The Weekly Dig helps you know what’s going on across West Virginia by distilling investigative reporting into something more digestible: a weekly roundup that you can read in under five minutes.

When you subscribe, you’ll get weekly updates from Dragline’s Kyle Vass about his efforts to holding powerful people to account, access to public records, and information about upcoming investigations.

Long form made short

While it usually takes 600 to 1000 words to appropriately tell an investigative story, key findings and real-time updates about what’s happening in West Virginia just don’t need to be that long.

Every week, we’ll bring you up to speed on issues like holding police accountable, debunking misinformation, how governments are spending our money, and how powerful people use their influence to shape our lives.

Accountability first

West Virginia would need hundreds of well-resourced reporters to cover every time a government official or powerful person prioritizes themselves over the benefit of our residents.

When you subscribe to our newsletter, you’ll get stories that are often small enough to fall through the cracks but fit into much larger stories of corruption, abuse, and deceit.

Supporting local journalism

While terms like “mainstream media” and “fake news” are frustrating, they exist for a reason. Over time, local journalism has been absolutely gutted. And, national news syndicates (often owned by conglomerates themselves) gloss over the nuance required to understand what’s going on at a local level.

Dragline stands proudly on the shoulders of dogged West Virginian reporters who’ve dedicated their lives to holding power to account in the Mountain State.

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