What We Do
We publish a broad mix of stories, from news reports and celebrity coverage to practical health and home pieces and the viral moments people are talking about. Across every topic, our goal is the same: give readers the facts, add useful context, and present a range of perspectives and experiences.
Our Mission
- Inform. Deliver timely, relevant stories that help readers understand what is happening and why it matters.
- Engage. Spark curiosity, empathy, and conversation with stories worth reading to the end.
- Amplify. Make room for voices that are often overlooked, especially the struggles and triumphs of everyday people.
- Connect. Show the common threads that run through human experience.
Why Tbdig
The name says it: we dig. We look past the surface of the headline to find the details, context, and human side of a story. That means publishing work that is meaningful, honest, and sometimes challenging, and treating every subject, whether tragic or uplifting, with care.
Who We Are
Tbdig is run by a small, dedicated team of writers, editors, and content curators who care about storytelling. We hold ourselves to standards of clarity, relevance, and integrity in everything we publish, and we value diverse perspectives and honest discussion.
Meet Our Writers
To protect their privacy, our writers publish under pen names. Every name below is a pen name.
Marisol spent six years chasing red carpets for a midsize entertainment paper and got tired of the same five questions, so now she writes about what fame does to people when the lights are off. She has a soft spot for the kids of famous parents and the older stars doing quiet, interesting work. Lives in Glendale with two rescue cats and an unhealthy collection of vintage movie posters. You'll know a Marisol piece because she always finds the one quote that makes the whole story human.
Theo is the guy who will spend 45 minutes arguing about what you see in an optical illusion and then write 800 words about it. Former social media manager who figured out that people share things that make them feel clever, so that's what he writes: ring quizzes, hidden pictures, the works. Drinks too much coffee, apologizes for it, then writes another quiz. His rule is simple: if it doesn't make you text it to someone, it doesn't get published.
Priya got into health writing after watching her mom fall down a rabbit hole of miracle-cure Facebook posts. She reads the actual studies so you don't have to, and she'll tell you straight when the evidence is thin. Not a doctor, doesn't pretend to be one. Her beat is the everyday stuff: bananas, vitamins, the symptoms people Google at 2am. If she doesn't know, she says so, which is rarer than it should be in this lane.
June has lived in the same farmhouse for 31 years and has seen every weird thing a house can do. She writes the "what is this thing and why is it in my house" beat from genuine curiosity, not a content calendar. Her readers send her photos of strange objects and she genuinely loves figuring them out. Makes her own jam. Her pieces read like a smart neighbor leaning over the fence, not a manual.
Ellis did the general assignment grind at a small daily for a decade, which means he can cover a hailstorm, a weird animal sighting, and a relationship trend in the same afternoon and make all three worth reading. He likes stories with a person in them, not just facts. Keeps a running list of the strangest things readers have found in their yards. Dry sense of humor, sneaks it into the copy when the desk isn't looking.
Harlan reads the actual filings, the full statements, the boring documents nobody else opens, and then writes what they say in plain English. He's covered politics through three administrations and has the same rule for all of them: report what happened, say what's confirmed, and don't guess at what's next. Readers across the spectrum argue with him in the comments, which he takes as a compliment. Believes the news should be boring enough to trust.
OMOdette Marsh
Trending & FeaturesPen name
Odette is the one who sees a headline about an unusual wildlife report at 7am and has 900 words on it by lunch. She's a generalist in the best sense: endlessly curious, fast, and allergic to dull writing. Her beat is whatever is strange, trending, or both. Collects odd news clippings like other people collect stamps. If a story made her say "wait, really?" out loud, it ends up on the site.