Definition of independent for the purposes of this question: source is not owned by a for-profit corporation, is not financially backed by any billionaire (either directly or via foundation or nonprofit organization) and is not financed by any national government (even if run without oversight).
It can have any perceived bias or political leaning.
Edit: Just to add it has to be written in English.
Axios and The Intercept don’t fit this description. The Intercept is by billionaire Pierre Omidyar.
Personally, I would exclude Poynter as well: https://lemmy.ml/post/21254456/14262179
My thoughts on developing real media literacy.
I just checked on Axios and it’s owned and ran by the billionaire Cox family.