V Spehar built a news business from under a desk. Now they’re a creator journalism pioneer.
By Hanaa' Tameez••Niemanlab.org
It was technology and culture reporter Taylor Lorenz who first told news creator Vitus “V” Spehar to think of themselves as a journalist. It was 2022 and Spehar — the 43-year-old best known for their explainers as @UndertheDeskNews on social media — was two y…
The data is in: News creators and influencers are a major source of news for Americans, especially people under 30. This is the third edition of Creators of Record, an occasional series of interviews…