Archives: 2026

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.
Neel DhaneshaMay 4, 2026
Newsletters, live coverage, a one-time magazine: The World Cup is becoming a testbed for journalism experiments
“It’s one of those huge, gigantic things that sort of go beyond sports. It’s like a life-measurement mechanism.”
Neel DhaneshaMay 4, 2026
People are stressed out by most news that isn’t local news, according to a new study
Laura Hazard OwenApril 29, 2026
More scoops, less aggregation and analysis: How Casey Newton is revamping his newsletter to compete with AI
“‘What kinds of editorial businesses can only be built around a human being?’ feels like it is going to become a more and more important question.”
Gretel KahnApril 28, 2026
“Like nailing Jell-O to a wall”: Why unions are struggling to protect journalists’ rights in the age of AI
Union leaders in the U.S., Greece, and the Philippines discuss how they are grappling with the dilemmas posed by an ever-evolving technology.
Illegal open mining pit in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest
Andrew DeckApril 27, 2026
Geospatial AI is reinventing the rainforest beat
Environmental journalists are pairing satellite imagery and machine learning to expose illegal mining across the Amazon.
Andrew DeckApril 15, 2026
Journalists champion Wayback Machine after news publishers limit article archiving
Neel DhaneshaApril 15, 2026
Prediction markets are breaking the news and becoming their own beat
“I wake up every day and I’m like, this is the world. I’m still in the fever dream.”
Sophie CulpepperApril 14, 2026
The Baltimore Banner’s parent nonprofit acquires the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The acquisition, which will take effect May 4, is the latest example of a metro daily transforming into a nonprofit to survive.
Laura Hazard OwenApril 14, 2026
Social traffic kinda stinks for news publishers now, in 3 charts
Globally, Chartbeat clients’ traffic from Twitter has fallen by 70% since 2022, when Elon Musk acquired the platform.
Hanaa' TameezApril 13, 2026
Independent journalists are mission-driven, but financially strained, a new report says
“Journalism isn’t immune to the larger trend of the gig-ification of labor.”
Laura Hazard OwenApril 13, 2026
BREAKING: These are the kinds of news tweets that perform best
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