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Linda Solomon Wood
Lessons learned in The Building of Lost Causes
“The skills we developed while facing down the fossil fuel industry — persistence through trolling campaigns, converting readers one by one, turning an upstart publication into essential reading — these aren’t just about journalism. They’re about how to keep building when everything around you feels like it’s crumbling.”
Linda Solomon Wood
Lessons learned in The Building of Lost Causes
“The skills we developed while facing down the fossil fuel industry — persistence through trolling campaigns, converting readers one by one, turning an upstart publication into essential reading — these aren’t just about journalism. They’re about how to keep building when everything around you feels like it’s crumbling.”
Linda Solomon Wood
Lessons learned in The Building of Lost Causes
“The skills we developed while facing down the fossil fuel industry — persistence through trolling campaigns, converting readers one by one, turning an upstart publication into essential reading — these aren’t just about journalism. They’re about how to keep building when everything around you feels like it’s crumbling.”
“The skills we developed while facing down the fossil fuel industry — persistence through trolling campaigns, converting readers one by one, turning an upstart publication into essential reading — these aren’t just about journalism. They’re about how to keep building when everything around you feels like it’s crumbling.”
Linda Solomon Wood
Lessons learned in The Building of Lost Causes
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Publishers find the AI era not all that lucrative
“Welcome, surely. Lucrative, in a sense. Game changer? Hardly.”
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Publishers find the AI era not all that lucrative
“Welcome, surely. Lucrative, in a sense. Game changer? Hardly.”
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Publishers find the AI era not all that lucrative
“Welcome, surely. Lucrative, in a sense. Game changer? Hardly.”
“Welcome, surely. Lucrative, in a sense. Game changer? Hardly.”
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Publishers find the AI era not all that lucrative
Millie Tran
Embrace the barbell
“It’s time to abandon middling stories and go very short or very long.”
Millie Tran
Embrace the barbell
“It’s time to abandon middling stories and go very short or very long.”
Millie Tran
Embrace the barbell
“It’s time to abandon middling stories and go very short or very long.”
“It’s time to abandon middling stories and go very short or very long.”
Millie Tran
Embrace the barbell
Taylor Lorenz
Prediction markets go mainstream
“If all of this sounds like a libertarian fever dream, I hear you. But as these markets rise, legacy media will continue to slide into irrelevance.”
Taylor Lorenz
Prediction markets go mainstream
“If all of this sounds like a libertarian fever dream, I hear you. But as these markets rise, legacy media will continue to slide into irrelevance.”
Taylor Lorenz
Prediction markets go mainstream
“If all of this sounds like a libertarian fever dream, I hear you. But as these markets rise, legacy media will continue to slide into irrelevance.”
“If all of this sounds like a libertarian fever dream, I hear you. But as these markets rise, legacy media will continue to slide into irrelevance.”
Taylor Lorenz
Prediction markets go mainstream
Heather Chaplin
The rise of informal news networks
“Once the goal is no longer to recreate news organizations as they existed in the past, but rather to ensure that reliable news and information flows — that there is a place in people’s lives for deliberation and debate — then possibility blossoms.”
Heather Chaplin
The rise of informal news networks
“Once the goal is no longer to recreate news organizations as they existed in the past, but rather to ensure that reliable news and information flows — that there is a place in people’s lives for deliberation and debate — then possibility blossoms.”
Heather Chaplin
The rise of informal news networks
“Once the goal is no longer to recreate news organizations as they existed in the past, but rather to ensure that reliable news and information flows — that there is a place in people’s lives for deliberation and debate — then possibility blossoms.”
“Once the goal is no longer to recreate news organizations as they existed in the past, but rather to ensure that reliable news and information flows — that there is a place in people’s lives for deliberation and debate — then possibility blossoms.”
Heather Chaplin
The rise of informal news networks
Ben Smith
Back to the bundle
“If media companies can’t figure out how to be the bundlers, other layers of the ecosystem — telecoms, devices, social platforms — will.”
Ben Smith
Back to the bundle
“If media companies can’t figure out how to be the bundlers, other layers of the ecosystem — telecoms, devices, social platforms — will.”
Ben Smith
Back to the bundle
“If media companies can’t figure out how to be the bundlers, other layers of the ecosystem — telecoms, devices, social platforms — will.”
“If media companies can’t figure out how to be the bundlers, other layers of the ecosystem — telecoms, devices, social platforms — will.”
Ben Smith
Back to the bundle
Geetika Rudra
The longform renaissance
“When journalists take the time to explain these layers, it signals respect for the intelligence and curiosity of their audience.”
Geetika Rudra
The longform renaissance
“When journalists take the time to explain these layers, it signals respect for the intelligence and curiosity of their audience.”
Geetika Rudra
The longform renaissance
“When journalists take the time to explain these layers, it signals respect for the intelligence and curiosity of their audience.”
“When journalists take the time to explain these layers, it signals respect for the intelligence and curiosity of their audience.”
Geetika Rudra
The longform renaissance
Nik Usher
Journalists explain legislative procedure
“If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure is the unsalted lima bean.”
Nik Usher
Journalists explain legislative procedure
“If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure is the unsalted lima bean.”
Nik Usher
Journalists explain legislative procedure
“If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure is the unsalted lima bean.”
“If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure is the unsalted lima bean.”
Nik Usher
Journalists explain legislative procedure
Juleyka Lantigua
More small and mid-level podcasts hit the stage
“Podcast super listeners are ready to take things to the next relationship level with their favorite shows.”
Juleyka Lantigua
More small and mid-level podcasts hit the stage
“Podcast super listeners are ready to take things to the next relationship level with their favorite shows.”
Juleyka Lantigua
More small and mid-level podcasts hit the stage
“Podcast super listeners are ready to take things to the next relationship level with their favorite shows.”
“Podcast super listeners are ready to take things to the next relationship level with their favorite shows.”
Juleyka Lantigua
More small and mid-level podcasts hit the stage
Robin Kwong
Data and context makes a comeback
“In the quest to remove friction from our everyday lives, we have designed and adopted digital products that narrow our field of vision and traded exploration for convenience.”
