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News about the systems that run everyday life

Blakey launched in 2021 with a simple idea: the biggest stories in technology and science are really stories about people.

Reporters and editors working late at long shared desks in the Blakey newsroom
The Blakey newsroom in Chicago.

Blakey covers the machinery of modern life: the devices in our pockets, the grids that power them, the markets that price them, and the rules that govern them. We care less about launches and more about consequences.

We are independent and reader supported. No investor owns us, and advertisers never see a story before it is published. Our reporters choose their stories by one test: will this help a reader understand something that affects them?

We publish fewer stories than most newsrooms, on purpose. Each one is reported, edited, and fact-checked before it goes out, and we correct mistakes in the open.

Our standards

01

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a note at the end of the story saying what changed and when.

02

Independence

Reporters don't accept gifts, paid travel, or review products they keep. Sponsors have no say in coverage.

03

Sourcing

We name sources whenever we can. When we can't, we explain why and how we verified what they told us.

04

Opinion

Opinion pieces are labeled and kept separate from news reporting. They reflect the author's view, not the newsroom's.