Our Approach
How we decide what goes in your digest.
The philosophy
Most news is too zoomed in — fragments without trajectories, events without history, problems without progress. The Less Scrolling Newsletter is built on the idea that people benefit from viewing news at a greater distance, with more context and broader perspective.
What we include
- Policy changes, economic shifts, and public health developments that affect daily life
- Long-term trajectory changes — climate milestones, demographic shifts, scientific breakthroughs
- Stories that will still matter in six months
- Progress and setbacks on major human challenges
What we skip
Sports, celebrity news, individual crime stories, outrage-cycle clickbait, and horse-race political coverage. If it won't matter in six months, it doesn't make the cut.
The format
Every Thursday morning, you receive exactly five trends. Each one includes context (what's happening and why) and a zoom-out (the bigger picture). Every digest ends with bright spots — genuinely uplifting moments from the week's news — and concrete civic actions you can take if you're moved to.
Balanced sources
We aggregate daily from 13 trusted publications across the political spectrum — wire services, center-left, center-right, public broadcasters, and specialist outlets. The trends section presents multiple perspectives; the actions section reflects our values.
What we stand for
Our trend coverage is editorially balanced. Our actions are grounded in the values we believe our readers share:
- Democracy, freedom of the press, freedom of speech and protest
- Social equality and opposition to concentrated power, whether corporate or political
- Accessible healthcare, mental health, and pandemic preparedness
- Environmental protection and climate action
- Global cooperation over isolationism
The news, at the pace of understanding.