Robin Kwong
Data and context makes a comeback
“In the quest to remove friction from our everyday lives, we have designed and adopted digital products that narrow our field of vision and traded exploration for convenience.”
Robin Kwong
Data and context makes a comeback
“In the quest to remove friction from our everyday lives, we have designed and adopted digital products that narrow our field of vision and traded exploration for convenience.”
“In the quest to remove friction from our everyday lives, we have designed and adopted digital products that narrow our field of vision and traded exploration for convenience.”
Robin Kwong
Data and context makes a comeback
Jonathan Stray
Newsrooms will keep losing their conservative audiences
“It grieves me to predict that even the newsrooms who say they want to serve all Americans won’t do any of this. At best, they will mostly continue to ignore the problem. At worst, some journalists will blame the audience.”
Jonathan Stray
Newsrooms will keep losing their conservative audiences
“It grieves me to predict that even the newsrooms who say they want to serve all Americans won’t do any of this. At best, they will mostly continue to ignore the problem. At worst, some journalists will blame the audience.”
Jonathan Stray
Newsrooms will keep losing their conservative audiences
“It grieves me to predict that even the newsrooms who say they want to serve all Americans won’t do any of this. At best, they will mostly continue to ignore the problem. At worst, some journalists will blame the audience.”
“It grieves me to predict that even the newsrooms who say they want to serve all Americans won’t do any of this. At best, they will mostly continue to ignore the problem. At worst, some journalists will blame the audience.”
Jonathan Stray
Newsrooms will keep losing their conservative audiences
Shakeel Hashim
The media reckons with AGI
“Rather than treat AGI as a fringe concern, we must be proactive and ambitious: taking the possibility seriously, considering the implications, and starting a public, democratic conversation.”
Shakeel Hashim
The media reckons with AGI
“Rather than treat AGI as a fringe concern, we must be proactive and ambitious: taking the possibility seriously, considering the implications, and starting a public, democratic conversation.”
Shakeel Hashim
The media reckons with AGI
“Rather than treat AGI as a fringe concern, we must be proactive and ambitious: taking the possibility seriously, considering the implications, and starting a public, democratic conversation.”
“Rather than treat AGI as a fringe concern, we must be proactive and ambitious: taking the possibility seriously, considering the implications, and starting a public, democratic conversation.”
Shakeel Hashim
The media reckons with AGI
Maggie Harrison Dupré
AI companies grapple with what it means to be creators of news
“The media and tech industries, frequently to the dismay of both, are deeply and inextricably intertwined.”
Maggie Harrison Dupré
AI companies grapple with what it means to be creators of news
“The media and tech industries, frequently to the dismay of both, are deeply and inextricably intertwined.”
Maggie Harrison Dupré
AI companies grapple with what it means to be creators of news
“The media and tech industries, frequently to the dismay of both, are deeply and inextricably intertwined.”
“The media and tech industries, frequently to the dismay of both, are deeply and inextricably intertwined.”
Maggie Harrison Dupré
AI companies grapple with what it means to be creators of news
David Cohn
AI helps us revisit old journalism territory
“Some pivots, once deemed infeasible, might be worth a second look using new technology.”
David Cohn
AI helps us revisit old journalism territory
“Some pivots, once deemed infeasible, might be worth a second look using new technology.”
David Cohn
AI helps us revisit old journalism territory
“Some pivots, once deemed infeasible, might be worth a second look using new technology.”
“Some pivots, once deemed infeasible, might be worth a second look using new technology.”
David Cohn
AI helps us revisit old journalism territory
Laxmi Parthasarathy
Cross-border collaboration shines light in dark corners
“As illiberal regimes take pointers from one another, the sum of their efforts to suppress information is greater than the parts. But two can play at this game.”
Laxmi Parthasarathy
Cross-border collaboration shines light in dark corners
“As illiberal regimes take pointers from one another, the sum of their efforts to suppress information is greater than the parts. But two can play at this game.”
Laxmi Parthasarathy
Cross-border collaboration shines light in dark corners
“As illiberal regimes take pointers from one another, the sum of their efforts to suppress information is greater than the parts. But two can play at this game.”
“As illiberal regimes take pointers from one another, the sum of their efforts to suppress information is greater than the parts. But two can play at this game.”
Laxmi Parthasarathy
Cross-border collaboration shines light in dark corners
Seth C. Lewis
The expert class confronts reality
“While perceived authenticity has always been an important piece of evaluating trustworthiness, performed authenticity has become much more important than ever before because of social media.”
Seth C. Lewis
The expert class confronts reality
“While perceived authenticity has always been an important piece of evaluating trustworthiness, performed authenticity has become much more important than ever before because of social media.”
Seth C. Lewis
The expert class confronts reality
“While perceived authenticity has always been an important piece of evaluating trustworthiness, performed authenticity has become much more important than ever before because of social media.”
“While perceived authenticity has always been an important piece of evaluating trustworthiness, performed authenticity has become much more important than ever before because of social media.”
Seth C. Lewis
The expert class confronts reality
Talia Stroud
Meeting people where they are
“Instead of calling for journalists to listen to the public, journalists are asking: Why didn’t America listen to us?”
Talia Stroud
Meeting people where they are
“Instead of calling for journalists to listen to the public, journalists are asking: Why didn’t America listen to us?”
Talia Stroud
Meeting people where they are
“Instead of calling for journalists to listen to the public, journalists are asking: Why didn’t America listen to us?”
“Instead of calling for journalists to listen to the public, journalists are asking: Why didn’t America listen to us?”
Talia Stroud
Meeting people where they are
Sam Ford
Inviting — and making sense of — meaningful participation
“How can public engagement be harnessed productively, to provide well-rounded feedback that takes into account ideas, sentiment, and knowledge from throughout the community while still providing cogent insight?”
Sam Ford
Inviting — and making sense of — meaningful participation
“How can public engagement be harnessed productively, to provide well-rounded feedback that takes into account ideas, sentiment, and knowledge from throughout the community while still providing cogent insight?”
