Archives: 2026

Angie Drobnic Holan speaking at GlobalFact 2026 in Vilnius Lithuania
Andrew DeckJune 30, 2026
Fact-checkers reckon with shrinking budgets and growing AI threats at GlobalFact 2026
Hundreds gathered in Lithuania to discuss Russian influence operations, “LLM poisoning,” and how to survive a funding crisis.
Hanaa' TameezJune 30, 2026
What short news videos reveal about the Messi–Ronaldo debate — and news distribution today
“People don’t choose to have their media diet and their football allegiances bundled together. The feed does that for them.”
Cherry blossoms frame the Washington Monument.
Neel DhaneshaJune 29, 2026
Capital Weather is dropping the “Gang” and going independent
The cult-favorite DC weather blog left the Washington Post to expand its offerings — and possibly its reach.
Andrew DeckJune 25, 2026
Beehiiv’s new Cloudflare partnership gives indie journalists a new level of control over AI crawlers
YouTube logo pile hazy
Craig RobertsonJune 25, 2026
The demand for news video is growing (and that’s a good thing for publishers)
The popularity of news videos on third-party social media platforms doesn’t have to be a “doom and gloom” story for the news industry.
Steve NowottnyJune 25, 2026
Full Fact is battling AI-generated elections content with AI tools of its own
AI imagery is no longer a hypothetical factor, but at the same time, we’ve been able to use AI in new ways ourselves to confront the challenge.
Hanaa' TameezJune 24, 2026
Overwhelmed by news on social? SaySo is betting a smaller, vetted creator feed is the answer
The vertical video news app promises creator-led “news on your terms.”
Joshua BentonJune 23, 2026
The British government wants to force more trustworthy news into your doomscrolling
Amy Ross ArguedasJune 23, 2026
The use of AI chatbots for news is on the rise — but not everywhere
Countries where people already rely more heavily on search engines, social and video networks, and aggregators for news also tend to have higher levels of AI chatbot use for news.
Sophie CulpepperJune 22, 2026
The Boston Globe published a full-page ad thanking the Tartan Army for “the laughter, the bagpipes, and the memories”
Sophie CulpepperJune 22, 2026
Book reviews are an endangered species. So this independent bookstore decided to start publishing its own.
“We’re not just going to complain about it!”
Laura Hazard OwenJune 17, 2026
States with less local news have higher rates of loneliness
Mark Coddington and Tamar WilnerJune 17, 2026
How should news organizations label their AI use for audiences? New studies suggest some answers
Plus: How TikTok users gauge credibility, and good news about the viability of a shift away from commercial journalism.
Neel DhaneshaJune 16, 2026
Substack is launching a sponsorship program
Nieman Lab StaffJune 15, 2026
News sites are the new newspapers: People are abandoning them for social media
Facebook for news is on the rebound, impartial news isn’t dead, and other findings from RISJ’s 2026 Digital News Report
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