Amphibian Media

Journalism built to survive what comes next.

Amphibian Media is an independent journalism and storytelling company founded by Matt Stroud. It grew out of long-form reporting—on policing, power, technology, and public life—at a moment when traditional media institutions were already cracking, and it’s evolved alongside the chaos that followed.

At different times, Amphibian has been a reporting engine, a production company, and a home base for ambitious projects that didn’t fit neatly inside shrinking newsrooms. That work has included major investigative podcasts, reported narrative series, and collaborations with journalists, editors, producers, and artists doing serious work under uncertain conditions. Some of those projects reached wide audiences. Some won awards. Some changed conversations. All of them were built on reporting.

Today, Amphibian focuses primarily on podcasts and narrative audio—projects like Heat List and Absolute—while also supporting newsletters, video, and experimental storytelling. The formats may shift, but the throughline hasn’t: journalism that takes power seriously, resists easy narratives, and treats storytelling as a craft with consequences.

The future of media is unsettled. That’s not a weakness—it’s an opening. Amphibian exists to take advantage of that opening, working flexibly with collaborators who want to report deeply, tell better stories, and build sustainable ways to do the work outside collapsing legacy structures.

Amphibian Media is led by Matt Stroud, investigative reporter, author, and CEO. We’re open to new projects, collaborations, reporting ideas, and conversations about what journalism can look like next.

Get in touch. Let’s talk:
matt AT amphibian DOT media