Happy New Years!
Happy New Year from The Varrock Street Journal!
As we close the chapter on another year, we want to take a moment to thank every one of you for being a part of our community. Your curiosity, engagement, and passion inspire us to continue bringing you thought-provoking insights and fascinating discoveries.
We thought it would be fun to take a brief moment and ask some of our team what their favorite article was from this past year, just in case you missed it.
The head honcho himself says his favorite article from this past year was the discussion of adult illiteracy in the United States. “I liked it because it felt like quality journalism that supported the article and made a very real issue that I was unaware of feel incredibly real. It was not abstract and made a very real issue that connected me with people struggling with illiteracy. I’d only seen ‘facts’ on illiteracy, and the article and video supplementation allowed me to understand those facts in reality.” Read full article here.
Our lead book reporter recollects reading about “Zinc and the Spark of Life.” Her favorite part of the article was the various bullet points and additions in the article that helped someone who is not an expert in the field digest the information as well as visualize what the article was discussing. Read full article here.
And finally, our chief science, medicine, and healthcare writer brings up the book report “The Hidden Cost of Pointless Work.” This is because this was one of the “breakthrough articles” where our team started to integrate various components into the newsletter to bring it more to life and allow readers to consume information in their preferred method—reading, podcast, video—and take a deeper dive if they would like on their own accord. Read full article here.
Last but not least, remember to subscribe to us on TikTok and Instagram, where our chief video editor has been going above and beyond to spread our name and share the work we love to provide for all of you! Here is a clip of her work if you haven’t seen it yet:
Here’s to a New Year filled with growth, learning, and opportunities! May 2025 bring you success, happiness, and plenty of exciting moments to look forward to.
Cheers to a fantastic year ahead!
