Editor’s Note: It Takes Everyone to Build a Newspaper
To publish a newspaper is to live a circular existence. Over the course of a month, there are writers…
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Indy at 15: How to Build a Radical NYC Newspaper, in 15 Steps
Hard work, an unusual blend of idealism and pragmatism, enough youthful passion to power a small city and a…
Indy at 15: The Highlight Reel of Our Best Coverage
November 2000 — Why is New York becoming unaffordable for working people who’ve stuck it out in the city…
Indy at 15: Getting the Paper Started
The Indypendent’s very first meetings were held during the spring and summer of 2000. There were eight of us…
I thought a bomb had gone off. It was 9:59 a.m. I was working in an office building on…
Indy at 15: ‘I Had Zero Experience’
The first time I saw The Indypendent was at an activist meeting at Hunter College. I was going to…
Indy at 15: Creating Space for Artists
Having artists do original illustrations to accompany articles has been key to the look of The Indypendent. We currently…
Indy at 15: A Photojournalist Finds Her Calling
I came to The Indypendent during the 2004 Republican National Convention held here in New York. I had picked…
Indy at 15: Learning to Think Like a Journalist
I worked as a production assistant at Democracy Now! after I graduated college in 2007. Being in that environment…
Can I get this right? I ask the question whenever I touch the keyboard. My fingertips on the letters, I…