Hesitation Media with Brian Nuckols
Journalism’s Rehabilitation Program
We investigate what power wants forgotten.
In an era of collapsed institutional trust, Hesitation Media operates in the gap between mainstream dismissal and conspiracy theory—where real corruption hides in plain sight. We show up after the news cycle leaves, recover memory holes, investigate cold cases, and explore what actually happened.
With receipts you can verify yourself.
What We Do
We practice journalism for people who don’t trust journalism anymore. Using slow journalism techniques, open-source intelligence, and empathic reporting, we:
Investigate the dismissed - Taking “conspiracy theories” seriously enough to fact-check them properly
Recover memory holes - Systematic investigation of disappeared stories and narrative changes
Bridge the divide - Connecting skeptics who know something’s wrong with researchers who need proof
Show our work - Radical transparency with sources, methods, and failures
Every investigation waits minimum 72 hours. Most wait months. Because truth lives in the pause.
What You’ll Find Here
Quarterly Deep Investigations: 15,000+ word investigations with full documentation, evidence appendix, and source materials
Memory Hole Mondays: Weekly recovery of deliberately forgotten stories
Parapolitics Analysis: The space between “official story” and “wild theory” where corruption actually operates
Cold Case Quarterly: What really happened after everyone moved on
Community Intelligence: Readers become researchers, contributing leads and verification
About Brian Nuckols
I’m an investigative journalist with bylines at Seattle Times, Public Source, Pirate Wires, and Jacobin. My work focuses on the intersection of power, memory, and narrative control: from housing policy corruption to national security overreach.
I founded Hesitation Media because I saw the trust crisis in journalism and realized we needed something different: patient investigation that admits what it doesn’t know, shows how it finds out, and includes the people who’ve been lied to.
My approach combines the underground access of gonzo journalism with the forensic rigor of open-source intelligence and the human understanding of empathic reporting.
Join the Rehabilitation
If you’re tired of choosing between “trust the experts” and “do your own research,” welcome to the third option: collaborative investigation with radical transparency.
We don’t tell you what to think. We show you what we found, how we found it, and let you verify it yourself.
Subscribe now and join the investigation!
