Meet the newsroom
The people, principles, and stubborn curiosity behind Daily Embers
Our story
From scrappy newsletter to newsroom
How a weekend side project became a daily habit for millions
The first dispatch
Daily Embers launches as a weekend newsletter with 200 subscribers and strong opinions about what news should feel like
The daily habit
The morning briefing goes daily and crosses 50,000 readers — most of them before 7am
Original reporting
First full-time reporters join the desk and the newsroom publishes its first investigations
Award season
Recognized for independent journalism with multiple industry awards — the corrections page stays proudly public
Today
Millions of readers, one unchanged standard: report it right, write it sharp
Our mission
To deliver fearless, independent journalism that helps readers understand the forces shaping their world — clearly, quickly, and without the noise.
Our promise
Staying informed should take minutes, not hours — and trust in the news is earned daily, story by story, correction by correction.
Numbers
The newsroom in numbers
The milestones that define the desk
Principles
How we report
The standards behind every byline
Accuracy first
Every claim checked, every source named where possible. Being right beats being first — every time
Fiercely independent
No corporate owner, no advertiser veto. Our readers are the only people we answer to
Reader obsessed
We write for busy, curious people — clear over clever, context over clicks, five minutes well spent
Radically transparent
Corrections published proudly, methods explained, conflicts disclosed. Trust is the whole product
From our readers
Readers Daily Embers
What the morning-coffee crowd says about us
The only newsletter I actually open every morning. Five minutes, fully briefed.
They cover stories a week before everyone else — and with twice the context.
Cancelled three subscriptions and kept this one. Sharpest writing in my inbox.
The people behind the bylines
Get to know the reporters and editors of Daily Embers who chase the stories that matter every day
