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The Hotshot Wakeup
Independent wildland-fire niche media (no clear partisan lean)
The Hotshot Wake Up is a small, independently run newsletter and podcast by former wildland firefighter Tim Casperson. It covers wildfire, firefighter life, and Forest Service issues from a worker's point of view. I found no clear partisan slant, and its coverage of the Trump administration appears to focus on agency policy, such as the Forest Service reorganization, rather than a consistent for-or-against position.
Owned byIndependently owned by its founder and primary host, Tim Casperson, a former wildland firefighter who describes about 12 years in the field. It is published as a Substack newsletter and a podcast.
LeaningIndependent wildland-fire niche media (no clear partisan lean)
On the administrationmostly neutral
5average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun