I’m a freelance journalist and work as a media consultant for Longview and have been thinking about questions like this a lot. I agree that science and technology journalism seems particularly valuable for EAs to have a presence in.
A few notes on this idea:
The main constraint to doing something like this is finding EA/Longtermist writers/journalists who could plausibly write columns. One thing I’d love to see is more EAs pitching pieces to various organizations (80K is updating their career guide for journalism very soon with advice on this).
Future Perfect is a vertical with a dedicated editor and writers, not a column. Columns usually refer to recurring opinion essays by one person (e.g. Ezra Klein at the NYT). Verticals are obviously harder to get off the ground and more expensive, but ultimately more valuable.
There are some projects in development, but I can’t discuss publicly yet.
Thanks for this writeup James!
I’m a freelance journalist and work as a media consultant for Longview and have been thinking about questions like this a lot. I agree that science and technology journalism seems particularly valuable for EAs to have a presence in.
A few notes on this idea:
The main constraint to doing something like this is finding EA/Longtermist writers/journalists who could plausibly write columns. One thing I’d love to see is more EAs pitching pieces to various organizations (80K is updating their career guide for journalism very soon with advice on this).
Future Perfect is a vertical with a dedicated editor and writers, not a column. Columns usually refer to recurring opinion essays by one person (e.g. Ezra Klein at the NYT). Verticals are obviously harder to get off the ground and more expensive, but ultimately more valuable.
There are some projects in development, but I can’t discuss publicly yet.
If you want to chat more, you can email at garrison@longview.org
Will reach out!