Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen several interesting new publishers who have launched with the help of Lede. Lede is an offshoot from a WordPress agency called Alley Interactive. They aim to be both a platform and a…
A few months ago, I wrote about the Lede platform from Alley Interactive. They’ve helped launch the highly-successful Defector and Block Club Chicago sites. One of the many things to admire about Lede is that they actively help journalists lead…
Last year, we covered Block Club Chicago, which is a WordPress-based news start-up. They’ve now reached their 5th birthday and have one of the most inspiring stories in new U.S. journalism. I dug into the Block Club Chicago story this…
We recently covered Block Club Chicago which was is built in partnership with the “Lede” platform from Alley Interactive. We’ve previously covered another Lede site called “Defector”. Lede is one of several new WordPress publishing platforms including Newspack, PaywallProject, and…