The Independent News Desk

Nine independent voices.
You build your desk.

We curate the roster. You choose which voices meet on your desk. A five-minute morning brief is coming soon.

01 · CHOOSE

Choose your voices.

We've curated nine independent reporters, commentators, and outlets worth your attention. You pick which of them are on your desk. Swap anyone in or out anytime.

02 · KEEP

Keep your desk ready.

Your desk is a single clean page — your voices, their latest work, no algorithm between you and them. No feed. No ads. No noise.

03 · READ

Your morning brief is coming.

A five-minute Wire-style brief, built from the last 24 hours of your chosen voices, emailed at 6am. Early founders get it first.

Why this exists

The commercial news machine is loud, scattered, and running on attention, not trust. Independent journalism is scattered too — across Substacks, podcasts, video channels, and a dozen inboxes.

Free and Independent News is the desk where your chosen voices meet. No algorithm. No ads. No feed. Just the writers you already trust, the morning brief when it ships, and nothing in between.

Reserve your spot.

The morning brief ships soon. Early founders get it first — and we tell you the moment it's live.