Sam Ford
Inviting — and making sense of — meaningful participation
“How can public engagement be harnessed productively, to provide well-rounded feedback that takes into account ideas, sentiment, and knowledge from throughout the community while still providing cogent insight?”
“How can public engagement be harnessed productively, to provide well-rounded feedback that takes into account ideas, sentiment, and knowledge from throughout the community while still providing cogent insight?”
Sam Ford
Inviting — and making sense of — meaningful participation
Julia B. Chan
People won’t “like” you
“Likes are one of the very few ways audiences send us signals across platforms and I don’t think we can count on those hearts in 2025.”
Julia B. Chan
People won’t “like” you
“Likes are one of the very few ways audiences send us signals across platforms and I don’t think we can count on those hearts in 2025.”
Julia B. Chan
People won’t “like” you
“Likes are one of the very few ways audiences send us signals across platforms and I don’t think we can count on those hearts in 2025.”
“Likes are one of the very few ways audiences send us signals across platforms and I don’t think we can count on those hearts in 2025.”
Julia B. Chan
People won’t “like” you
Cristina Tardáguila
Getting beyond the fact-check
“Journalism’s fight against disinformation risks irrelevance if it fails to consider how the human mind processes and reacts to both falsehoods and facts.”
Cristina Tardáguila
Getting beyond the fact-check
“Journalism’s fight against disinformation risks irrelevance if it fails to consider how the human mind processes and reacts to both falsehoods and facts.”
Cristina Tardáguila
Getting beyond the fact-check
“Journalism’s fight against disinformation risks irrelevance if it fails to consider how the human mind processes and reacts to both falsehoods and facts.”
“Journalism’s fight against disinformation risks irrelevance if it fails to consider how the human mind processes and reacts to both falsehoods and facts.”
Cristina Tardáguila
Getting beyond the fact-check
Jennifer Choi
Redesign news infrastructures to build community power
“In optimizing walled gardens of like-minded folks, we’ve forgotten how to create the conditions for us to safely and openly disagree.”
Jennifer Choi
Redesign news infrastructures to build community power
“In optimizing walled gardens of like-minded folks, we’ve forgotten how to create the conditions for us to safely and openly disagree.”
Jennifer Choi
Redesign news infrastructures to build community power
“In optimizing walled gardens of like-minded folks, we’ve forgotten how to create the conditions for us to safely and openly disagree.”
“In optimizing walled gardens of like-minded folks, we’ve forgotten how to create the conditions for us to safely and openly disagree.”
Jennifer Choi
Redesign news infrastructures to build community power
Mari Cohen
Repression of journalism under the guise of fighting antisemitism
“In this environment, it is urgent that news organizations defend their editorial independence, rather than capitulate to these attacks in advance. We must cover these perils accurately.”
Mari Cohen
Repression of journalism under the guise of fighting antisemitism
“In this environment, it is urgent that news organizations defend their editorial independence, rather than capitulate to these attacks in advance. We must cover these perils accurately.”
Mari Cohen
Repression of journalism under the guise of fighting antisemitism
“In this environment, it is urgent that news organizations defend their editorial independence, rather than capitulate to these attacks in advance. We must cover these perils accurately.”
“In this environment, it is urgent that news organizations defend their editorial independence, rather than capitulate to these attacks in advance. We must cover these perils accurately.”
Mari Cohen
Repression of journalism under the guise of fighting antisemitism
Victor Pickard
Media reform focuses on state and local initiatives
“Democrat-controlled state legislatures could redouble efforts toward working with grassroots groups to support local journalism initiatives. Even some Republican lawmakers might wish to salvage what’s left of rural and small-town newspapers.”
Victor Pickard
Media reform focuses on state and local initiatives
“Democrat-controlled state legislatures could redouble efforts toward working with grassroots groups to support local journalism initiatives. Even some Republican lawmakers might wish to salvage what’s left of rural and small-town newspapers.”
Victor Pickard
Media reform focuses on state and local initiatives
“Democrat-controlled state legislatures could redouble efforts toward working with grassroots groups to support local journalism initiatives. Even some Republican lawmakers might wish to salvage what’s left of rural and small-town newspapers.”
“Democrat-controlled state legislatures could redouble efforts toward working with grassroots groups to support local journalism initiatives. Even some Republican lawmakers might wish to salvage what’s left of rural and small-town newspapers.”
Victor Pickard
Media reform focuses on state and local initiatives
Francisco Vara-Orta
The quest for diversity evolves
“What I hear is a mix of anxiety, resilience, and curiosity — we are journalists, after all — about the back and forth we’ve seen at the ballot box and in the culture wars in recent decades.”
Francisco Vara-Orta
The quest for diversity evolves
“What I hear is a mix of anxiety, resilience, and curiosity — we are journalists, after all — about the back and forth we’ve seen at the ballot box and in the culture wars in recent decades.”
Francisco Vara-Orta
The quest for diversity evolves
“What I hear is a mix of anxiety, resilience, and curiosity — we are journalists, after all — about the back and forth we’ve seen at the ballot box and in the culture wars in recent decades.”
“What I hear is a mix of anxiety, resilience, and curiosity — we are journalists, after all — about the back and forth we’ve seen at the ballot box and in the culture wars in recent decades.”
Francisco Vara-Orta
The quest for diversity evolves
Kevin D. Grant
Nonprofits step up to hold officials accountable
“Amid lingering concerns that nonprofits aren’t winning enough audience to make up for the losses sustained by legacy media, it’s clear that local-national partnerships continue to offer an excellent way forward.”
Kevin D. Grant
Nonprofits step up to hold officials accountable
“Amid lingering concerns that nonprofits aren’t winning enough audience to make up for the losses sustained by legacy media, it’s clear that local-national partnerships continue to offer an excellent way forward.”
Kevin D. Grant
Nonprofits step up to hold officials accountable
“Amid lingering concerns that nonprofits aren’t winning enough audience to make up for the losses sustained by legacy media, it’s clear that local-national partnerships continue to offer an excellent way forward.”
“Amid lingering concerns that nonprofits aren’t winning enough audience to make up for the losses sustained by legacy media, it’s clear that local-national partnerships continue to offer an excellent way forward.”
