We are outsiders by choice. Reporters, editors, and writers who stopped pretending that “access” is worth more than truth. We are citizens who grew sick of seeing silence rewarded while whistleblowers get punished. We are the voices that don’t get invited to press conferences, that don’t get quoted in polite company, and that don’t get grants for keeping our mouths shut.
We don’t wine and dine with ministers. We don’t sell our headlines to advertisers. We don’t bend our words to keep powerful friends. We are unwelcome at every power table and that is exactly our strength.