The Free Press is a new media company founded by Bari Weiss and built on the ideals that once were the bedrock of great journalism: honesty, doggedness, and fierce independence. We publish investigative stories and provocative commentary about the world as it actually is—with the quality once expected from the legacy press, but the fearlessness of the new.
Originally called Common Sense, we focus on stories that are ignored or misconstrued in the service of an ideological narrative. For us, curiosity isn’t a liability. It’s a necessity.
Expect debates, scoops from trusted reporters, provocations from those thinking outside the lines, and live events that bring people with different views together into a truly diverse community.
You won’t agree with everything we run. And we think that’s exactly the point.
Our Values
At The Free Press, we hold ourselves to a consistent set of values that guide our coverage, our behavior, and our treatment of others. From our leadership, to our employees, to our investors, we co-sign the following:
Honesty
We seek and report the truth. We tell it plainly when we uncover it, even when it’s politically inconvenient.
Curiosity
For others, curiosity has become a liability. At The Free Press, we believe an open mind is fundamental to doing good journalism.
Respect
We assume good faith. We treat each other and our sources with the utmost respect.
Hard Work
Great journalism takes hard work, and we embrace it. We require the old-fashioned reporter skill set—empathy, courage, ingenuity, and drive—for everyone on our team.
Independence
We are proudly not a political monolith. Independence isn’t just a journalistic value for us; it’s also fundamental to the way we are building our business.
Excellence
We take tremendous pride in being best-in-class. We have faith that success will follow if we relentlessly focus on delivering an excellent product every day to our audience.
Common Sense
We are adults, and we treat our readers like adults, too. We encourage each other to think for ourselves and change our minds when we encounter new information.
Belief in the American Project
Our reporting and opinion can be harshly critical of our country and its leaders, but that is because we believe deeply in America and its promise. We make no apology for making distinctions between good and bad, liberalism and illiberalism, the rule of the law and mob rule, freedom and unfreedom—and we advocate forcefully for the former.
A free press for free people.
To get in touch, contact tips@thefp.com.
Company News
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From Our Kitchen Table to a Real Newsroom (September 23, 2024)
Introducing the First Class of Free Press Fellows (September 20, 2024)
Meet the People That Make The Free Press Possible (August 8, 2024)
A Note from Our Newsroom (August 7, 2024)
What. A. Week. (July 21, 2024)
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Introducing the Official Free Press Book Club (May 17, 2024)
Introducing The Front Page: Our New Morning Newsletter (April 29, 2024)
We’re Number One—Thanks to You (April 10, 2024)
The Free Press Goes to Washington to Defend Free Speech (December 5, 2023)
Bari Here With Thanks—and a Great Black Friday Deal (November 24, 2023)
Free Subscriptions for DEI Admins (November 13, 2023)
Introducing The Free Press Shop! (November 8, 2023)
The Free Press on MSNBC and Fox (October 11, 2023)
Why The Free Press Exists, in Three Stories (September 6, 2023)
Meet the Interns: Introducing Our Future Bosses (July 5, 2023)
The Real-World Impact of Our Reporting (February 15, 2023)
A Note From Bari (January 14, 2023)
Our Promise to You in 2023 (December 31, 2022)
Welcome to The Free Press (December 8, 2022)