Definition of independent for the purposes of this question: source is not owned by a for-profit corporation, is not financially backed by any billionaire (either directly or via foundation or nonprofit organization) and is not financed by any national government (even if run without oversight).
It can have any perceived bias or political leaning.
Edit: Just to add it has to be written in English.
404 Media seems to fit your description.
Block Club Chicago
Wikipedia portal of current events? (1)
These are mostly UK focused:
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/ Largest co-operatively owned newspaper in the UK, has links to the communist party of Britain.
This is a few months old, but it might help you make a decision on who to partially trust. There is no one to fully trust, no one.
List of media sources that explains who owns and runs them for the elections.
There are thousands of them. Many would be called “blogs” or “YouTube channels.” I would ask a narrower question.
I specified written. Independent news commentators are everywhere since video format is still a profitable model, but they all rely on written news sources or random social media posts.
Right, so aside from podcasts and YouTube & other video sources. Which brings us back to blogs, essentially, of which there are tens of thousands. Patreon & Substack are two popular platforms for persons and small teams publish on to (try to) make a living. I could list out my Patreon & Substack subscriptions, but as I said there are thousands.
But now that I think about it, you said “news sources.” But virtually none of these are “news” sources so much as “analysis” sources, or in a few cases “investigative reporting” sources. News reporting is very expensive, which is why for instance Reuters & Associated Press (AP) exist and other news outlets republish.
which country?
Any as long as it’s in English.
People’s republic of China
Axios
Drop Site (Substack)
Poynter
The Intercept
TruthoutAxios and The Intercept don’t fit this description. The Intercept is by billionaire Pierre Omidyar.
Personally, I would exclude Poynter as well: https://lemmy.ml/post/21254456/14262179
MB/FC is worse than random, so rolling dice would be better. MB/FC & Poynter reliably favor imperial core corporate, NGO, and state-affiliated media.
I just checked on Axios and it’s owned and ran by the billionaire Cox family.
James Cox Kennedy (born November 29, 1947) is an American media executive and the current chair of Cox Enterprises, the conglomerate founded by his grandfather, James M. Cox. According to the 2017 Forbes billionaires list, he is the 105th-richest person in the world, the 37th-richest person in the United States, and the richest person in the state of Georgia.
