This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss three years of 404 Media.

JASON: Tomorrow is the third anniversary of the launch of 404 Media. If you haven’t been paying attention to us yammering on about this on the podcast and in our emails, you can celebrate with us at our party in New York in a few weeks.

Anniversaries are a good time to take stock of things, but they always seem to sneak up on us. I don’t think we’ll have much of a public post this year on the actual anniversary, but maybe some public celebrating closer to the party and panel we’re throwing.

First off, if you’re reading this, thank you for your support and for being a subscriber. We could not be doing this without you. Starting 404 Media has changed all of our lives; we’ve said it a million times at this point, but it was not clear when we started this that it would actually work. Three years in, it is extremely working, and we are very proud of the work we’ve done, what we’ve built, and the impact our journalism has had. These are going to be disorganized, off the dome thoughts, but a few things: