Archives: 2026

A new study finds that the same motivated reasoning and partisan instincts that make people see bias in mainstream news also shape how they perceive “fake news.”
Two big newspapers are leveraging mobile payments to offer day passes and access to articles for small prices. Is it working?
The app retrieves and visualizes polling data from The Economist’s Trump approval rating tracker.
What can behavioral economics add to the story of news decline?
That the airwaves should be defined by more than a quest for profit was once a bipartisan view.
Close up of the Internet Archive servers
McClatchy, Advance Local, Tribune Publishing and other major newspaper chains are restricting the nonprofit’s archiving bots.
Is he buying The Hundred and leaving Vaulter behind?
“We’ve been describing it as tech journalism for humans who like fun.”
The Local News Research Hub aims to make academic research more accessible to audiences including policymakers, funders, and journalists.
“This is not just another technology-enabled stage in a story of media progress. What we’re witnessing is the wholesale shift from one information ecosystem to another.”