TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Mandy Brown, on the news:

I want long essays on the events at Fukushima and the consequences for nuclear power going forward, not shrieking dispatches of each new fire or setback. I want a history of American engagement in Libya, putting the events of the past few weeks in context. I want twenty thousand words on the recession and its effects on the middle class, not another lone statistic about the unemployment rate. I want thoughtful, investigative journalism that exposes the ways in which our government is failing us, so that we can make it better.

And I am willing to pay for it.

That’s what we need more of—journalists who don’t think their responsibility is merely to report what’s happening accurately and in a timely manner, but rather to provide meaning to what’s happening or what’s happened. To point out things that aren’t working as well as they should, and how they could work better, so others can see that and act on it.

We don’t need a lot of organizations wholly dedicated to reporting what’s happening. What we need is a lot of people who take the responsibility to say, “This is happening, this is important, this is why, and here’s what we can do about it“—people who will analyze things, find meaning in them.