Alex Kotch

Alex Kotch

Co-founder and executive director of the OptOut Media Foundation, investigative journalist, and Ph.D. His reporting has been published by outlets such as The Guardian, The Nation, and Vice.
Jan
23
Women's Rights, Local News, Remembering Jake Varghese

Women's Rights, Local News, Remembering Jake Varghese

This is the weekly newsletter of OptOut, a news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's currently in
9 min read
Dec
12
Press Freedom Threatened, Covid Disinfo From the 'Left,' and Web3

Press Freedom Threatened, Covid Disinfo From the 'Left,' and Web3

Your weekly roundup of independent media content from the OptOut network.
8 min read
Dec
05
Attacks on Climate Divestment, Sitting Ducks for a Pandemic & Roe in Danger

Attacks on Climate Divestment, Sitting Ducks for a Pandemic & Roe in Danger

The latest fearless independent news content from the OptOut network.
9 min read
Nov
30
Help Us Take On the Corporate Media on Giving Tuesday!

Help Us Take On the Corporate Media on Giving Tuesday!

We are trying to raise $4,000 today to fund news curation and marketing for our app.
3 min read
Nov
14
Racist Immigration Policy, Indigenous Climate Action, and Bari Weiss' Rightwing 'University'

Racist Immigration Policy, Indigenous Climate Action, and Bari Weiss' Rightwing 'University'

Your weekly roundup of independent news content from the OptOut network.
8 min read
Nov
07
Dems Blow It, Labor Strikes Continue, and the Climate Cost of Capitalism

Dems Blow It, Labor Strikes Continue, and the Climate Cost of Capitalism

OptOut welcomes four new independent outlets to its network and offers your weekly news roundup.
7 min read
Oct
24
📺 A Worker-Owned Streaming Service 🗞️ Corporate Media Corruption 💪 the Strike Wave

📺 A Worker-Owned Streaming Service 🗞️ Corporate Media Corruption 💪 the Strike Wave

OptOut interviews Means TV about their worker-owned streaming service, plus your weekly roundup of independent news content.
8 min read
Oct
03
Corporate Dems Block Biden's Agenda, the Media's Climate Narratives, & Pfizer Funds QAnon Candidates

Corporate Dems Block Biden's Agenda, the Media's Climate Narratives, & Pfizer Funds QAnon Candidates

Your weekly roundup of 100% corporate-narrative free news from the OptOut network.
9 min read
Sep
26
The American Health Care Debacle, Corporate Democrats' Corruption, and Haitian Migration

The American Health Care Debacle, Corporate Democrats' Corruption, and Haitian Migration

This is the weekly newsletter of OptOut, a news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's under development.
9 min read
Sep
19
The War on Trans People & Other News from OptOut

The War on Trans People & Other News from OptOut

This edition of Weekend Picks covers the war on trans people, the influence of Big Pharma, the latest political news from New York, and the environment.
6 min read