🔶 #49: "Make me feel something"
Hello and welcome back to the News Alchemists newsletter!
And a first welcome to new subscribers from The Trace, Grist, Corriere della Sera, Rappler, Scroll, Tinius Trust, Internews, Souhtpoint Access, Deutsche Welle, and all of you brave souls working independently.
It's 2026! How did you celebrate moving into the new year? Did you travel somewhere?
I was in Italy for 10 days over Christmas, and then I came back to London to enjoy some glorious albeit freezing sunny days, and catch a nasty cold because what best way to start the new year than by coughing and sneezing? 😑
But I'm back on my feet, right in time to send you seven hope-filled links – including some predictions for 2026 that stood out to me among the maaaany I've come across.
(Maybe twelve months from now someone will come up with something more original than Predictions or a Wrapped copycat, but not this time.)