Nieman Lab→ With acquisition of Vermont newspapers, the National Trust for Local News expands to a fourth state
2026-09-03 The nonprofit National Trust for Local News is acquiring the Vermont Community Newspaper Group in a deal that will close this month, the Trust announced Thursday. The deal, which will add five weekly newspapers covering more than a dozen northern Vermo …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ USA Today is cutting staff and reorganizing its audience team, per an internal memo
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Judge refuses to block Arkansas news reporting on Google data center energy documents
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Current→ Marta Bechtol to retire from Wisconsin’s Educational Communications Board
2026-09-03 Bechtol has led the agency as executive director since 2018. The post Marta Bechtol to retire from Wisconsin’s Educational Communications Board appeared first on Current. …›
RJI→ Four lessons for building a WhatsApp community from scratch
2026-09-03 What one community newsroom learned about growth, retention and trust on WhatsApp Curious about using WhatsApp for news and information? Increasingly, newsrooms across the country are turning to the platform to reach and engage Latino and immigrant com …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Amazon and Meta AI bots account for most website visits
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
2026-09-03 From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we’ve been pointing out that it was a huge privacy night …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Business Insider debuts “Read,” “Watch,” and “Listen” modes for its homepage
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Amelia Dimoldenberg is bringing “Chicken Shop Date” to an end
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “I assume the video audience is slightly different from the print audience. Someone subscribing to the newsletter, paying for The Wall Street Journal, there are some things I don’t have to convince them of. Whereas with a video audience, I need to convince you the supply-and-demand curve is real — I assume you have beliefs that differ significantly from mine, or maybe you just don’t have the knowledge base the median WSJ subscriber would have.”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ New York Times union demands company abandon Kalshi talks
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ “Recurring use of the same sources should spark additional conversation between reporter and editor about the nature of the source relationship.”
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What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ Department store chain John Lewis to launch YouTube chatshow to improve AI search results
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Nieman Lab→ Trump can’t get the media to use “Gulf of America.” Will “Lake America” be any different?
2026-09-03 He’s doing it again: Donald Trump has decided that Lake Ontario is actually Lake America. This follows his similar declaration last year that the Gulf of Mexico was actually the Gulf of America. (How long until we learn that the Rockies are actua …›
Current→ NPR creates event for HBCU students to learn about public media
2026-09-03 Public Radio Immersion Day will showcase what it’s like to work at NPR while inviting students' feedback on stories they want to hear. The post NPR creates event for HBCU students to learn about public media appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ Where’s Pete Hegseth? Not on Fox News.
2026-09-03 Well, this is a bit surprising. Media Matters’ Matt Gertz writes, “Pete Hegseth hasn’t been on Fox News in 11 months.” It’s surprising for two reasons. First, Fox News is […] The post Where’s Pete Hegseth? Not on Fox News. appeare …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Should I Throw My Laptop into the Sea?
2026-09-03 Resisting assumptions about the inevitable, and drifting your own way. …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ So Are Nonfiction Books Dead or Not?
2026-09-03 Anna Sproul-Latimer, a literary agent, on what a shrinking market means for journalists. …›
Nieman Lab→ Trump administration says a New York Times win in OpenAI lawsuit would “threaten national security” and hurt small newsrooms
2026-09-02 On Wednesday, the Trump administration threw its support behind OpenAI, backing the AI giant in its ongoing litigation with The New York Times. The Department of Justice voiced its support through a statement of interest (SOI) filed with the Manhattan …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ U.S. prosecutors refuse to say if they secretly obtained Don Lemon’s phone records
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Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ Whistleblower: USPS Defied A Court Injunction To Build An Untested, Undocumented Ballot-Blocking System. Its Own Staff Call The Process “A Shit Show.”
2026-09-02 Even as Donald Trump regularly uses mail-in ballots himself, he has decided that mail-in ballots are a system by which voting fraud occurs. To be quite clear, this is bullshit. There is astoundingly little evidence of significant voter fraud, and that& …›
Nieman Lab→ How one newsletter writer is building a subscription business when “paywalls don’t really work”
2026-09-02 A year ago, a spirited and public-records-powered newsletter needed a mascot. Sleuthy the Seal — born of a “fortuitous misunderstanding” — was created. Journalist and newsletter founder David Covucci promised his wife he’d get the …›
Current→ Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting to expand service with FM purchase
2026-09-02 The organization plans for the station to broadcast WESA’s service. The post Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting to expand service with FM purchase appeared first on Current. …›
Poynter→ Who will hold the next White House press briefing?
