Archives: 2026

Tamar Wilner and Seth C. LewisMarch 12, 2026
When left-leaning journalists produce right-leaning stories
Plus new research on: Local newspapers’ pitches for financial support, what makes for a good news interview, and Meta’s fact-checking efforts
Hanaa' TameezMarch 11, 2026
With Newpress, Iz and Johnny Harris incubate video journalism for the creator era
A creator couple launched a wildly successful YouTube channel with longform video. Now they want to help other journalists do the same.
Laura Hazard OwenMarch 11, 2026
A new report looks at 559 funding proposals to determine local journalism’s biggest problems
Neel DhaneshaMarch 10, 2026
The creator of Wordle is back with a new game about cryptic crosswords
A side-by-side image of a gas plant through thermal imaging, which makes smokestacks look a reddish-purple with orange flames coming out of the top, and a regular image of grey smokestacks.
Andrew Deck and Neel DhaneshaMarch 10, 2026
As AI data centers scale, investigating their impact becomes its own beat
Three journalists shed new light on the windowless warehouses powering a tech revolution.
Laura Hazard OwenMarch 9, 2026
A lot of journalism folks are offering editing advice as Grammarly’s AI “experts”
Grammarly’s AI-powered “Expert Review” promises “writing feedback by subject-matter experts,” and if you write about journalism, there’s a good chance that includes you.
Sanam MahooziMarch 9, 2026
Iran’s divided media landscape makes getting information during wartime even harder
Whether working for reformist newspapers inside Iran, international news organizations abroad or diaspora media outlets, journalists covering the country face extraordinary pressures.
Sophie CulpepperMarch 5, 2026
With Washington Post Local diminished, other news sites step up their D.C. coverage
The 51st, City Cast, and The Baltimore Banner are among the outlets to announce expansions of Washington, D.C. metro area coverage since the Post layoffs.
Richard TofelMarch 5, 2026
It’s time for local news funders to pick winners, scale up, and force mergers, a new report argues
“I don’t think we’re in a stage, any longer, of innovation. It really is a challenge of what are the scaling solutions.”
Andrew DeckMarch 4, 2026
Traffic to top tech publications has plummeted since 2024, new analysis shows
Andrew DeckMarch 4, 2026
AI-powered search is fueling a wave of Epstein Files transparency projects
Newsrooms have long used AI to sift through document dumps. Now that same tech is being used to build search tools for readers.
Neel DhaneshaMarch 3, 2026
X will demonetize users who post AI-generated videos of war (but not other kinds of disinformation)
Ken DoctorMarch 3, 2026
Newsonomics: Will national news shrink even faster than local news did?
“The sweep of changes we see has one main cause: the political effort to stifle robust national journalism.”
Sarah ScireMarch 2, 2026
New York Times runs in-house ad asking listeners to “support any news organization dedicated to original reporting”
Neel DhaneshaMarch 2, 2026
“Podcast” meant nothing and everything at On Air Fest
“Social media is turning into TV, but TV is turning into radio.”
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