Investigation is one of the core functions of great journalism. It sheds light on the truth, helping readers understand the world from a multidimensional perspective. In this sense, investigation and journalism are inseparable, particularly for those who aspire to greatness, like us.
Since its foundation in May 2022, The Readable has never compromised its standards for news articles. We have published more than 620 stories, each individually fact-checked by our trained reporters. Additionally, our content partner, Business Wire, provides our website with the latest information about the cybersecurity industry. The volume of content at The Readable has become substantial enough to give us time to delve deeper into topics that require thorough investigation.
Starting next week, you will notice changes in our news delivery. First, we will introduce a daily briefing on our website—a listicle that our editorial team compiles each day from cybersecurity news sources around the world.
Second, our journalists, including myself, will focus on one story each week. Deadlines will vary based on the specific needs of each story, but I believe that dedicating at least one week to research and interviews—rather than working under daily deadlines—will provide our team with the energy and intellectual space needed to excel in reporting.
Finally, our weekly briefing will include a featured section highlighting the most-read stories in our publication. For example, we will select three to four news articles related to privacy issues that were published earlier on our platform but are still worth revisiting. Many of our readers already engage in this practice themselves, so I thought we should take on the task for you.
To achieve quality, a certain level of quantity is necessary beforehand. The Readable has now reached a point where we need to focus on quality. We will produce fewer articles to accomplish more meaningful work. Investigative journalism is the next step we are taking, and we hope you will be part of our journey.
Dain Oh
Editor in Chief, The Readable
Related article: Letter from the editor (December 20, 2023)
As a journalist who serves the public interest, I am delighted whenever someone tells me they have learned about cybersecurity issues through The Readable. Motivated by the belief that cybersecurity news should be accessible to and understandable by the general reader, I founded The Readable a year and a half ago, in May 2022, as an online platform. And soon after, in March of this year, we began publishing quarterly magazines. So far, our team has published more than 350 news articles, all written to the highest professional standards. Delivering quality journalism has, on numerous occasions, required us to skip meals and lose sleep, especially during our excursions around the globe. We would not change a thing, however. Indeed, all our efforts have been more than worthwhile because of you—our readers—whom we feel are always with us, edging us forward to find out more, to ask yet another penetrating question. After all, without you, all our efforts would be for nothing.
Last fall, The Readable signed a partnership agreement with a global leader in the news industry. We will reveal the company’s name once we finish rebuilding our website. We are currently in the process of integrating the company’s content into our platform, which is expected to be completed early next year. After this has been accomplished, our readers will have access to the latest cybersecurity news from around the world, in real time. This merger will enable our team to focus more on in-depth stories, such as investigative reporting. In addition, I have received multiple applications from talented people who have presented themselves as potentially valuable to The Readable, and this without our ever posting a job opening. Most of them will join our team as reporters in the upcoming months. I am incredibly thankful for our supporters who are making this wonderful journey possible. READ MORE