Kevin D. Grant
Nonprofits step up to hold officials accountable
Justin Kosslyn
Editorially anchored communities
“The social topography is a hierarchy of networks, with journalists at the top. Most people are members — not subscribers, not users, but meaningful parts of something larger than themselves.”
Justin Kosslyn
Editorially anchored communities
“The social topography is a hierarchy of networks, with journalists at the top. Most people are members — not subscribers, not users, but meaningful parts of something larger than themselves.”
Justin Kosslyn
Editorially anchored communities
“The social topography is a hierarchy of networks, with journalists at the top. Most people are members — not subscribers, not users, but meaningful parts of something larger than themselves.”
“The social topography is a hierarchy of networks, with journalists at the top. Most people are members — not subscribers, not users, but meaningful parts of something larger than themselves.”
Justin Kosslyn
Editorially anchored communities
Michael Rain
Listening to the quiet majority
“The obligations of journalists extend beyond mere reporting; we must encompass the creation of a genuine forum for discourse.”
Michael Rain
Listening to the quiet majority
“The obligations of journalists extend beyond mere reporting; we must encompass the creation of a genuine forum for discourse.”
Michael Rain
Listening to the quiet majority
“The obligations of journalists extend beyond mere reporting; we must encompass the creation of a genuine forum for discourse.”
“The obligations of journalists extend beyond mere reporting; we must encompass the creation of a genuine forum for discourse.”
Michael Rain
Listening to the quiet majority
Maritza L. Félix
El año de las luciérnagas del periodismo comunitario
“El presente y el futuro del periodismo es el que se anima a cruzar fronteras; que se desvela y se desnuda, que se permite ser vulnerable, opinar, expresar y querer cambiar.”
Maritza L. Félix
El año de las luciérnagas del periodismo comunitario
“El presente y el futuro del periodismo es el que se anima a cruzar fronteras; que se desvela y se desnuda, que se permite ser vulnerable, opinar, expresar y querer cambiar.”
Maritza L. Félix
El año de las luciérnagas del periodismo comunitario
“El presente y el futuro del periodismo es el que se anima a cruzar fronteras; que se desvela y se desnuda, que se permite ser vulnerable, opinar, expresar y querer cambiar.”
“El presente y el futuro del periodismo es el que se anima a cruzar fronteras; que se desvela y se desnuda, que se permite ser vulnerable, opinar, expresar y querer cambiar.”
Maritza L. Félix
El año de las luciérnagas del periodismo comunitario
Sara Morrison
You’ll get what you pay for
“Free content will be increasingly synonymous with AI slop and other low-quality content that’s barely worth anyone’s time to read, let alone pay to advertise on.”
Sara Morrison
You’ll get what you pay for
“Free content will be increasingly synonymous with AI slop and other low-quality content that’s barely worth anyone’s time to read, let alone pay to advertise on.”
Sara Morrison
You’ll get what you pay for
“Free content will be increasingly synonymous with AI slop and other low-quality content that’s barely worth anyone’s time to read, let alone pay to advertise on.”
“Free content will be increasingly synonymous with AI slop and other low-quality content that’s barely worth anyone’s time to read, let alone pay to advertise on.”
Sara Morrison
You’ll get what you pay for
Susan Chira
Reaching the hard-to-reach
“We can’t be intimidated by the attacks that are coming. We have to do the rigorous accountability journalism that pisses off people in power.”
Susan Chira
Reaching the hard-to-reach
“We can’t be intimidated by the attacks that are coming. We have to do the rigorous accountability journalism that pisses off people in power.”
Susan Chira
Reaching the hard-to-reach
“We can’t be intimidated by the attacks that are coming. We have to do the rigorous accountability journalism that pisses off people in power.”
“We can’t be intimidated by the attacks that are coming. We have to do the rigorous accountability journalism that pisses off people in power.”
Susan Chira
Reaching the hard-to-reach
Ritvvij Parrikh
Newsrooms face a left-brain/right-brain divide
“When left-brain thinkers dominate, media products face a value proposition crisis — funnels and operations are optimized, but creativity is stifled.”
Ritvvij Parrikh
Newsrooms face a left-brain/right-brain divide
“When left-brain thinkers dominate, media products face a value proposition crisis — funnels and operations are optimized, but creativity is stifled.”
Ritvvij Parrikh
Newsrooms face a left-brain/right-brain divide
“When left-brain thinkers dominate, media products face a value proposition crisis — funnels and operations are optimized, but creativity is stifled.”
“When left-brain thinkers dominate, media products face a value proposition crisis — funnels and operations are optimized, but creativity is stifled.”
Ritvvij Parrikh
Newsrooms face a left-brain/right-brain divide
Paul Cheung
Journalism faces its Kobayashi Maru moment
“Concurrent challenges create a seemingly impossible situation.”
Paul Cheung
Journalism faces its Kobayashi Maru moment
“Concurrent challenges create a seemingly impossible situation.”
Paul Cheung
Journalism faces its Kobayashi Maru moment
“Concurrent challenges create a seemingly impossible situation.”
“Concurrent challenges create a seemingly impossible situation.”
Paul Cheung
Journalism faces its Kobayashi Maru moment
Sam Cholke
News faces its final unbundling
“Every item that could be stripped out because it contained enough value to stand on its own was, sometimes by the very news organizations themselves.”
Sam Cholke
News faces its final unbundling
“Every item that could be stripped out because it contained enough value to stand on its own was, sometimes by the very news organizations themselves.”
Sam Cholke
News faces its final unbundling
“Every item that could be stripped out because it contained enough value to stand on its own was, sometimes by the very news organizations themselves.”
“Every item that could be stripped out because it contained enough value to stand on its own was, sometimes by the very news organizations themselves.”
Sam Cholke
News faces its final unbundling
Andrew Donohue
There will be no second Trump Bump
“Some potential donors will be scared of retribution. Some won’t be happy with their investment. Some will just be tired. Some will instead send their money to things like Trump’s inauguration party.”
