The Forth Estate

A business model for 21st Century news

We can change the atomic unit of monetizable journalism, and we can pay our partner newsrooms and reporters to keep their reporting viable. But we can only initiate change with scale, and for that, we need help.

Journalism

What a royal photo teaches us about journalism

You probably saw the photo above over the weekend, along with the confusing controversy surrounding it, including a so-called "kill notice." First – let's address the spurned-intelligence agency-sounding elephant in the room: the "kill notice." Many news organizations subscribe to wire services – you may have

Updates to our Editorial Policy

We recently made changes to our Editorial Policy, primarily in order to elevate our policy against misinformation and clarify our guidelines around generative AI. Although these changes are not significant updates to the policy, we believe that transparency in our editorial process is crucial for the success of Forth. It

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Leading with a headline, on all platforms

Forth now includes a headline and byline right in the preview image of a thread, regardless of what platform it is shared on. Our links on here now show headlines!https://t.co/QBPH6pTI7t — Forth (@ForthApp) October 9, 2023 There's absolutely nothing extra for you to do. Just

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Post to multiple platforms at once with Forth

There was a time when reporters filed for a single platform, telling their stories on a single medium. TV correspondents appeared on TV, print journalists wrote the articles in the newspaper and radio reporters voiced news reports. It was a simpler time. Suffice it to say, a day in the

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Rethinking how we organize news, especially local

In all sorts of ways, Forth is unique when it comes to news platforms. Our aim is to be your single destination to be updated about any topic you may be interested in – that brings many challenges, not the least of which is how we organize the reporting, especially when

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New on forth.news

We have some exciting updates to share about how you can use forth.news.

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🚀 Forth is launching today!

It’s a big day today for us at Forth – and for everyone who supports access to credible news. As two former journalists, we started Forth because we were fed up with the way platforms treated news. We wanted to create a space where people could easily access and consume

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🚀: Newsfeed exclusively populated by vetted journalists

Today, Forth launches a news feed that has the look and feel of social media but with one major difference: all of its posts come from vetted journalists.

Who is the MSM?

I’ll be honest, I don’t know. If that’s an odd way to start this, then I apologize. But the question is not entirely rhetorical. I see the phrase “mainstream media” or its zippier abbreviation, “MSM” in all sorts of criticisms, yet the definition eludes me. I spent

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We’re Automatically Publishing the White House Press Pool

Keeping up with 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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Taking News Forth

Today we soft launch Forth, presenting our original reporting in a new format with the look and feel of social media.

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Fighting Misinformation Online

“Who gets to decide what’s true?” is the wrong question. We should be asking “how do we determine what’s true?”

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Now what? The collateral damage of a tech backlash

The very social platforms that are being (rightly) targeted for their role in fanning the flames of an insurrection are the same ones that drive traffic to news sites. To exist today, newsrooms have little to no choice: social platforms are a necessary evil.

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It only took a siege at the US Capitol for social platforms to do the right thing

We, the people, deserve better.

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Defending Journalism to Defend the Republic

We need a well equipped press corps to keep us informed. There cannot be two sets of facts, two universes of truth. We need the reliable journalists to win, to keep us informed, so we can debate ideas, not facts.

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News was never meant for social platforms

If ever there was a good illustration of the disconnect we face in trying to make journalism sustainable again, this is it.

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What can Napster teach local news?

Just like the music industry almost 20 years ago, we are in the midst of a seismic shift in how our audience wants to consume our product.

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Can we ever go back?

Now that the work-from-home genie is out of the lamp, what happens next?