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Journos on Journos: Evan Urquhart

The founder of Assigned Media shares what it means to write trans news that the community trusts.

A screenshot from Assigned Media's about page with a photo of Evan on top of it, outlined in the colors of the trans flag. Evan is giving a slightly disreputable vibe (his description).
Evan Urquhart founded Assigned Media, a daily trans news site.

This week, I'm sharing an interview with Evan Urquhart, a trans journalist whose prolific career includes founding one of the internet's best-loved and most trusted trans news sites: Assigned Media. We talked about what it's like to serve a minority community that's lost faith in mainstream news, what stories he most loves working on, and what he wants you to know about indie journalism.

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Here's my conversation with Evan: