As a reminder, this is my general reading newsletter. If you’re specifically interested in the journalism stuff, you’d best stick your email in here, which will get you stuff like this.
Wikipedia is great. It is one of the best things about the web. But it is very far from perfect - and this piece delves into how systematic the gender imbalance there is.
Four of the NEXT team (including me) recommend books to educate, entertain and challenge you in the year to come. There’s some great stuff in here — and a couple in German, if that’s your thing.