Nieman Lab·2026-06-02

How a veteran video games journalist went solo and built a sustainable business

I always enjoy reading Creator Spotlight , a twice-weekly newsletter about the creator business. (Though man, I still wish we d settled on some other term.) Led by Francis Zierer , it features lengthy interviews with creators of all sorts, some of them journalists . Today s interview is worth a look. It s with Stephen Totilo , a long-time video games journalist who is two years into running his ow

I always enjoy reading Creator Spotlight , a twice-weekly newsletter about the creator business. (Though man, I still wish we d settled on some other term.) Led by Francis Zierer , it features lengthy interviews with creators of all sorts, some of them journalists . Today s interview is worth a look. It s with Stephen Totilo , a long-time video games journalist who is two years into running his ow

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