8 hours ago · Everything changed for Marisa Kabas on January 27. The Brooklyn-based independent journalist broke a major White House story through her newsletter The Handbasket. She published the scoop on a memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget that ordered federal agencies to pause some federal grants and loans.

3 days ago · Marisa Kabas’ scoop this past week was a key moment for a growing cadre of journalists who work independently to gather and analyze news and market themselves as brands. Many are refugees from legacy outlets while others are scrappy newcomers like Kabas, who found traditional career paths unappealing or out of reach. ...

14 hours ago · Marisa Kabas, an independent journalist based in New York, has recently emerged as a leading voice in holding power to account: since Trump took office, she has broken two major stories that sent ripples across the media landscape. Two days into the new administration, she exposed a directive from the Trump administration suspending all travel ...

3 days ago · Marisa Kabas’ scoop this past week was a key moment for a growing cadre of journalists who work independently to gather and analyze news and market themselves as brands. Many are refugees from ...

3 days ago · Marisa Kabas’ scoop this past week was a key moment for a growing cadre of journalists who work independently to gather and analyze news and market themselves as brands. Many are refugees from ...

Oct 24, 2023 · I’m Marisa Kabas, a Brooklyn-based independent writer and reporter. After watching the journalism infrastructure crumble over the last decade, I decided that I needed to have a place where I could share my work and thoughts no matter what.

I'm a New York-based journalist and activist. By day, I work as an Editorial Campaigns Director at Purpose, and on the side I continue my career as a writer. My work has appeared on NBC Think, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Glamour. I was a sex & life reporter and editor at Fusion, and before that, a lifestyle staff writer the Daily Dot.

I’m Marisa Kabas, a Brooklyn-based independent writer and reporter. After watching the journalism infrastructure crumble over the last decade, I decided that I needed to have a place where I could share my work and thoughts no matter what. Thus, The Handbasket was born.

Click to read LEFT SUBSTACK—FIND ME AT WWW.THEHANDBASKET.CO, by Marisa Kabas, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. The Handbasket is 100% independent journalism by writer and reporter Marisa Kabas.