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We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of @niemanfdn at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
Cambridge, Mass.
Joined August 2008
Why the 2025 election was the “most poorly covered election in modern Canadian history”
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A poll found 70% of Canadians said more local news in their area would have made them better informed about the election.
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It just got easier to make an archival copy of that website you’re digging into
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It's a tough time to be interested in archiving the web — arguably the most transient medium for news since the birth of radio. On Monday, Reddit announced it would begin blocking the Internet...
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“These stations are not just media outlets, they are cultural infrastructure.”
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“These stations are not just media outlets, they are cultural infrastructure.”
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"I was really staggered by the degree of spending that was happening."
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The cryptocurrency and tech newsletter Citation Needed is pay-what-you-want. White currently has about 29,000 subscribers including about 2,400 paid subscribers despite the lack of a paywall.
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“This is a nut that no one else in the country has cracked — how to translate what nonprofit newsrooms are doing for commercial TV.”
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“This is a nut that no one else in the country has cracked — how to translate what nonprofit newsrooms are doing for commercial TV.”
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The hedge fund known for gutting newsrooms has bumped up its offer to buy the paper — but Texas law may be what stands in the way of an acquisition.
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The hedge fund known for gutting newsrooms has bumped up its offer to buy the paper — but Texas law may be what stands in the way of an acquisition.
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In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
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In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
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RT @SarahScire: the great @molly0xFFF has been my crutch to understanding so many of the weird and wild stories coming out of the crypto wo….
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The cryptocurrency and tech newsletter Citation Needed is pay-what-you-want. White currently has about 29,000 subscribers including about 2,400 paid subscribers despite the lack of a paywall.
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Independent journalist Molly White knows how to follow the memecoin
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The cryptocurrency and tech newsletter Citation Needed is pay-what-you-want. White currently has about 29,000 subscribers including about 2,400 paid subscribers despite the lack of a paywall.
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How tribal radio stations are preparing for a future without the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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“These stations are not just media outlets, they are cultural infrastructure.”
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Why the 2025 election was the “most poorly covered election in modern Canadian history”
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A poll found 70% of Canadians said more local news in their area would have made them better informed about the election.
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Politico’s recent AI experiments shouldn’t be subject to newsroom editorial standards, its editors testify
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In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
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Coverage of the 2025 federal election in Canada took major hits due to the erosion of local news and Facebook’s news ban. 70% of Canadian Facebook users say they're still using the platform to get their news, even though there is no news on it.
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A poll found 70% of Canadians said more local news in their area would have made them better informed about the election.
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RT @decka227: In a July arbitration hearing, Politico's top editors testified that two recent AI experiments don't need to meet journalisti….
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In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
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“This is a nut that no one else in the country has cracked — how to translate what nonprofit newsrooms are doing for commercial TV.”
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“This is a nut that no one else in the country has cracked — how to translate what nonprofit newsrooms are doing for commercial TV.”
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Politico has become a testing ground for how AI clauses in union contracts could shape adoption in newsrooms across the U.S.
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In a July arbitration hearing, Politico faced allegations that two generative AI tools violated its union contract.
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Japan’s largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, sues AI startup Perplexity for copyright violations
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The Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest newspaper by circulation, has sued the generative AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement. The lawsuit, filed in Tokyo District Court on August 7, marks...
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Report for America journalists increasingly keep jobs in their host newsrooms, data shows
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A previous version of this article misstated the percentage of Report for America corps members who do not finish the program. It's 14%, not a third. Eight years after Report for America launched,...
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The case that saved the press — and why Trump wants it gone
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The president isn’t just upset about reporting on him that he thinks is unfair. He wants to redefine what counts as libel and make it easier for public officials to sue for damages.
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