Archives: 2026

Andrew DeckOctober 21, 2026
The Wall Street Journal’s new AI tool, “Doppler,” forecasts the issues that will shape the midterm elections
Ahead of Election Day, the tool has ingested 25 million TikTok videos and 500,000 podcasts to gain new insight into U.S. voters.
Hanaa' TameezOctober 20, 2026
Two out of five Americans regularly get their news on Facebook
Philip Di SalvoOctober 20, 2026
When hackers become sources: Inside the new craft of reporting on hacked data
“You’ve definitely seen the maturity of some hackers in how they approach the media. It’s not just about posting things to Twitter like it might have been before.”
Sarah ScireOctober 19, 2026
“Convenings” for CEOs will help Semafor reach a second profitable year
A smartphone displaying Meta-owned applications, Facebok, WhatsApp, Occulus, Threads, Instagram, Messenger
Andrew Deck and Hanaa' TameezOctober 17, 2026
Legal experts warn Meta’s new terms still grant broad scraping permissions, despite language changes
Allowing scraped content to be used for all “advertising and business products” is a substantial expansion of Meta’s permissions.
Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, CA.
Andrew Deck and Hanaa' TameezOctober 15, 2026
Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say
Starting October 30, business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites if they continue using Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp.
Sarah ScireOctober 15, 2026
A new report argues newsrooms need to do more experiments — like, the kind with randomization and results
Andrew DeckOctober 15, 2026
Google’s News AI pilot expands to over 400 publications, including U.S. local news outlets
Hanaa' TameezOctober 14, 2026
Two creators went to NYU’s business school, then decided to make a show about the news
“Our videos are what we wish we could consume more of.”
Laura Hazard OwenOctober 13, 2026
When Slate went back to its 1996 homepage, it learned some web design lessons for 2026
“I am a direct traffic girly and I know I’m not alone.”
Sophie CulpepperOctober 13, 2026
From bad to worse: 2026 is shaping up to be “a super El Niño year for local news”
Andrew DeckOctober 8, 2026
“We’re in their shit. They’re not in ours”: USA Today Co. execs defend Palantir deal
Philip M. Napoli, Adam Meskouri, Anjini Mani, Grant Socol and Harrison WalleyOctober 8, 2026
Fox News attacks the media roughly every 15 minutes, our study finds. (CNN? Every 140 minutes.)
“Disparaging journalism is a far more central part of Fox News programming than it is of either MSNBC or CNN programming.”
Hanaa' TameezOctober 7, 2026
Sinclair’s new Substack repackages its local TV reporting into a video podcast
Teresa Mondria Terol of NPR and Bruno Savoca Albors of JPMorgan present at the AI x Investigative Journalism Forum at The New York Times Building on September 25, 2026.
Andrew DeckOctober 7, 2026
“Uber agents,” undercover AI personas, and other ways newsrooms are using AI in investigations
Hacks/Hackers and The New York Times hosted more than 100 journalists at the AI x Investigative Journalism Forum.
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