About Us
November 1, 2022
Dear Readers,
Truthdig is back. Our staff is cutting-edge and dedicated to digging for the truth.
To our longtime readers and supporters, welcome back. To new readers, we’re happy to have you join the exploration.
We know you enjoyed digging beneath the headlines as we provided new perspectives you didn’t read anywhere else. Truthdig will continue to provide that, with strong writing, original reporting and investigative journalism.
We will bring you sharp analysis as well as thought-provoking commentary. Our perspective is broad, and we are committed to journalism that undercovers issues and seeks potential solutions.
We’ll also bring you fresh global voices that shed new light on relevant and important humanitarian issues, from abuse and disease to diasporas and the climate.
And we won’t stop there.
We have created new “Digs,” with Dig Curators who will excavate pressing issues in great depth over several months. We also will feature Dig Scapes, a sound mashup about current issues.
But “digging” to uncover problems is of limited value if all it does is leave you at the bottom of a deep hole with no way out. So we’ll go beyond and identify possible solutions that may offer pathways to create positive change.
Let’s keep digging,
Zuade Kaufman
Truthdig Publisher & CEO
VISIONOur name evokes our goal: to dig beneath the headlines. It also reflects our philosophy.
As an independent source for original and provocative reporting and commentary from a progressive point of view, Truthdig offers an outlet for original work and presents possibilities for lasting change. We publish everything from deeply sourced investigations to pointed arts critiques by exceptional journalists, featuring honest and credible reporting that meets the highest standards while focusing on the issues that matter most.
We don’t have to be stuck.
We believe there are always courageous, creative changemakers who can stand up to the status quo, battle inequities and create positive solutions to help us climb out of the deepest holes.
We believe in humanitarian values. When people come together armed with knowledge, they can share ideas that transform both community and policy.
People Behind TruthdigA fearless crew of excavators mining for the truth, just like you.
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National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: First Place, Critic — Any media platform (print, broadcast or online)
Siddhant Adlakha, "The Cinematic Language of Disability"National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: Second Place, Film Feature, production/history related
Ed Rampell, "The Black Panthers of Alabama"National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award: Third Place, Headline – Ed Rampell and Adrienne Johnson Martin
Ed Rampell, "Ken Burns’ Other Lens"Southern California Journalism Award: First Place, Election Editorials – Martina Moneke, Bill Blum
Martina Moneke, “Bring On the Donald”
Bill Blum, “Is Donald Trump Above the Law?”
Bill Blum, “Democracy on the Ballot”
Southern California Journalism Award: First Place, Foreign Correspondents Based in Southern California. Print, radio, TV or
online.
Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Gender and Society
Kamin Mohammadi, "Woman Life Freedom"Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Columnist
Kamin Mohammadi, "Woman Life Freedom"Southern California Journalism Award: Third Place, Pandemic Reporting
Michael Balter, "The Politicized Virus"Southern California Journalism Award: Third Place, Soft News Feature, General News
Eileen Cronin, "Unhoused and Disabled in America"Southern California Journalism Award: Third Place, Immigration Reporting.
Dawn Paley, “Mexico’s War Against Migrants”
Dawn Paley, "Mexico’s War Against Migrants"Webby Awards: Honorable mention in the ‘Best Writing – Editorial 2022′ category
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