Waking Up To Independent Journalism

Gabe Fleisher is the creator and writer of “Wake Up To Politics,” an email newsletter that reaches more than 45,000 readers every weekday. He is also a recent graduate of Georgetown University who turned his newsletter from a part-time endeavor into his full-time job. Gabe joins host Amy Laburda and Palisades Hudson president (and former journalist) Larry Elkin to discuss the state of journalism in 2024. Their wide-ranging conversation also touches on partisanship, Substack, an 1898 shipwreck, the collapse of Arthur Andersen, how a high school junior scooped Bill de Blasio’s presidential run, and much more. Show Links: “Wake Up To Politics”: https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/ Image of Dorothy Dix’s column “The Selfishness Of Men”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dorothy_Dix_1898_The_Selfishness_of_Men.jpg Gabe on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” in September 2017: https://youtu.be/_zwFjy9GOKQ?si=VoBm3C3PViXspKCw “1,000 True Fans” by Kevin Kelly: https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/ Note: Gabe mentions a Sept. 10 live stream with Chris Cillizza. Substack video is in its early stages, so currently there is not a way to watch a live stream after the fact.