Summary: <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliaAngwin" target="_blank">Julia Angwin</a>, the award-winning reporter whose investigations <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-enabled-advertisers-to-reach-jew-haters" target="_blank">make Facebook sweat</a>, just got $20 million from Craig Newmark (yes, as in <a href="https://newyork.craigslist.org/" target="_blank">Craig's List</a>) to start her own publication. Hear her vision for <a href="https://themarkup.org/" target="_blank">The MarkUp</a>, why we need a new kind of watchdog journalism, and how she plans to combine hardcore data analysis with shoe-leather reporting. Plus, the honest lowdown on how Julia beats decision fatigue, as a startup founder and a parent. It's not all black turtlenecks and green smoothies, but it's close. GO DEEPER: Julia Angwin's <a href="https://www.propublica.org/people/julia-angwin" target="_blank">investigations</a> for ProPublic. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/mark-zuckerberg-doesnt-understand-journalism/559424/" target="_blank">Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Understand Journalism</a>. <a href="https://medium.com/s/love-hate/craig-newmarks-new-hit-list-624341007d72" target="_blank">Looking back</a> at Craig's List. Jessica Lessin left the Wall Street Journal five years ago to found <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/five-years-in-a-letter-to-our-readers" target="_blank">The Information</a>. <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/rookie-brought-the-inclusive-spirit-of-zines-to-the-internet-era" target="_blank">Closing Rookie</a>: hard truths about digital media from teenage entrepreneur Tavi Gevinson. Who You’ll Hear: @manoushz (Manoush Zomorodi) @JuliaAngwin (Investigative journalist and Cofounder of The MarkUp) ZigZag is the business show about being human. Join a community of listeners riding the twists and turns of late-capitalism, searching for a kinder, more sustainable way. Manoush Zomorodi and Jen Poyant investigate how work and business impact our wellbeing and the planet we live on. On Seasons 4 and 5, hear from rebels and visionaries with radical ideas on how we can build stable lives, careers, and companies. **If you’re also interested in Jen and Manoush’s personal story and their adventures in starting their own business with a little help from blockchain technology, listen to the first three seasons, starting with Season 1, Chapter 1.
