Welcome to The Lighthouse Washington Heights

📰 What this is: An informal weekly newsletter about Washington Heights, with a focus on the neighborhood north of 178th Street.

❌ What it’s not: A comprehensive bilingual news source covering everything in our neighborhood. I wish it were! But right now it’s a little startup experiment, and I am one person with a day job. 

✏️ Who I am: My name is Michael, and I’ve lived in the neighborhood since 2018. I’ve worked as a reporter and magazine editor for more than a decade, and my work has been published by The Atlantic, NPR, Politico, The Washington Post, and many other outlets. 

🚨
Have a story idea? I want to hear about it! Send me an email here, message me on Signal at Schulson.17, or reach me on Whatsapp at 646-279-6952.

⚖️ Ethics: I follow the Society of Professional Journalists code of ethics. Among other things, that means:

  • I work hard to verify facts before publishing them. 
  • I’m not a member of any political party or organization, and nobody pays me to write about them in a certain way. 
  • If I get a fact wrong in a story, I’ll correct it, and I’ll publicly acknowledge that I made a mistake. 

💰 Donations and Advertising: If you’re eager to help out or to advertise, please get in touch.