2 · 12 min
The industry, and the right direction
How news got here, what people want, provenance, privacy, the landscape
For publishers, media, and those who fund them
News got stuck. Here is a way out that runs.
Provenance on every fact, no tracking, payment after the value, and agents doing the repeatable work while editors decide.
1
Readers need a story for longer than the paper tells it
In a simulation of a fictional town (The bridge), the paper led with the story five times; readers needed it on fifty-seven days.
2
Trust you can check
Every fact with its source and the date it was read; every article signed.
3
A pilot in one section
Your editors in charge; the agentic team does the repeatable work.
Your route
Read in this order. Each deck opens in the browser (arrow keys, F for full screen) or as a PDF.
What we ask of you
- Read deck 2 and tell us where we are wrong.
- Propose a section for a pilot.
- If you fund independent media: tell us what a pilot would need to qualify.
What happens next
- You click below, or write a line.
- We answer, and share what we learnt.
- A pilot, if it makes sense to you.
What do you think?
Feedback is what we need most right now. One click tells us something; a line tells us more.
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