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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.

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The end of the trial period is a welcome change by food writers who have been worried about losing website traffic and in turn, advertising revenue, if the feature became permanent.
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Reactions within the Post’s newsroom has been wide-ranging, and journalists are worried about giving up control of a story — but Futures editor Zachary Goldfarb hopes the initiative will build trust by breaking down the walls between sources, readers, and reporters.
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RT @niemanfdn: We’re pleased to welcome Samantha Henry as the new editor of @NiemanReports. She says: “I am honored to continue Nieman Repo….
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RT @decka227: Law360 is requiring all stories pass through an AI "bias indicator" before publication. The policy came after an executive….
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A new policy at Law360, the legal news service owned by LexisNexis, requires that every story pass through an AI-powered “bias” detection tool before publication.
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Consider this a proof-of-concept of how a publisher could decide to connect its work to AI interfaces — its own or someone else’s.
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On Tuesday, Cloudflare became the first major internet infrastructure company to block AI scraping by default. The shift from an “opt-out” model to an “opt-in” model means AI companies need to receive explicit permission from a website serviced by Cloudflare before scraping.
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RT @jbenton: New by me —>. I made a tool that lets your favorite AI models talk with, search, and analyze the full-text archives of @thegua….
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Are journalists projecting their own opinions onto the public?
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Google kills the fact-checking snippet
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Nonprofit news executives share tips on handling the tough times
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You’re more likely to pay for news if you’re rich, old, and/or white
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A new report documents “the surprising breadth of student reporting in public media”
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Sophiana wants to turn your semicolon-laden story into something your nephew won't swipe past.
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AI-personalized news takes new forms (but do readers want them?)
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"The Economist’s desktop usage has been relatively flat; most growth is coming from the app. The app had more than 270 million active visits for the year ending in March 2025, up from 239 million the previous year."
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The BBC is introducing a paywall in the U.S.
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It’s the first time the broadcaster will directly charge for its journalism anywhere in the world.
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RT @decka227: "It is critical to not let journalism be chewed up and spit out by technologies yet again.". A year into its OpenAI litigatio….
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Today, The Economist’s new app design launched. Daily news and vertical videos are featured on weekdays, and longform and opinion writers are promoted on weekends.
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