How a journalist used her newsletter to break the story about Trump's plan to freeze federal grants — and how she's building a business
Marisa Kabas is an independent journalist who runs a newsletter called The Handbasket. She broke down how she built and grew ...
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An independent journalist doubled paid subscriptions after scooping everyone on the federal funding freeze
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.
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The power of independent journalism: From her Brooklyn apartment, she ‘scooped’ the nation’s media
Kabas has her own website, the Handbasket, but to give the story wider visibility, she posted a screen shot of the memo on the social media site Bluesky. Then she waited. Her stomach was in knots.
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How a journalist used her newsletter to break the story about a White House plan to freeze federal grants — and how she's building a business
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 ...