2026-09-02 Who will be the next White House press secretary? NBC News chief White House correspondent Garrett Haake reported Tuesday that the White House will hold a press briefing Thursday. What […] The post Who will hold the next White House press briefin …›
Poynter→ Meta’s new teen restrictions could become a blueprint for social media
2026-09-02 Red and blue states don’t agree on much these days — except that unrestricted social media access is harming kids’ health. And they just got a big win. Meta, owner […] The post Meta’s new teen restrictions could become a blueprint for soc …›
Columbia Journalism Review→ Why ABC Self-Censored
2026-09-02 In a lawsuit, the network cops to making coverage decisions based on government pressure. It’s a striking admission—and an untested legal strategy. …›
Current→ Ashlee Smith named GM of NJ PBS
2026-09-01 Smith is joining NJ PBS alongside five additional new hires. The post Ashlee Smith named GM of NJ PBS appeared first on Current. …›
Mike Masnick – Techdirt→ X Kills Nitter And Xcancel, The Last Ways To Read Tweets Without Elon Watching
2026-09-01 When Twitter launched, it was originally designed to be just like an open protocol. In the early days, the company eagerly supported third party development, building on that protocol. But, because it was a new communications protocol totally controlle …›
Nieman Lab→ Go west: With a new operation in California, ProPublica continues its expansion outside Manhattan
2026-09-01 In October 2007, The New York Times ran a story about an unusual new news startup named — at least according to the Times copy desk — “Pro Publica.” “The plan is to do long-term projects, uncovering misdeeds in government, busine …›
Current→ Comings and goings: Ideastream leaders to retire, WHYY names Billy Penn editor …
2026-09-01 Mark Rosenberger and Jenny Northern will retire from Ideastream Public Media next month. The post Comings and goings: Ideastream leaders to retire, WHYY names Billy Penn editor … appeared first on Current. …›
Pew Research Center→ Methodology
2026-09-01 The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 181 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Research Center’s nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. The survey was conducted from Oc …›
Pew Research Center→ Acknowledgments
2026-09-01 This report was written by Luis Noé-Bustamante, research associate; Ziyao Tian, former research associate; Carolyne Im, research analyst; and Sahana Mukherjee, associate director of race and ethnicity research. Editorial guidance was provided by Mark …›
Pew Research Center→ Appendix: Detailed tables
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Pew Research Center→ How immigrant and U.S.-born Latinos see economic mobility and the American dream
2026-09-01 Latinos in the United States broadly view living standards as improving across generations – both when looking back at their parents and looking ahead for their children. Overall, immigrant Latinos hold more positive views about intergenerational eco …›
Pew Research Center→ What the ‘American dream’ means to U.S. Latinos, in their own words
2026-09-01 The phrase “the American dream” has long been used to describe hopes associated with life in the United States. Over time, it has come to encompass many ideals, including economic mobility, homeownership, political freedoms and equality. A Pew Rese …›
Pew Research Center→ Latinos Are Split on Whether the American Dream Is Achievable
2026-09-01 Far more Latinos say their standard of living is better than their parents’ (57%), rather than worse (23%). More also say their children’s standard of living will be better than their own (53%) as opposed to worse (14%). …›
PRX Official - Medium→ Mark Henry Phillips and Radiotopia from PRX Announce “Light Box”
2026-09-01 Mark Henry Phillips and Radiotopia from PRX Announce “Light Box,” a New Podcast Revealing What AI is Doing to MusicDebuting September 15Acclaimed audio producer Mark Henry Phillips and the Peabody-finalist independent podcast network Radiotopia fr …›
Poynter→ Trump’s threats against the press don’t have to succeed to do damage
2026-09-01 Those of us who write and talk about the media spent much of Monday discussing President Donald Trump’s weekend social media attack on NBC News’ Kristen Welker. Speaking to the […] The post Trump’s threats against the press don’t have to …›