Archives: 2026

Joshua BentonOctober 7, 2026
Nieman Lab has a new look
More layout diversity, new typefaces, and restructured archives.
Sarah ScireOctober 6, 2026
Subscribers are up, but growth is down. Here’s what worker-owned Hell Gate is trying next.
One tactic: “Turning off the free stuff every once in awhile.”
Seth C. Lewis and Nick MathewsOctober 6, 2026
A study of nonprofit newsrooms reveals some cracks in the model’s foundation
Plus: Audiences aren’t too keen on AI news anchors, journalists say government funding doesn’t compromise their independence, and disillusionment in the profession is prevalent.
Brendan Loper's cartoon shows scientist feeding art into a machine. A man says, "It's still bad, better turn up the suffering if we want great art."
Andrew DeckOctober 5, 2026
ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
OpenAI’s chatbot isn’t just imitating the magazine’s style. It’s also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.
Wilson Criscione, InvestigateWest and Daisy Zavala Magaña, RANGEOctober 5, 2026
How a plan to turn the Spokane Spokesman-Review into “The People’s Paper” ended in a newsroom revolt
Newsroom staffers say that concerns about Rob Curley’s leadership festered until his August suspension — weeks before the paper was set to transfer to his nonprofit.
Sarah ScireOctober 1, 2026
Columbia Journalism School will pause its M.A. program (and launch an online degree)
The country’s most prestigious journalism school has initiated “a critical evaluation” of the Master of Arts program and is pausing admissions to it.
Laura Hazard OwenOctober 1, 2026
California’s big local news bill becomes law
Hanaa' TameezOctober 1, 2026
Two 23-year-olds used AI to create a daily audio briefing. It’s now the top news app in Argentina.
“We want society to trust [media] again, and to give them a platform built around current consumption formats that reduces friction between society and verified information.”
Andrew DeckSeptember 30, 2026
Federal appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters’ landmark AI copyright win
Gretel KahnSeptember 30, 2026
How publishers are rethinking audience engagement: Five takeaways from the Future of Media Technology Conference
“It would be a mistake to try to replicate the creator economy.”
Sophie CulpepperSeptember 29, 2026
NewsMatch will shift from a year-end campaign to a year-round model
Sarah ScireSeptember 29, 2026
NPR, the quintessential audio news brand, adapts to a video-first future
NPR’s new chief content officer Nadine Zylstra on how the public media company acquired Machine Gods — which she thinks can be “the Car Talk of AI.”
Hanaa' TameezSeptember 28, 2026
A lack of professional AI guidelines leads to feelings of “AI shame,” a new study finds
Andrew DeckSeptember 28, 2026
OpenAI doubles support for Lenfest’s AI and local news fellowships
With an additional $10 million in program funding, the Lenfest Institute will consider new applicants in local TV news and statewide public service journalism.
Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 25, 2026
The Boston Globe’s Western Mass lesbian bar story pulled in “several thousand” new subscribers in about 72 hours
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