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Innovation and traction in the news space
The Week of January 7, 2025
NYT. As A.I. Becomes Harder to Detect, Photography Is Having a Renaissance
The Nation. Claud Cockburn’s Legacy of Guerrilla Journalism
The Week of December 31, 2024
Florida-Phoenix. Changes at rural Nebraska newspaper raise subscribers — and hope for the future
AL-Monitor. No longer Assad's mouthpiece, Syrian media face uncertainty
The Week of December 24, 2024
CJR. A New Local News Nonprofit Rises in Tulsa
CJR. From ‘News Deserts’ to ‘Information Oceans’?
The Week of December 17, 2024
Econlib. Some Good News on Newspapers
NYT. 5 Pieces of Good News About the News
GIJN. How They Did It: Feminist Investigators Go Undercover to Expose Abortion Misinformation
RI. Despite sexist attacks, these female journalists have built massive online audiences on their own
RI. These two local newspapers shunned the Internet and focused entirely on print
Medium. On Richard Wald and Columbia Journalism
The Week of December 10, 2024
The Chronicle. A College Partnership Saves a Newspaper, Helps a Rural Community, and Prepares Its Students for the Future
IWMF. Opportunities, Fellowships, Internships, Employment Programs, and More
CJR. Q&A: Stephen G. Bloom on a Breeding Ground for Expat Journalists in Brazil
The Lawrence Times. Lawrence student journalists recognized for fighting district’s use of AI surveillance
AP. The Future of Data Journalism in Local News
AP. Introducing 5 AI Solutions for Local News
Local News Initiative. Local News Landscape
Axios. Ethnic Media Outlets Sprout Up in U.S. ‘News Deserts’
Axios. Minnesota's Oldest Black Newspaper Turns 90
The Guardian. ‘It brings back a sense of belonging’: Bakhmut was destroyed by Russia – but the town lives on through its newspaper
The Walrus. Tech Titans Should Pay to Save Canada’s Newsrooms
The Week of November 19, 2024
Annenberg. No Vacations, No Sleep, but Good Journalism: What It’s Like To Start a Nonprofit Newsroom
Voice of OC. Our Nonprofit Newsroom
Poynter. In New Orleans, a pioneering nonprofit newsroom ponders a future beyond its founder
GIJN.COP: How a Small Nonprofit Newsroom Broke the Oil Deal Pitching Scandal at COP28
Civil Eats. Our Reporting Is Now Free for Everyone
NYT. How a Tiny Chicago News Organization Won 2 Pulitzers
NPR. Local news is in crisis. This paper has a $150 million plan
The Week of October 7, 2024
CalMatters. Sisi Wei recognized as a Freedom of the Press Rising Star in 2024 RCFP awards
TRAC. TRAC Wins Major Court Victory: DOJ to Release Long-Withheld Data
Bloomberg News. Google used influence, ultimatum to cut deal on California news
RSF. RSF (Reporters Without Borders) launches The Propaganda Monitor, an investigative project on the geopolitics of propaganda
WAN-IFRA. Youth News Lab: defining what values will draw NextGen audiences.
Green Bay Press Gazette. Microsoft, community foundations, Packers renew commitment to local journalism in northeastern Wisconsin.
Columbia Journalism Review. A new metric for measuring readership.
Poynter. Report: Trends and traction in journalism; neither Boom nor Doom.
Poynter. The news business is not dying-Poynter Report podcast.
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