Josh Wilson

Mistakes: They happen. When they do, we fix ’em. Our February 3 item, “These corrupt fishing officials in Namibia and Iceland were taken down by journalism,” initially misidentified Namibia as Nigeria in the headline. The February 25 article, “This remote Mexican village is arming children to fight violent drug traffickers,” misspelled the name of Mexico’s […]

Headlines are a tricky and high-stakes business in the attention economy. They’re the first — and sometimes the only — part of an article that people see, and by their virtues can inspire folks to share an article whether they’ve read it or not. While smart, funny or provocative headline copy can make or break […]

News wise, it was a light week at The Daylighter: We’re working hard on fundraising, building our audience and wrangling our website. Shining a light We did, however, publish some great work, including excellent roundups on Africa’s wave of anti-plastic regulations, and on the gruesome toll of neglect, poverty and racism in Mississippi’s prison system. […]

We’re a few weeks into it, but welcome to the new year. The Daylighter is charging ahead after a fine winter break with some timely updates on our endeavor. • We’re launching a Kickstarter. Just a heads-up that we are in the early stages of developing a Kickstarter campaign to help juice up The Daylighter’s […]