🔶 #78: Welcome back to the News Alchemists newsletter
"Hey Mattia! Hope you’re doing well. While I was on maternity leave I collected some industry newsletters to go through when I was back. News Alchemists was one of them and I've loved getting ideas from your newsletter. And I am missing it at the moment! When are you back?"
The answer is "Today!", dear reader – welcome back to the News Alchemists newsletter! 👋
And a warm first welcome to new subscribers who joined over the last eight weeks from ProPublica, AFP, The i Paper, CT Mirror, FACTA, The Globe & Mail, The Indian Express, BNN, The Connexion, Internews, Avrupa Media Group, Bauer Media, The Trace, VEX, Cidacs, Copenhagen Business School, Medialivre, and to all of you brave souls working independently.
I've never experienced 'blank page syndrome' since I started writing this newsletter, but today I do.
What's the appropriate way to make a comeback in people's inboxes after almost two months, when you're used to write to them every single week? Act like nothing happened? Or tell your readers about the joyful events that kept you away from writing? (Still not used to that ring on my finger...)
Let's just say that I missed you, and I missed this little space where we imagine and build together a future for journalism that is less "Here's what you should read." and more "How can I help you?"
Here's how it works if you need a refresher:
Every week, I curate for you a collection of hope-filled links with the goal of helping you reimagine journalism in a more people-centric direction. (This is how it all started.)
You check what links are most interesting to you, read them, enjoy them, share them with your professionally-loved ones... and tell them to subscribe to News Alchemists so you don't have to spend your precious time every week forwarding them these beautiful links. Easy peasy.
One more thing: there's nothing I enjoy more than getting to know my readers, learn about your work, and find unexpected opportunities to do cool things together. Reply to this email and let's have a chat, shall we?
See you next week. It's good to be back.