Kate Harloe

Aug 23, 2023 | highbrowmagazine.com | Kate Harloe

(Photo credit: Depositphotos.com)This article was previously published in Popula. On a cold Saturday last November I needed a place to work, and decided to head to a nearby branch of the Albany Public Library, a few blocks from my home. I found the place packed, with every seat taken on both floors. The library was warm; by this point in the fall, the city’s parks and streets were not. Eventually a seat opened up, and I unpacked my bag and opened my book.

Aug 16, 2023 | niemanlab.org | Sarah Scire |Sophie Culpepper |Kate Harloe |Joshua Benton

A foundation that has invested millions in local journalism in New York starts a new report with a warning. More than half of American daily news outlets are controlled by hedge funds and private equity firms, which seem hellbent on more painful cost-cutting. The new ecosystem of local outlets that has emerged to fill in the gaps, meanwhile, urgently needs financial resources (cash!) to strengthen business models and grow audiences. Over the past 12 years, the Charles H.

Aug 15, 2023 | niemanlab.org | Kate Harloe |Mark Coddington |Seth C. Lewis |Kristy Roschke

This piece was previously published on Popula. On a cold Saturday last November I needed a place to work, and decided to head to a nearby branch of the Albany Public Library, a few blocks from my home. I found the place packed, with every seat taken on both floors. The library was warm; by this point in the fall, the city’s parks and streets were not. Eventually a seat opened up, and I unpacked my bag and opened my book.

Aug 7, 2023 | popula.com | Kate Harloe

On a cold Saturday last November I needed a place to work, and decided to head to a nearby branch of the Albany Public Library, a few blocks from my home. I found the place packed, with every seat taken on both floors. The library was warm; by this point in the fall, the city’s parks and streets were not. Eventually a seat opened up, and I unpacked my bag and opened my book. But after a few minutes, an altercation at the reference desk broke my concentration.

Jun 7, 2023 | popula.com | Kate Harloe

Last year Ben Tarnoff, tech worker, writer and cofounder of Logic Magazine, published Internet for the People: The Fight for Our Digital Future; it’s a sweeping history of the privatization of the internet, as well as a roadmap offering possible alternatives. I got together with Tarnoff to talk about the interconnected tasks of building both a democratic internet and a democratic media.