Andrew Donohue
There will be no second Trump Bump
“Some potential donors will be scared of retribution. Some won’t be happy with their investment. Some will just be tired. Some will instead send their money to things like Trump’s inauguration party.”
Andrew Donohue
There will be no second Trump Bump
“Some potential donors will be scared of retribution. Some won’t be happy with their investment. Some will just be tired. Some will instead send their money to things like Trump’s inauguration party.”
“Some potential donors will be scared of retribution. Some won’t be happy with their investment. Some will just be tired. Some will instead send their money to things like Trump’s inauguration party.”
Andrew Donohue
There will be no second Trump Bump
Joanne McNeil
Followers stop following
“The internet itself is now flooded with careless content, AI-generated or otherwise, and the effort to sift through it doesn’t pay off like it used to.”
Joanne McNeil
Followers stop following
“The internet itself is now flooded with careless content, AI-generated or otherwise, and the effort to sift through it doesn’t pay off like it used to.”
Joanne McNeil
Followers stop following
“The internet itself is now flooded with careless content, AI-generated or otherwise, and the effort to sift through it doesn’t pay off like it used to.”
“The internet itself is now flooded with careless content, AI-generated or otherwise, and the effort to sift through it doesn’t pay off like it used to.”
Joanne McNeil
Followers stop following
Emma Carew Grovum
Local newsrooms get a boost from data collaborations
“It’s not enough to just drop something into the laps of local teams and hope they’ll use it exactly as-is.”
Emma Carew Grovum
Local newsrooms get a boost from data collaborations
“It’s not enough to just drop something into the laps of local teams and hope they’ll use it exactly as-is.”
Emma Carew Grovum
Local newsrooms get a boost from data collaborations
“It’s not enough to just drop something into the laps of local teams and hope they’ll use it exactly as-is.”
“It’s not enough to just drop something into the laps of local teams and hope they’ll use it exactly as-is.”
Emma Carew Grovum
Local newsrooms get a boost from data collaborations
Lela Savic
It’s time to redefine sustainability
“We need mission-based funding — financial support that reflects our mission, not one that forces us to conform to commercial models that don’t work for us.”
Lela Savic
It’s time to redefine sustainability
“We need mission-based funding — financial support that reflects our mission, not one that forces us to conform to commercial models that don’t work for us.”
Lela Savic
It’s time to redefine sustainability
“We need mission-based funding — financial support that reflects our mission, not one that forces us to conform to commercial models that don’t work for us.”
“We need mission-based funding — financial support that reflects our mission, not one that forces us to conform to commercial models that don’t work for us.”
Lela Savic
It’s time to redefine sustainability
Sarah Marshall
Focus on the “flabby middle” of the audience funnel
“Audiences need to ‘try before they buy.'”
Sarah Marshall
Focus on the “flabby middle” of the audience funnel
“Audiences need to ‘try before they buy.'”
Sarah Marshall
Focus on the “flabby middle” of the audience funnel
“Audiences need to ‘try before they buy.'”
“Audiences need to ‘try before they buy.'”
Sarah Marshall
Focus on the “flabby middle” of the audience funnel
Matt Waite
The year we put everything on the table
“What’s the point of the exercise here? Is it to inform people, or to show off what we know and how sophisticated we sound?”
Matt Waite
The year we put everything on the table
“What’s the point of the exercise here? Is it to inform people, or to show off what we know and how sophisticated we sound?”
Matt Waite
The year we put everything on the table
“What’s the point of the exercise here? Is it to inform people, or to show off what we know and how sophisticated we sound?”
“What’s the point of the exercise here? Is it to inform people, or to show off what we know and how sophisticated we sound?”
Matt Waite
The year we put everything on the table
Elena Herrero-Beaumont
Ethical state funding for the press
“To ensure state funding includes effective safeguards, several countries have developed schemes that could serve as potential best practices.”
Elena Herrero-Beaumont
Ethical state funding for the press
“To ensure state funding includes effective safeguards, several countries have developed schemes that could serve as potential best practices.”
Elena Herrero-Beaumont
Ethical state funding for the press
“To ensure state funding includes effective safeguards, several countries have developed schemes that could serve as potential best practices.”
“To ensure state funding includes effective safeguards, several countries have developed schemes that could serve as potential best practices.”
Elena Herrero-Beaumont
Ethical state funding for the press
Dmitry Shishkin
Why 2025 is all about user needs
“Audience engagement has been narrowly tackled by our industry for far too long, often treated as a side initiative rather than a central purpose of journalism.”
Dmitry Shishkin
Why 2025 is all about user needs
“Audience engagement has been narrowly tackled by our industry for far too long, often treated as a side initiative rather than a central purpose of journalism.”
Dmitry Shishkin
Why 2025 is all about user needs
“Audience engagement has been narrowly tackled by our industry for far too long, often treated as a side initiative rather than a central purpose of journalism.”
“Audience engagement has been narrowly tackled by our industry for far too long, often treated as a side initiative rather than a central purpose of journalism.”
Dmitry Shishkin
Why 2025 is all about user needs
Thomas Baekdal
Should we predict or define?
“Any time you hear about publishers using AI to produce journalism as if it’s factory output, that’s when you know they’ll have a bad year ahead.”
Thomas Baekdal
Should we predict or define?
“Any time you hear about publishers using AI to produce journalism as if it’s factory output, that’s when you know they’ll have a bad year ahead.”
Thomas Baekdal
Should we predict or define?
“Any time you hear about publishers using AI to produce journalism as if it’s factory output, that’s when you know they’ll have a bad year ahead.”
“Any time you hear about publishers using AI to produce journalism as if it’s factory output, that’s when you know they’ll have a bad year ahead.”
Thomas Baekdal
Should we predict or define?
Damon Krukowski
Following utter failure
“Far too many in this country were uninformed, misinformed, or simply lied to about the topics that journalism is meant to communicate clearly, truthfully, and widely.”
Damon Krukowski
Following utter failure
“Far too many in this country were uninformed, misinformed, or simply lied to about the topics that journalism is meant to communicate clearly, truthfully, and widely.”
