If your job isn’t to inform people in a way that will help them, then I don’t really understand what your job is.” Late last ...

Independent journalism is on the rise as traditional media shifts. Journalists like Marisa Kabas, who broke a story on a government spending freeze, are thriving in this new environment. Although ...

When The Washington Post ran its first piece on the federal funding freeze last week, its reporters gave credit where it was due: It was independent journalist Marisa Kabas who had broken the story.

Everything changed for Marisa Kabas on January 27. The Brooklyn-based independent journalist broke a major White House story through her newsletter The Handbasket. She published the scoop on a ...

Independent journalist Marisa Kabas recently broke a major White House scoop. Kabas publishes her own newsletter, called The Handbasket, on Beehiiv. She broke down how she built and is growing her ...

Marisa Kabas’s scoop this past week was a key moment for a growing cadre of journalists who work independently to gather and analyse news and market themselves as brands. Many are refugees from ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. This photo provided by Marisa Kabas shows her holding up a press credential on Oct. 4, 2024, in Pittsburgh. First word of ...

First word of the Trump administration's since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came not from a major news organization, but from a woman working alone in her ...

This undated photo provided by Marisa Kabas shows Kabas holding up a press credential on Oct. 4, 2024 in Pittsburgh. First word of the Trump administration's since-rescinded order to freeze ...