Archives: 2026

Hanaa' TameezMay 14, 2026
Local stories by nonprofit college media resonated nationally at the start of 2026
Several nonprofit news outlets also saw success with Google Discover, timely service journalism resources, and filling coverage gaps.
Sophie CulpepperMay 14, 2026
When ICE came to Minneapolis, readers turned to The Minnesota Star Tribune’s free live blog
From Minneapolis to Cornell University, local angles on national stories contributed to traffic bumps at local newspapers in the first few months of 2026.
Joshua BentonMay 13, 2026
These for-profit local news sites have become the “papers” of record in their communities
In an increasing number of cities around America, it’s a digital-native startup that residents turn to most for the latest — not a declining newspaper.
A photograph of a ground littered with flowers and placards protesting ICE and mourning the killing of Alex Pretti.
Neel DhaneshaMay 13, 2026
Minnesota — and MPR — kept everyone’s attention at the start of 2026
Nebraska Public Media also saw readership spikes in March, thanks to coverage of record-breaking wildfires. Here’s our regular ranking of the top 25 public radio websites in the United States.
Sarah EbnerMay 12, 2026
“Affiliation, not just access”: Newsrooms try to move beyond membership to a focus on “belonging”
The Texas Tribune, Die Zeit, and Daily Maverick are thinking about richer participation that helps readers not just feel informed, but connected.
Hanaa' TameezMay 12, 2026
The European Union backs Italy’s right to make Meta pay for news
Joshua BentonMay 11, 2026
In Atlanta, the push for digital subscriptions hasn’t taken off as much as hoped
Bill AdairMay 11, 2026
Behind the scenes at Wirecutter for an epic duel of air purifiers
“One thing we’ve never figured out how to do is make a video of an air purifier test because it is so boring. It literally is just a machine sitting alone in a room.”
Gretel KahnMay 11, 2026
Trolling, memes, and deepfakes: How AI is thickening the fog of war
Four experts discuss how AI is reshaping war reporting and the news ecosystem.
Ben Smith and Howard Lutnick at Semafor World Economy 2025
Andrew DeckMay 7, 2026
Semafor’s new AI tool helped boil down its entire flagship conference into nine takeaways
Semafor Intelligence leans on embedding models to distill hundreds of session transcripts into key insights.
Laura Hazard OwenMay 7, 2026
News podcasts are, increasingly, something you watch (but The Daily still works best as audio)
“I think the audience is new, and I think it is bigger.”
Andrew DeckMay 6, 2026
Google highlights links from subscribed publications in new AI Overviews update
Joshua BentonMay 6, 2026
Australia’s building a great system to fund local journalism — but it doesn’t want to use it
Its proposed replacement for the News Media Bargaining Code retains its original sin: pretending that a public policy decision is actually just a little nudge to help the free market.
Sophie CulpepperMay 5, 2026
ProPublica gets a new look built to work across platforms
Hanaa' TameezMay 5, 2026
The Intercept didn’t just publish a story about ICE — it drove it around JFK
The investigative nonprofit turned a digital privacy guide into a real-life stunt, and news creators helped share the message.
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