Testify’s groundbreaking investigations in Cleveland show the power of computational methods in courthouse reporting. Why, then, are its stories so hard to replicate?
“As a former journalist, I was mindful of the power of honest storytelling. As an idealist, I felt that if only Americans knew the truth, changes would soon follow.”
Readers have finally understood that their payments for the news will actually make a difference in what they and their community know. That model needs to be extended down to states and cities.
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“People see us as a pantheon of good American journalism,” founder and chairman Neil Barsky said. “But we’ll still be fundraising for the rest of our professional lives.”
Only a small subset of news organizations currently use HTTPS to secure their connections to readers, but a variety of incentives — from Google’s search rules to browser makers’ policies — are pushing them in that direction.
Wang, Shan. "S is for “secure”: Why news organizations are ditching (or should ditch) HTTP for HTTPS." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 13 Jul. 2015. Web. 27 Mar. 2025.
APA
Wang, S. (2015, Jul. 13). S is for “secure”: Why news organizations are ditching (or should ditch) HTTP for HTTPS. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 27, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/s-is-for-secure-why-news-organizations-are-ditching-or-should-ditch-http-for-https/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "S is for “secure”: Why news organizations are ditching (or should ditch) HTTP for HTTPS." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 13, 2015. Accessed March 27, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/s-is-for-secure-why-news-organizations-are-ditching-or-should-ditch-http-for-https/.
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