casey morell | nprhere's a question i would often ask on the other site:
what media do you pay to subscribe to / contribute to? what gets your support? how do you decide where your money goes?
curious what your thoughts are —
because i'll put my money, uh, where my mouth is:
- member of NPR stations KBIA, KNPR and KCRW
- financial supporter of the guardian & the nevada independent
- paid subscriber to the new york times [+ the athletic], monocle, the new yorker, the atlantic & mundial
there are a few other things i read often through subscriptions my employer gives me [WSJ, FT, washington post, the economist] that i'd likely pay for otherwise
also knew i was forgetting one — defector, i apologize to you and yours as i have been a proud day one member
Dan Kennedy@casey Subscribe: NYT, WP, Boston Globe, New Yorker, Atlantic.
Paid member of GBH in Boston and Contrarian Boston, a newsletter with original reporting.
Paid member of several outlets I'm tracking for the book I'm co-authoring, "What Works in Community News," including NJ Spotlight News, New Haven Independent, Colorado Sun, Mendocino Voice and Bedford Citizen.
Get WSJ through a university subscription.
✡️ MG ✡️ #VoteBlue@casey I subscribe to the Washington Post and my local paper, The Tennessean (which is crap, but I am grateful we have a paper). I am still boycotting the NY Times over stories like the Nazi next door & op-ed's like Tom Cotton's. I also subscribe to a couple of substacks and I regularly pay by the piece to read that which interests me on Post.News. I quite enjoy that model, but wish that there was some standard set of costs per piece.
Chris BroomeNot counting streaming services:
- PBS
- WYPR (local NPR)
- NY Times
- Washington Post
- The Baltimore Banner
- Defector
- Stereogum
- The New Yorker
- Baltimore Business Journal
- Baltimore Magazine
Steve YelvingtonI contribute monthly to my local NPR/PBS station, subscribe to my local newspaper, and subscribe to the Washington Post.
I am torn on the local newspaper question, as it is now owned by Gannett, and there are a couple of local indy alternatives that deserve my attention. I suspect a lot of people are in that position.
And of course we have a tangle of streaming video subs that beg for a severe trimming.
James LonghurstTalking Points Memo
Defector
local newspaper, in terminal decline
The Flight Attendant@casey I'm a KNPR member and subscribe to the Washington Post, i regularly contribute to the Guardian, pro publica, PBS, a few podcast Patreons and whenever wikipedia asks for money. I've been considering doing the Nevada independent too but I don't have that much time to actually read the news. I just know they probably need our money. I wish they'd all get Mastodon accounts so I can tag and interact with them on here #news #media
The Febrile Muse
🧢📚🚵♂️⚙📈☕@casey public radio affiliate, PBS affiliate, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Tribune
Roy #BLM Pardee 🇺🇸@casey KUOW, Vox, Lawfare, WaPo, NYT, Bremerton Sun, Slate, numerous substacks.
I'm fixing to swap out the Sun for Seattle Times tho.
Dan Newman@casey Sustainer of WAMU and WETA, subscriber to NYT and WaPo, semi-regular supporter of several podcasts and a couple newsletters.
Public media, podcasts, and newsletters fall in the bucket of, essentially, lite philanthropy — I want to support the orgs whose work I believe in. Whereas NYT and WaPo are purely transactional — I consume enough of their content weekly that constantly dodging paywalls isn’t worth it for me, and I do believe their journalists deserve to get paid.
Linh Pham@casey I am monthly contributor to KOPB (home station) as well as KNKX, KUOW, WBEZ and WNYC. I donate to KOPB, KNKX and KUOW for regional news, WBEZ because of their original reporting and home station of Wait Wait (see bio for why), and WNYC for their original reporting and podcasts.
I also support APM/MPR by way of a monthly donation for one of their podcasts (TBTL) and I paid for Wait Wait Don't Tell Me Plus.
I also currently subscribe to NYT and WaPo (though currently on discounted subscriptions).
Paul Magno@casey I pay a subscription to Washington Post and make an annual donation to NPR. I get the WSJ and NYT through my employer.
Melanie@casey Propublica and New York Times
Alexandra@casey monthly to pro publica and I get ny times thru work. And on a lighter side subscribe to vogue. Yearly to WNYC and WBGO
Matt@casey 2 public radio stations, a publicly funded classical music station, local newspaper, 2 national newspapers, various magazines, a handful of Patreon and SubStacks.
And, of course, a monthly donation to my Mastodon instance
Bryan Zug@casey NPR (KUOW), KEXP, Washington Post, New York Times / Wirecutter
@casey For us it comes down to consumption and budget for KUOW and KEXP - There were times when we could barely afford $10 a month, but now that we can afford more, we budget accordingly - For WaPo and NYT, it was a 2016 decision that we’ve kept up through the news collapse crisis (though NYT is giving me increasing pause of late) - For wirecutter, it’s all utilitarian, understanding what is worth paying a little more for in order to avoid future headaches (ala consumer report functionality)
North Easton 
@casey Iowa PBS and Iowa Public Radio. Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
The Casual Craftsman@casey support local NPR station (WBEZ Chicago) and Hidden Brain podcast. Need to support more. Next ones on the list will be:
Mastodon.Social
Texas Observer
ProPublica
RadioLab
Defector
Decision based on local news access (WBEZ), thought-provoking content (Hidden Brain, RadioLab), quality independent journalism, and my new appreciation of Mastodon. Also open to discovering others.