A quick pulse check: The ground keeps shifting on speech, AI & 2026. Old playbooks don’t cut it anymore. So tell me—what’s really keeping you up at night? Not the “shoulds,” but the real stuff: politics at work, what AI means for your job, or planning when nothing feels certain.

When @wired asked me to look at Silicon Valley in the age of Trump, I saw the crash of the idealism that originally drew founders--and me--to the tech revolution. Selling out the dream will not serve those moguls (or us) well. www.wired.com/story/silico...

Nick Clegg's new book, How to Save the Internet, is a clear policy manifesto—strong on fallacies, tradeoffs, and global context. But it sidesteps the political + leadership choices shaping tech today. My review: anchorchange.substack.com/p/a-policy-b...

#BREAKING: C-SPAN is coming to YouTube and Hulu this fall! Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/YouTubeTV Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/Hulu

When I hit a wall writing my book, Chelsey Pippin Mizzi helped me find my way back to my voice. Her book Tarot for Creativity became a tool I returned to again and again—not to predict the future, but to get unblocked. 🎧 Listen to our conversation! anchorchange.substack.com/p/tarot-for-...

For 17 years working in trust and safety, I've watched talented people burn out on impossible tasks. The problem isn't the people, it's the systems. Traditional moderation requires months of retraining for every policy change. Only big companies can afford it, and even then it works poorly. 🧵 1/9

So honored to have Kate Hill on the pod this week. From puppeteer to barge captain to retreat host, she’s crafted a life of reinvention. Her story is proof we don’t pivot once—we pivot forever. Your best chapter may still be ahead. anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-journe...

Good piece from Ireland on what Meta's political ad ban in the EU will lead to, and how citizens, campaigns and democracy will lose out. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Some think trust & safety workers should speak out more. And while we do need voices, we also need quiet work—the kind done with care, without credit. I want you to know: I see you. You are the ones in the arena. And that’s what still gives me hope. anchorchange.substack.com/p/in-the-are...

Ofcom tomorrow morning.

Mark your calendars for *Friday, Sept. 26* and join us for "Journalism Ethics in a Fracturing World," our free conference focused on journalism ethics in the face of fragmentation, increasing authoritarianism and disappearing and unreliable data. ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025/07/28/j...

Meta banning political and issue ads in Europe due to new regulations. about.fb.com/news/2025/07...

Super important report out of Muck Rack about what sources - including Substacks - different AI models are citing in their results. www.axios.com/2025/07/23/a...

What if your business could be both wildly successful and soulfully aligned? In this episode, I talk with Rachael James, the founder of Wild Alabaster and Urban Alchemy Coffee Co., about building brands that are beautiful and healing. open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...

Ahead of TrustCon, I’m excited to have my friend Charlotte Willner on the podcast this week to talk all things trust and safety. open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...

As we head into TrustCon, I share five predictions about where the trust and safety field is going — including quieter comms, messier geopolitics, and a growing wave of independent careers. open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...

💡“I feel seen.” Jen Pahlka’s book Recoding America hit home for thousands of public servants who’ve felt silenced, burned out, and ignored. This is the power of truth-telling. Hear the full story on the latest Anchor Change podcast. anchorchange.substack.com/p/hope-in-go...

🎧 Just dropped a new episode of Anchor Change with Steve Grove—and it’s all about reinvention, risk, and the power of going local. Plus his new book: How I Found Myself in the Midwest open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...

Today isn’t just the halfway point of the year, we are now closer to 2050 than we are 2000. ➡️ Will you be on the path you meant to walk? ➡️ Will you have taken the leap? ➡️ Will you have stayed connected? open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...

More and more journalists, pundits, and creators are leaving traditional media to go solo—and many are choosing Substack. I talked to co-founder Hamish McKenzie about this shift for my latest podcast. 🎧 Listen: open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...

🚨 CCCR has a new survey report out today! 🚨 "100 Days Under Trump: Public Reactions to Attacks on American Governance & Institutions" The report draws on our Apr/May YouGov panel survey of US adults, following our Oct 2024 survey w/ recontacts + a sample refresh. 1/ cccr.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...

Summer reading mission: activated 📚 I'm looking for books that'll keep me glued to the page whether I'm poolside or on my couch at 2am. Fiction lovers and non-fiction nerds—this is your moment to shine! What should definitely make it onto my list?

I finally compiled a list of the people, podcasts, newsletters and books I turn to for insight, clarity, and perspective—whether I’m writing, consulting, or just trying to stay sane in a noisy world. Let me know your favorites or anyone I missed! anchorchange.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...

You can be vulnerable and professional. In this new episode of Anchor Change, I talk with Suzy Dean about showing up online without losing yourself, building rituals that restore, and creating a business from intuition instead of performance. anchorchange.substack.com/p/creating-a...

Say it louder for those in the back! From @mmasnick.bsky.social "But the nature of an open internet is that you have agency and you can make some choices yourself, taking back the power for yourself, rather than demanding that others make them for you." www.techdirt.com/2025/06/03/s...

Musk's stint in govt is a cautionary tale about assuming expertise in one domain automatically qualifies someone - or yourself - to lead in another. In my latest, I write about how this collision of different expertise is coming for every industry. anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-expert...

