Every day, a staggering amount of fantastic journalism is published. But where do you go to find it?

Often fantastic journalism gets exposure — whether in some community relevant to the topic or newsletter or by simply going viral. If it’s on Medium, it will climb to the top and get traffic here.

But there just isn’t a single place to go if you want to read the best journalism across the entire web, every day.

I probably shouldn’t go any further without explaining what I’m talking about when I say “fantastic journalism.” It’s nebulous, but:

It might be the 38,000 word article in Bloomberg about code, or the first-hand account on Medium of a Rwandan refugee coming to the States. It could be John Oliver’s latest hard-hitting rant or Eater’s beautiful interactive timeline of 24 hours at a restaurant. It might be a touching piece in Outside Magazine about childhood in the swamplands, or a year-long investigation into the Silk Road saga.

It’s probably not breaking news and it’s probably not the usual sensational viral content. It could be video or a photo essay or just text. It doesn’t have to be long-form or investigative or in a top publication — it just needs to be awesome storytelling.

Every day stories like this are published on small and large websites around the world. I want to make it easier for people (like me!) who love great storytelling to find them.

So, three months ago, I created a newsletter that features one great story each day — and it quickly grew to thousands of subscribers and many vocal fans:

Every day, people were submitting stories to be featured. Also, people were sending back comments and I found myself having interesting conversations about the stories I’d featured.

So, I decided to let the community decide which stories are best, and to open up the discussion so it’s not just one-off email conversations, but anyone can get involved.

Here’s what it looks like:

It’s pretty straightforward — anyone can submit a story, join the discussion, and upvote great content.

Now, those early subscribers are jumping in to help curate and discuss great stories.

Just 10 days in, we’ve already seen beautiful things happen — like when Clemantine Wamariya joined the discussion around her own story:

So, that’s what it is. Probably not very technologically innovative, not too fancy, not the next Snapchat. Just a humble community of people who care about great storytelling. If that describes you, I invite you to join us.

I don’t really know what the ambitions of this project are yet, but if it can do these three things in some small way, I’ll be thrilled:

Level the playing field and help great stories find larger audiences — regardless of where they are published

Help engaged readers sift through the sea of listicles to find deep storytelling

Create a better forum for readers and writers to learn from one another

I’ll write later about the ways I think we can grow this community into something that breaks down barriers and democratizes journalism. But in the meantime, there are those of us who crave deeper storytelling, and talented people out there are creating it — I’m just hoping to help connect those dots.

If we succeed in sending more eyeballs to the best journalism each day, we’ll succeed in helping more great journalism happen.

So.

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Want to be a part of the community? Create an account, join the discussion, upvote great stories and submit your favorite things to read.