Journalism: Hard To Pick A Fight With "Bright" (But Someone Will Anyway)

There's a pretty new education site launched today, called Bright, the creation of the folks at Medium (a newish platform created by some Twitter alumni) plus the Gates Foundation and the New Venture Fund.  

 

It's being edited by Sarika Bansal, who has also worked on the Gates-funded Solutions Journalism network.

 

In her Welcome to the Bright Side explainer, she writes "Our stories will be vibrant — both literally and figuratively... We love creative storytelling. And we hate jargon."

 

So far there are just a few articles:

 

How Pinterest Is Revolutionizing Your Child’s Classroom

 

The Perfect Classroom, According to Science

 

Video Gaming Made Me a History Major

 

“Do You Want to be a Good Leader, or a Bad One?”

 

EdWeek's Mark Walsh compares 'Bright' to Education Post and sounds pretty skeptical about it's ability to change the conversation.  

 

I'd compare it to Edutopia, the Lucas Foundation-funded effort that's been out there for a while, or maybe Good or TakePart. Or maybe even EdWeek's Teacher magazine?