlog [1]). Once you have a niche audience you can advertise a niche product quite effectively.

Good luck!

[1] https://www.eevblog.com/