What is The Postrider?

The Postrider is a self-funded general interest website that covers politics and pop culture through a pragmatic and incremental approach. We’ve made our mark with content that eschews the easy eye-grabbing headlines that you see across even the most reputable outlets in the world and we actively opt to calibrate readers’ expectations against easy and unrealistic takes. Though it doesn’t sound exciting, it is exactly this kind of bottom-up narrative approach that make our election forecasts consistently beat out the models of heavy-hitters like FiveThirtyEight and The Economist and helped us build a reputation for responsible and down-to-earth analysis.

That in mind, you’ll find all kinds of content from our talented and knowledgeable staff and contributors, ranging from election forecasts, album reviews, film critiques, and podcasts for all of the above. Hopefully some of that piques your interest.

Who is The Postrider?

Scroll down below to learn about our editors and co-founders. But most importantly know that you can be The Postrider as well! We’re open to submissions from anybody and everybody who has something interesting to say in an interesting way. Unfortunately, this is a volunteer effort, so we cannot pay contributors (yet). But if you’d like to write something for us and have it posted for the world to see, drop us a line at contact@thepostrider.com.

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The Team

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Why is The Postrider?

We were founded by a group of journalism-adjacent American University alumni with the aim of providing informative, insightful, and entertaining commentary on pop culture, politics, history, and current events. We rely on a mix of traditional journalistic practices and new media experience to create and sponsor pieces, podcasts, and other content for a range of audiences that drive home our pragmatic approach to the topics we’re passionate about. You can read about our editorial standards to see what we hold ourselves to and how we strive to deliver content that is accurate, fair, and well-reported. The Postrider is enthusiastic about launching a new generation of coverage for music, politics, and more while working with passionate creators across a range of mediums and interests.

And we’re called The Postrider because, if you really care about something, if you’re really enthusiastic about it, you don’t want to talk about it at a tweet or text length. You want a nice, long, considerate write up — the kind you might find in a letter. So let our website act as a courier for that kind of thoughtful writing and modern content with a healthy respect for journalistic tradition. Thanks to advances in modern technology, we won’t have to ride a big ol’ horse across miles of dusty desert to do so. Instead, we can serve up our work from the comfort of our own homes, straight into the comfort of your own home.

It’s not quite as impressive as riding for the Pony Express, but we hope you appreciate the hard work and enthusiasm that goes into The Postrider. Happy reading, everyone.

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