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Licensed for AI answers. Never for training.

17% of 18 to 24-year-olds now get news from AI chatbots every week. Reuters Institute, Digital News Report 2026

What we’re building

We’re rebuilding the digital town square.

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and public libraries across the country.

Why now

Social media is how most of us understand the world.
AI is breaking the feed.

54%

of people get news from social and video networks, ahead of news websites for the first time.

Reuters Institute, Digital News Report 2026

51%

of internet traffic is now bots, not people.

Imperva, 2024

How it works

How Newsreel fixes the feed.

  1. HUNDREDS APPLIEDVERIFIED ON NEWSREEL

    Vetted journalists and experts.

    Newsreel is a platform for vetted journalists and experts only. Hundreds of writers have applied to post here. We let in a select few.

  2. LOOKS LIKE YOUR FEED“READ TO THE ENDSHORT READSLONG ONES

    Stories worth finishing.

    Newsreel looks and moves like social media, so you already know how to use it. Inside, it’s real reporting, in short reads and long ones.

  3. ONE AT A TIMEONE FEED

    Everyone worth reading, in one place.

    Most platforms make you follow writers one at a time, newsletter by newsletter. Newsreel puts every journalist and expert we’ve vetted in one feed, for one membership.

Who’s here

The people you’ll be reading.

Dave Jorgenson
Dave JorgensonCreator of The Washington Post TikTok · Co‑founder, LNI
Dominic-Madori Davis
Dominic-Madori DavisSenior Venture Reporter, TechCrunch
Nadya Yeh
Nadya YehSenior Editor, Newsreel · formerly The China Project
Scott Stedman
Scott StedmanFounder, The Newsground · Investigative journalist

For writers

Your work is worth more than the feed (or Substack) pays you.

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Questions, answered.

A news source for people who have given up on the news, where vetted journalists and subject matter experts publish and build their audience. Read it on the web at app.newsreel.co or in the app.

Vetted journalists and subject matter experts, under their own names. There are no anonymous accounts and no AI-written articles.

You follow the journalists and experts you trust. No ads, no engagement bait, and no anonymous noise.

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Anyone who has given up on the news and wants it back on better terms. Schools and libraries also carry it for their students and patrons.

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