Interview

January 31, 2022

Three years of Sifted: Our writers pick their favourite stories

Happy birthday to us! For our third birthday, our crack team of writers and editors have picked their favourite stories from the last three years


Sifted

16 min read

Kai striking a pose

We launched the first version of Sifted’s website three years ago today. We had five journalists, plenty of big ideas and about 1,000 newsletter subscribers.

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Isabel (left) at the UK Tech Awards 2021, where she was nominated for tech journalist of the year
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