Oct 19 2020 14 mins
After seven years at The Verge, technology reporter Casey Newton has made the bold decision to pursue his own venture: a newsletter called Platformer. The focus, as he describes it, is on big tech and democracy. And it’s being published via Substack where a growing number of big names in the industry are turning to in order to build and manage their own reader following. Perspectivves caught up with Casey to find out why he made the move to independent journalism, his mission to continue holding powerful social media companies accountable, and whether he thinks Mark Zuckerberg can redeem himself.