The Current Issue

No. 24

Spring 2026

Ten stories on attention, trust, and the printed word — from a newsroom that believes slow is a feature, not a bug.

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Opinion

The Death of the Hot Take

By Mara Ellison

Why We Keep Paying for What's Free

By Priya Raman

Against the Algorithmic Front Page

By Hugo Lindqvist

Report

Inside the Quiet Consolidation of Local News

By Daniel Okafor

The Newsroom That Swears Off Breaking News

By Jonas Weber

The Printing Press on the Corner

By Elena Vasquez

Culture

The Revenge of the Long Read

By Sofia Marin

Magazines Are Not Dying. They're Molting.

By Clara Fontaine

Notebook

On Reading the Paper in Public

By Tobias Reed

Field Notes From a Slow Newsroom

By Amara Diallo