Since Congress Nerd Daily is still on summer break for one more week, here’s something a little different for your Sunday reading.
A Media Operator recently profiled me and Once Upon a Hill, including the nearly yearlong process of becoming the first journalist publishing on Substack to receive a congressional press credential, how that access changed my reporting and what I’ve learned building an independent newsroom from scratch.
One detail from the piece made me especially proud: The congressional press gallery told AMO that a handful of other Substack publishers have since been credentialed.
I’m proud to have been first. I’m even prouder I wasn’t the last.
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