Damon Krukowski
Following utter failure
“Far too many in this country were uninformed, misinformed, or simply lied to about the topics that journalism is meant to communicate clearly, truthfully, and widely.”
“Far too many in this country were uninformed, misinformed, or simply lied to about the topics that journalism is meant to communicate clearly, truthfully, and widely.”
Damon Krukowski
Following utter failure
Lynn Walsh
Focusing on what people actually need
“For too long, newsrooms have created content based on their own routines, preferences, and platforms, churning out long stories or endless updates without really thinking about what the audience wants — or can keep up with.”
Lynn Walsh
Focusing on what people actually need
“For too long, newsrooms have created content based on their own routines, preferences, and platforms, churning out long stories or endless updates without really thinking about what the audience wants — or can keep up with.”
Lynn Walsh
Focusing on what people actually need
“For too long, newsrooms have created content based on their own routines, preferences, and platforms, churning out long stories or endless updates without really thinking about what the audience wants — or can keep up with.”
“For too long, newsrooms have created content based on their own routines, preferences, and platforms, churning out long stories or endless updates without really thinking about what the audience wants — or can keep up with.”
Lynn Walsh
Focusing on what people actually need
Julia Munslow
Content creators find a place in newsrooms
“Ask someone in your life under 40 where they get the news. Odds are they’ll mention a non-newsroom podcaster or YouTuber.”
Julia Munslow
Content creators find a place in newsrooms
“Ask someone in your life under 40 where they get the news. Odds are they’ll mention a non-newsroom podcaster or YouTuber.”
Julia Munslow
Content creators find a place in newsrooms
“Ask someone in your life under 40 where they get the news. Odds are they’ll mention a non-newsroom podcaster or YouTuber.”
“Ask someone in your life under 40 where they get the news. Odds are they’ll mention a non-newsroom podcaster or YouTuber.”
Julia Munslow
Content creators find a place in newsrooms
J. Siguru Wahutu
Media owners will protect the powerful
“To be clear, many within these organizations have already shown a willingness to hold back in favor of access to political elites — so these actions by owners and CEOs will be more of an alignment of goals than a top-down push.”
J. Siguru Wahutu
Media owners will protect the powerful
“To be clear, many within these organizations have already shown a willingness to hold back in favor of access to political elites — so these actions by owners and CEOs will be more of an alignment of goals than a top-down push.”
J. Siguru Wahutu
Media owners will protect the powerful
“To be clear, many within these organizations have already shown a willingness to hold back in favor of access to political elites — so these actions by owners and CEOs will be more of an alignment of goals than a top-down push.”
“To be clear, many within these organizations have already shown a willingness to hold back in favor of access to political elites — so these actions by owners and CEOs will be more of an alignment of goals than a top-down push.”
J. Siguru Wahutu
Media owners will protect the powerful
A.J. Bauer
Right-wing studies’ time has come
“Factual accuracy is a necessary but insufficient goal of professional journalism. Journalists need to compile facts into a vision of reality that is more compelling than that offered by right-wing media and by Donald Trump.”
A.J. Bauer
Right-wing studies’ time has come
“Factual accuracy is a necessary but insufficient goal of professional journalism. Journalists need to compile facts into a vision of reality that is more compelling than that offered by right-wing media and by Donald Trump.”
A.J. Bauer
Right-wing studies’ time has come
“Factual accuracy is a necessary but insufficient goal of professional journalism. Journalists need to compile facts into a vision of reality that is more compelling than that offered by right-wing media and by Donald Trump.”
“Factual accuracy is a necessary but insufficient goal of professional journalism. Journalists need to compile facts into a vision of reality that is more compelling than that offered by right-wing media and by Donald Trump.”
A.J. Bauer
Right-wing studies’ time has come
Mael Vallejo
We’ll stop looking down on content creators
“We can continue to complain about this new generation of content creators and how those in power use them to amplify their messages of hate — or we can adapt and fight for truth, freedom of expression, and democracy.”
Mael Vallejo
We’ll stop looking down on content creators
“We can continue to complain about this new generation of content creators and how those in power use them to amplify their messages of hate — or we can adapt and fight for truth, freedom of expression, and democracy.”
Mael Vallejo
We’ll stop looking down on content creators
“We can continue to complain about this new generation of content creators and how those in power use them to amplify their messages of hate — or we can adapt and fight for truth, freedom of expression, and democracy.”
“We can continue to complain about this new generation of content creators and how those in power use them to amplify their messages of hate — or we can adapt and fight for truth, freedom of expression, and democracy.”
Mael Vallejo
We’ll stop looking down on content creators
Mar Cabra
We harness listening to build collective resilience
“We need to have deep conversations about how we are doing, not just water cooler moments in the newsroom.”
Mar Cabra
We harness listening to build collective resilience
“We need to have deep conversations about how we are doing, not just water cooler moments in the newsroom.”
Mar Cabra
We harness listening to build collective resilience
“We need to have deep conversations about how we are doing, not just water cooler moments in the newsroom.”
“We need to have deep conversations about how we are doing, not just water cooler moments in the newsroom.”
Mar Cabra
We harness listening to build collective resilience
Robert Hernandez
We’ll draw the lines we will not cross
“This year, I predict that you — yes, you — will stand up, speak up, and do the right thing for the communities we aim to serve.”
Robert Hernandez
We’ll draw the lines we will not cross
“This year, I predict that you — yes, you — will stand up, speak up, and do the right thing for the communities we aim to serve.”
Robert Hernandez
We’ll draw the lines we will not cross
“This year, I predict that you — yes, you — will stand up, speak up, and do the right thing for the communities we aim to serve.”
“This year, I predict that you — yes, you — will stand up, speak up, and do the right thing for the communities we aim to serve.”
Robert Hernandez
We’ll draw the lines we will not cross
Rachel Lobdell
Building new ways to get information to readers
“This moment will inevitably require newsrooms, and journalists, to change. But when hasn’t that been the case?”
Rachel Lobdell
Building new ways to get information to readers
“This moment will inevitably require newsrooms, and journalists, to change. But when hasn’t that been the case?”
Rachel Lobdell
Building new ways to get information to readers
“This moment will inevitably require newsrooms, and journalists, to change. But when hasn’t that been the case?”