The Trust & Safety Professional Association is doing a t-shirt design contest for TrustCon and I'm thinking of submitting a panic responsibly design for it. But I need your help! I love the retro look, but curious which of these designs people like the most as I can only submit one.

Last week, I launched Season 4 of my Anchor Change podcast. I edit it all myself and AI helps me to do most of it. I thought others might find my flow helpful, so my latest newsletter is about how I edited my entire first podcast episode using AI. anchorchange.substack.com/p/podcasting...

OpenAI Global Affairs answered five questions for me this week about why they started their Substack in my weekly What I’m Reading newsletter. anchorchange.substack.com/p/what-im-re...

🎙️ New podcast episode with Christina Wallace on embracing a Portfolio Life! Learn how to diversify your skills, manage your time, and build resilience. Listen now: open.substack.com/pub/anchorch... #PortfolioLife #CareerAdvice

Every generation is transitioning. Some are passing the torch. Others are figuring out what to do with it. In this week’s essay, I explore what 2025 and 2029 might hold for each generation, from legacy and reinvention to uncertainty and hope. anchorchange.substack.com/p/who-well-b...

🚨 Anchor Change Podcast returns May 29! 🚨 Streaming on Substack, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts, we’ll dive into meaningful pivots in tech, politics, and life. Subscribe today so you don’t miss an episode! anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-podcas...

If a podcast is now on YouTube, is it still a podcast? If Facebook isn’t for friends anymore, what is it? If a journalist is publishing on Substack, are they still “the media”? New piece on identity in flux—yours, mine, the internet’s. anchorchange.substack.com/p/the-intern...

Starting to get some questions about this Axios piece about Meta starting to remove some political ads from its library. I haven’t worked there for 4 years but was there when we created the 7 year rule. www.axios.com/2025/05/20/m...

I'm dead. ☠️ I asked ChatGPT's snarky model called Monday to pitch my Substack in one ridiculous, intriguing, or slightly unhinged sentence. This is what it gave me: "Imagine if C-SPAN took shrooms, read the Trust & Safety guidelines, and started a Substack." anchorchange.substack.com

Hi 👋 I’m Katie. Wisconsinite in DC bridging tech and political worlds. Fmr Facebook exec here to explain all things tech and politics. And how to use AI, build a business and panic responsibly. Excited to share what I’m working on. anchorchange.substack.com/p/from-the-d...

Chronicle of Philanthropy estimates at least 14,000 non-profit jobs have disappeared since Inauguration Day www.philanthropy.com/article/10-0...

Last week, I was in Silicon Valley, and a few things stood out: In DC, there’s a sense that Silicon Valley has fully infiltrated the capital, from the White House to Congress. In SF, DC was barely a blip. For many, it’s still an afterthought. 1/2

🧠✨ AI has become my creative superpower. Four ways I'm using it: 1️⃣ Generating images with increasingly specific prompts 2️⃣ Getting expert photo styling advice 3️⃣ Breaking through writer's block with AI interviews 4️⃣ Capturing meditation visualizations as tangible art

The White House just released the 10k public comments it received on the AI action plan www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Nearly every day, I get questions from people on how to use AI. I’ve long wanted to start a how to series on my newsletter and today I’m kicking that off with the first of many posts on using generative artificial intelligence (GAI). 1/3 anchorchange.substack.com/p/embracing-...

Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom says content moderation isn't "rocket science" at the Meta FTC trial. Someone should remind him of @mmasnick.bsky.social's content moderation learning curve. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

While predicting the future with precision feels impossible the tech industry and the White House are laying out their roadmaps. I write about the themes I’m seeing on energy, copyright, jobs, information and ethical guardrails. open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...

I had the privilege of being a keynote speaker for NewsWhip's publisher conference, where I continued to advocate for people to panic responsibly, separate the signal from the noise, and identify the opportunities that come with change. P.S. Get your merch at panicresponsibly.com

This week celebrates my four year anniversary of starting Anchor Change, and I'm reflecting on the journey from the RNC to Facebook to entrepreneurship.

Am I cheating if AI helps me write? 🤔 I use ChatGPT & Claude every day—for brainstorming, writing, even editing images. But what do I owe you as a reader? This week’s newsletter shares my new ethics & transparency statement. anchorchange.substack.com/p/am-i-cheat...

We’ve got an election in Canada! They’ll go to the polls April 28. Australia won’t be too far behind them. It hasn’t officially been called but needs to happen by May 17. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/w...

I worked with Sarah Wynn Williams at Facebook/Meta. While her book Careless People contains kernels of truth, it is riddled with factual inaccuracies, exaggerations, and omissions including things she writes about myself and my team’s work on elections (though we are never directly named.)

I just looked at my Insta and TikTok stats and realized my intern was right when he asked me to do a video a certain way. I hate it when this happens. Now I get why all creators keep doing it.

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. Congratulations to @hannahfurfaro.bsky.social, @laurenfrohne.bsky.social & Ivy Ceballo (@seattletimes.com), for their work on the devastation fentanyl has wrought on young people in Washington state.