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Articles by Nik Usher

“If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure is the unsalted lima bean.”
“The reality is that people of color in the U.S. are more likely to turn to TV news for local information than they are newspapers or digital-first local news.”
“Contrary to what The New York Times has speculated, we are not at peak newsletter. We are just at peak newsletter via email delivery.”
“‘Too hard’ isn’t an acceptable answer in a college classroom, much less from some of the smartest technically minded people in the world.”
With higher education at the crossroads of the culture war, public media is vulnerable to growing political interference over its operations.
“We don’t write for white subscribers, but it ends up being white people who read us,” a Midwestern news executive told an audience earlier this year.
“We need to admit news publishers are not sympathetic victims losing an unfair fight against anti-competitive practices — at least not now.”
“This isn’t new blood for the news industry but journalism dialysis — old blood pumped back into the system for a fresh start.”
“It’s not that journalists shouldn’t engage in fact-checking, nor is it that journalists should avoid presenting facts as verifiable and trustworthy claims about the world — it’s that they shouldn’t be so obnoxious about it.”
“My real bet, though, is that the battle between the Times and the Post is being waged most when it comes to their rival international and national expansions. And the winner of that struggle is too close to call.”