Farewell To Shadowproof: Kevin Gosztola & Brian Nam-Sonenstein On The Media Organization's Impact

After a little more than seven and a half years, they discuss the end of Shadowproof and what they plan to do next.

After eight years, I decided with my colleague, Brian Nam-Sonenstein, that it was time to shut down Shadowproof. But that does not mean that the independent journalism that we fostered is coming entirely to an end.

In a span of time defined by numerous global crises and an ever-shifting online media landscape, readers helped us develop an oasis for incisive reporting on prisons, policing, whistleblowers, and crackdowns on political activists.

So many members and donors made it possible for Shadowproof to hire over 90 freelance journalists to cover stories and perspectives that were often outside the beats of most other publications.

We were able to pay journalists fairly and give them a solid platform as many major media organizations were uninterested in their work or treated them poorly in the context of layoffs and politically motivated firings.

I encourage you to listen to my discussion with Brian in the above video.

Further details on shutting down Shadowproof are available here.