“This moment will inevitably require newsrooms, and journalists, to change. But when hasn’t that been the case?”
Rachel Lobdell
Building new ways to get information to readers
Renée Kaplan
Newsrooms confront lies and win
“Newsrooms will need to create new products in the broadening domain of what used to be called fact-checking.”
Renée Kaplan
Newsrooms confront lies and win
“Newsrooms will need to create new products in the broadening domain of what used to be called fact-checking.”
Renée Kaplan
Newsrooms confront lies and win
“Newsrooms will need to create new products in the broadening domain of what used to be called fact-checking.”
“Newsrooms will need to create new products in the broadening domain of what used to be called fact-checking.”
Renée Kaplan
Newsrooms confront lies and win
Juanita Islas
Journalists keep getting harassed
“Journalists have been dehumanized and treated as enemies when they are truly in service of society, shining a light on what is happening in the world around us.”
Juanita Islas
Journalists keep getting harassed
“Journalists have been dehumanized and treated as enemies when they are truly in service of society, shining a light on what is happening in the world around us.”
Juanita Islas
Journalists keep getting harassed
“Journalists have been dehumanized and treated as enemies when they are truly in service of society, shining a light on what is happening in the world around us.”
“Journalists have been dehumanized and treated as enemies when they are truly in service of society, shining a light on what is happening in the world around us.”
Juanita Islas
Journalists keep getting harassed
Nancy Watzman
Philanthropy steps up for local news
“The facts about the current state of the news business are well known — to the point where they’re not exactly news.”
Nancy Watzman
Philanthropy steps up for local news
“The facts about the current state of the news business are well known — to the point where they’re not exactly news.”
Nancy Watzman
Philanthropy steps up for local news
“The facts about the current state of the news business are well known — to the point where they’re not exactly news.”
“The facts about the current state of the news business are well known — to the point where they’re not exactly news.”
Nancy Watzman
Philanthropy steps up for local news
Shira T. Center
Journalists will learn to stop worrying and love the business plan
“Journalists will continue to take matters into their own hands — or spreadsheets — either as entrepreneurs striking out on their own or innovators in established and legacy institutions.”
Shira T. Center
Journalists will learn to stop worrying and love the business plan
“Journalists will continue to take matters into their own hands — or spreadsheets — either as entrepreneurs striking out on their own or innovators in established and legacy institutions.”
Shira T. Center
Journalists will learn to stop worrying and love the business plan
“Journalists will continue to take matters into their own hands — or spreadsheets — either as entrepreneurs striking out on their own or innovators in established and legacy institutions.”
“Journalists will continue to take matters into their own hands — or spreadsheets — either as entrepreneurs striking out on their own or innovators in established and legacy institutions.”
Shira T. Center
Journalists will learn to stop worrying and love the business plan
John Saroff
Video-first “podcasts” bring a new kind of coverage
“It will combine compelling imagery, quality news gathering, and timely reporting to bring the clarity and scope we currently expect from television news directly to our personal devices.”
John Saroff
Video-first “podcasts” bring a new kind of coverage
“It will combine compelling imagery, quality news gathering, and timely reporting to bring the clarity and scope we currently expect from television news directly to our personal devices.”
John Saroff
Video-first “podcasts” bring a new kind of coverage
“It will combine compelling imagery, quality news gathering, and timely reporting to bring the clarity and scope we currently expect from television news directly to our personal devices.”
“It will combine compelling imagery, quality news gathering, and timely reporting to bring the clarity and scope we currently expect from television news directly to our personal devices.”
John Saroff
Video-first “podcasts” bring a new kind of coverage
Traci Mabrey
Traceability becomes table stakes for AI
“If we are to reap the rewards that AI can afford us, we will need to be able to source the origin of information down to the very last word.”
Traci Mabrey
Traceability becomes table stakes for AI
“If we are to reap the rewards that AI can afford us, we will need to be able to source the origin of information down to the very last word.”
Traci Mabrey
Traceability becomes table stakes for AI
“If we are to reap the rewards that AI can afford us, we will need to be able to source the origin of information down to the very last word.”
“If we are to reap the rewards that AI can afford us, we will need to be able to source the origin of information down to the very last word.”
Traci Mabrey
Traceability becomes table stakes for AI
Artem Fishman
Recalibrating on AI’s promise
“The industry will need to sift through the irrational exuberance around AI and drive more discipline around spend.”
Artem Fishman
Recalibrating on AI’s promise
“The industry will need to sift through the irrational exuberance around AI and drive more discipline around spend.”
Artem Fishman
Recalibrating on AI’s promise
“The industry will need to sift through the irrational exuberance around AI and drive more discipline around spend.”
“The industry will need to sift through the irrational exuberance around AI and drive more discipline around spend.”
Artem Fishman
Recalibrating on AI’s promise
P. Kim Bui
The death of the media darling
“2025 will be a year with fewer shooting stars, but we’ll start building constellations in a broader night sky.”
P. Kim Bui
The death of the media darling
“2025 will be a year with fewer shooting stars, but we’ll start building constellations in a broader night sky.”
P. Kim Bui
The death of the media darling
“2025 will be a year with fewer shooting stars, but we’ll start building constellations in a broader night sky.”
“2025 will be a year with fewer shooting stars, but we’ll start building constellations in a broader night sky.”
P. Kim Bui
The death of the media darling
Ståle Grut
Visual investigations become a mainstay of news
“Visual investigations are poised to move from niche desks to standard operating procedure in newsrooms in 2025.”
Ståle Grut
Visual investigations become a mainstay of news
“Visual investigations are poised to move from niche desks to standard operating procedure in newsrooms in 2025.”
Ståle Grut
Visual investigations become a mainstay of news
“Visual investigations are poised to move from niche desks to standard operating procedure in newsrooms in 2025.”
“Visual investigations are poised to move from niche desks to standard operating procedure in newsrooms in 2025.”
Ståle Grut
Visual investigations become a mainstay of news
Natalia Viana
All eyes are on Brazil
“If humanity is to overcome the unprecedented threat of weaponized disinformation and digital populism, Brazil is an essential fort to be held.”
