Archives: 2026

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
Neel DhaneshaSeptember 24, 2026
When disaster strikes, newsrooms scramble. A new website aims to help tame the chaos.
Emergency Mode for News has checklists and other tools to help journalists respond to disasters before, during, and after they happen.
Joshua BentonSeptember 21, 2026
David Ellison will get control of CNN after all (and don’t pretend an “independent editorial board” will mean otherwise)
In exchange for dropping their lawsuit against Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, state AGs have negotiated “independent” oversight of CNN. You shouldn’t expect much oversight.
Sarah ScireSeptember 18, 2026
“An astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions”: Court records show what Microsoft and OpenAI actually thought about AI training
Neel DhaneshaSeptember 18, 2026
Five independent climate journalists are teaming up with a “pop-up newsroom”
Sophie CulpepperSeptember 17, 2026
News consumers are wary of most AI use in local news, a Chicago-based report finds
Eric AthasSeptember 17, 2026
New York Times training editor: Take these four steps before you roll out new things
“We have a policy on our team that every new project must start with a proposal. The proposal involves six simple prompts.”
Sophie CulpepperSeptember 16, 2026
The Library Newsroom Project could be coming to a library near you
“Journalism can live inside the public library and allow people to take part in it together.”
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