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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
At five, City Cast makes some changes — and reconsiders its markets
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"We no longer begin with the idea that we're a local podcast network, even though that is the most familiar thing to most people.”
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Press freedom red alert: Trump’s White House has discussed which specific CNN hosts Larry Ellison should fire
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We know that CNN Plus didn't work out well. One of the world's richest men is apparently mulling its opposite: CNN Minus. The Guardian's Hugo Lowell is out with a story this morning reporting that...
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As the U.S. starves its public media, Denmark wants to figure out a better way to subsidize private news publishers
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"A foundation can pick winners on the basis of its own values and priorities and support them from private sources. But if the state does the same with public funds, we risk the appearance (or even...
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"Victoria Goldiee” had freelanced for The Cut and The Guardian. After Nicholas Hune-Brown, executive editor of The Local, greenlit her pitch, the red flags started popping up.
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Back in August, the Press Gazette's Charlotte Tobitt reported that Wired and Business Insider had taken down AI-generated articles by a "freelancer" named "Margaux Blanchard." It was a case study of...
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Suncoast Searchlight's reporters told their board their editor-in-chief was secretly using AI tools and adding hallucinated quotes to drafts. The next day, one of those reporters was fired.
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Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
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Last week, Suncoast Searchlight's four reporters wrote a letter to their board. Their editor-in-chief had secretly used ChatGPT and inserted hallucinated quotes into their drafts. The next day, one of those reporters was fired. My latest @niemanlab.
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Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
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A rapidly multiplying number of new media upstarts are entering the fray in Los Angeles — from driven local journalists to national commercial and philanthropic institutions that sense opportunity.
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A well-funded coalition building out neighborhood news, a new newsletter from an expanding for-profit site, and a nonprofit breaking through on social media are just a few examples of the latest bids...
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The partnership makes two new Vox shows exclusively available to Patreon supporters: a Supreme Court-focused series called “The Docket,” which released its first episode Monday, and a solutions-oriented policy series called “What’s Working.” Vox also plans to offer Patreon
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Patreon is best known as a subscription-based platform for individual creators, especially those making podcasts and video content. Now, it counts one of the most prominent digital media companies...
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"This isn’t just apathy; it reflects a broader cultural mood where young people feel paralyzed in the face of a media ecosystem flooded with sensationalism and polarization. When the game feels rigged, why bother playing? Fighting the algorithm can feel as futile as tilting at
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Teaching young people to trace why certain stories trend or how recommendation systems work can build a shared sense of how truth circulates online.
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The broader global trend is unmistakable. The BBC is not unique in this struggle, but because of its scale and cultural importance, the stakes are higher.
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The organization, like many news outlets worldwide, is caught in a bind, accused of bias from both the left and the right — and while in the past this might suggest a fair balance, in today’s climate...
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A “win-win” partnership brings a surge of reporting firepower to hyperlocal news outlets around Boston
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The Boston University Newsroom has published nearly 400 news articles in hyperlocal outlets in and around the city.
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The JSX is a first step toward transparency in the journalism support industry, showing “who is doing what, and for whom."
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Put a finger down if you've ever been in a journalism-related Slack and asked for recommendations or help with something, got a bunch of responses that you sifted through, only to find in the end...
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Pro tip: Organizations with revenue generation staff had median revenue “700% higher than those without.”
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“Having dedicated staff to generate revenue was transformational to an organization’s chances of sustainability.”
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BBC resignations are a symbol of mounting pressure on public broadcasters in the Trump era
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In the current political environment, public broadcasters are high-priority targets for right-wing media and politicians.
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“I know that I was hired to help us diversify our airwaves, help us diversify our audience. But I literally had a news director tell me — I made a pitch — and they literally asked me, ‘Why do white people care?’” https://t.co/xMX3IM8LY2
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After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the...
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The high-profile resignations raise questions about the effectiveness and integrity of the BBC’s internal editorial procedures for investigating complaints, and the pressure being brought to bear on the BBC by conservative political and media forces in the United Kingdom.
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In the current political environment, public broadcasters are high-priority targets for right-wing media and politicians.
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One outlet that had the story right from the start: The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine. The shutting-down Farmer’s Almanac is based in Lewiston. (The Old Farmer’s Almanac is based in New Hampshire and is owned by Yankee Publishing.) https://t.co/T2cMsDsv2d
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"There are TWO. This is not The OLD Farmer's Almanac that has been around since 1792. Everything is fine. Just chill guys"
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"Listeners Like Who?" chronicles a contradiction at the core of public radio: the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its stated goal to reflect and serve all Americans.
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After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the...
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About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
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About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
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A newsletter by and for New Jersey South Asians serves the state’s sprawling Desi communities
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New Jersey has the highest concentration of South Asians in the country. Central Desi delivers a mix of local news, politics, and culture reporting in the Garden State.
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