Natalia Viana
All eyes are on Brazil
“If humanity is to overcome the unprecedented threat of weaponized disinformation and digital populism, Brazil is an essential fort to be held.”
Natalia Viana
All eyes are on Brazil
“If humanity is to overcome the unprecedented threat of weaponized disinformation and digital populism, Brazil is an essential fort to be held.”
“If humanity is to overcome the unprecedented threat of weaponized disinformation and digital populism, Brazil is an essential fort to be held.”
Natalia Viana
All eyes are on Brazil
Joe Amditis
We stop excusing the lack of accessibility in news
“Alt text not only makes the content accessible but also enhances search engine optimization and improves the newsroom’s reach. It also just makes your news organization look like you have your shit together.”
Joe Amditis
We stop excusing the lack of accessibility in news
“Alt text not only makes the content accessible but also enhances search engine optimization and improves the newsroom’s reach. It also just makes your news organization look like you have your shit together.”
Joe Amditis
We stop excusing the lack of accessibility in news
“Alt text not only makes the content accessible but also enhances search engine optimization and improves the newsroom’s reach. It also just makes your news organization look like you have your shit together.”
“Alt text not only makes the content accessible but also enhances search engine optimization and improves the newsroom’s reach. It also just makes your news organization look like you have your shit together.”
Joe Amditis
We stop excusing the lack of accessibility in news
Noah Shachtman
Media’s acquiescence to Trump will fail
“There’s no evidence that moving to a both-sidesy middle will bring in new readers, and plenty of evidence it won’t.”
Noah Shachtman
Media’s acquiescence to Trump will fail
“There’s no evidence that moving to a both-sidesy middle will bring in new readers, and plenty of evidence it won’t.”
Noah Shachtman
Media’s acquiescence to Trump will fail
“There’s no evidence that moving to a both-sidesy middle will bring in new readers, and plenty of evidence it won’t.”
“There’s no evidence that moving to a both-sidesy middle will bring in new readers, and plenty of evidence it won’t.”
Noah Shachtman
Media’s acquiescence to Trump will fail
Parker Molloy
The media surrenders to Trump 2.0
“They’re choosing compliance with eyes wide open, trading their watchdog role for a seat at the billionaire’s table.”
Parker Molloy
The media surrenders to Trump 2.0
“They’re choosing compliance with eyes wide open, trading their watchdog role for a seat at the billionaire’s table.”
Parker Molloy
The media surrenders to Trump 2.0
“They’re choosing compliance with eyes wide open, trading their watchdog role for a seat at the billionaire’s table.”
“They’re choosing compliance with eyes wide open, trading their watchdog role for a seat at the billionaire’s table.”
Parker Molloy
The media surrenders to Trump 2.0
Jennifer Brandel
Prepare for the unthinkable
“It’s not fun to contemplate death, I know.”
Jennifer Brandel
Prepare for the unthinkable
“It’s not fun to contemplate death, I know.”
Jennifer Brandel
Prepare for the unthinkable
“It’s not fun to contemplate death, I know.”
“It’s not fun to contemplate death, I know.”
Jennifer Brandel
Prepare for the unthinkable
Jason Koebler
Declaring platform independence
“The fracturing of the internet has been painful, but it’s also given us the chance to rebuild the media by focusing on our shared humanity.”
Jason Koebler
Declaring platform independence
“The fracturing of the internet has been painful, but it’s also given us the chance to rebuild the media by focusing on our shared humanity.”
Jason Koebler
Declaring platform independence
“The fracturing of the internet has been painful, but it’s also given us the chance to rebuild the media by focusing on our shared humanity.”
“The fracturing of the internet has been painful, but it’s also given us the chance to rebuild the media by focusing on our shared humanity.”
Jason Koebler
Declaring platform independence
James Salanga
Investing in the disability beat
“Using the right language isn’t the be-all and end-all of better disability reporting.”
James Salanga
Investing in the disability beat
“Using the right language isn’t the be-all and end-all of better disability reporting.”
James Salanga
Investing in the disability beat
“Using the right language isn’t the be-all and end-all of better disability reporting.”
“Using the right language isn’t the be-all and end-all of better disability reporting.”
James Salanga
Investing in the disability beat
Benjamin Morales Meléndez
AI revolutionizes access to multilingual content
“AI drastically reduces translation costs while enhancing quality, far superior to basic translation services and without needing an army of translators limited by their daily output.”
Benjamin Morales Meléndez
AI revolutionizes access to multilingual content
“AI drastically reduces translation costs while enhancing quality, far superior to basic translation services and without needing an army of translators limited by their daily output.”
Benjamin Morales Meléndez
AI revolutionizes access to multilingual content
“AI drastically reduces translation costs while enhancing quality, far superior to basic translation services and without needing an army of translators limited by their daily output.”
“AI drastically reduces translation costs while enhancing quality, far superior to basic translation services and without needing an army of translators limited by their daily output.”
Benjamin Morales Meléndez
AI revolutionizes access to multilingual content
Annemarie Dooling
News jumps off the page
“The next phase of our work as newsrooms must be in looking to joyous experiences.”
Annemarie Dooling
News jumps off the page
“The next phase of our work as newsrooms must be in looking to joyous experiences.”
Annemarie Dooling
News jumps off the page
“The next phase of our work as newsrooms must be in looking to joyous experiences.”
“The next phase of our work as newsrooms must be in looking to joyous experiences.”
Annemarie Dooling
News jumps off the page
Tania L. Montalvo
How do we cover “people like me”?
“2025 should be an opportunity to ask ourselves if we are in a position to cover people fairly.”
Tania L. Montalvo
How do we cover “people like me”?
“2025 should be an opportunity to ask ourselves if we are in a position to cover people fairly.”
Tania L. Montalvo
How do we cover “people like me”?
“2025 should be an opportunity to ask ourselves if we are in a position to cover people fairly.”
“2025 should be an opportunity to ask ourselves if we are in a position to cover people fairly.”
Tania L. Montalvo
How do we cover “people like me”?