Archives: 2026

Sophie CulpepperMarch 26, 2026

News Diaries: How a Minnesota mom and minister “blew past” her screen time limits when ICE came to her city

How Instagram, public radio, Signal, WhatsApp, the local paper of record, and local TV do — and don’t — fit into one Minneapolis resident’s daily news habits.

Neel DhaneshaMarch 25, 2026

The BBC’s new director general is former Google executive Matt Brittin

Bill AdairMarch 25, 2026

“I was surprised how upset some people got”: A conversation with the creator of TomWikiAssist, the bot that edited Wikipedia

“It’s almost like people were really quite disoriented and terrified by it. And to some extent I get it and I’m trying to empathize with how they’re feeling.”

Hanaa' TameezMarch 24, 2026

Young people want their news to be more fun, a new report says

The ProPublica Guild practices picketing before their vote to authorize a strike.

Andrew DeckMarch 24, 2026

ProPublica’s union authorizes the first U.S. newsroom strike over AI protections

The Guild has voted to walk off the job if ProPublica doesn’t agree to a ban on AI-related layoffs, as well as “just cause” for firings, seniority provisions during layoffs, and wage increases.

Hanaa' TameezMarch 23, 2026

Colombian college student Gabriela Alonso Jaramillo explains her country’s politics to the apolitical

A 23-year-old political science major wants to run for Congress one day. But first, she wants people to know how Colombia’s government works.

Joshua BentonMarch 23, 2026

Grammarly’s CEO defends putting AI editorial suggestions into the voices of real writers (while noting it didn’t work very well)

“Sure. How much do you think you should pay me to use my name?”

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 19, 2026

What keeps journalists up at night? Funding, disinformation, and “unchecked” AI

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 19, 2026

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok are all bad at crediting news outlets, but ChatGPT is the worst (at least in this study)

“ChatGPT, one of the most widely used models, covered distinctive content in 54% of responses but almost never credited the originating newsroom.”

RISJ AI and the future of news header

Andrew DeckMarch 18, 2026

“We’re not going to do a chatbot anytime soon”: Notes on RISJ’s AI and the Future of News symposium

The Oxford conference tackled topics like live fact-checking, AI-powered tag pages, and computer vision–based investigations.

Laura Hazard OwenMarch 18, 2026

AI sources like ChatGPT account for less than 1% of publishers’ pageviews, Chartbeat says

Sarah ScireMarch 17, 2026

Four things about Yahoo News that may surprise you

Yahoo News is consistently one of the most popular news sites in the country.

Sophie CulpepperMarch 17, 2026

NOTUS plans to rebrand and build “the next great Washington newsroom”

Sophie CulpepperMarch 16, 2026

Reluctantly learning from my boyfriend’s favorite news creator

At “an evening of magic, rap battles, and a SECRET documentary screening,” would I discover the future of news?

Sarah ScireMarch 12, 2026

Journalist Julia Angwin files class action lawsuit over Grammarly’s AI “sloppelgangers”

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