2026-09-07 The story of labor and the Linotype is unexpected in many aspects. For this Labor Day, I’ll share a bit on the subject from my book Hot Type. (Links to buy the hardback and audiobook versions and signed copies are here). Printers wa …›
2026-09-06 Yesterday I was working in my home office when I suddenly remembered that the first IU football game of the season was on. So I went downstairs, turned on the TV, found the Indianapolis station carrying it (we still use an antenna here, 60 miles away), …›
2026-09-06 Me, age 4, at Easter, in Maywood, New Jersey. I turned 5 in July, and in September I began walking to school alone. Legally. The year was 1952. Virginia Mom Gets 6-Month Suspended Jail Sentence for Letting 5-Year-Old Walk to the Pond is a story in …›
2026-09-05 If you’re in chair, in the sky, look out the damn window. Some of the stuff out there is amazing. Shot this three sunsets ago over Ohio with my iPhone 16 on a flight from Newark to Indianapolis. Here is some stuff I’ve noticed, thought …›
2026-09-04 A feminist icon, journalist and magazine co-founder died yesterday. Gloria Steinem was 92. Steinem was best known as a spokeswoman for second-wave feminism, but she also paved a path for […] The post The Athletic investigated Dianna Russini’s …›
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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 …›
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 …›
2026-09-03 Anna Sproul-Latimer, a literary agent, on what a shrinking market means for journalists. …›
2026-09-03 Resisting assumptions about the inevitable, and drifting your own way. …›
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 …›
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 …›
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. …›
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 …›
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 …›
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 …›
2026-09-01 It sounds like something from a sci-fi movie: technology acting on its own, without human guidance, to attack computer systems. But this isn’t a scene from a movie — it […] The post AI agents hacked a company without human direction. Should …›
2026-09-01 The Non-League Paper, devoted to the lowest tiers of English soccer, reports on more than a hundred games each week—and has earned a fan base of its own. …›
2026-08-31 With careful planning, events and newsroom-created gathering spaces can help local media measure impact and trust. The post Design events and digital spaces to create — and measure — impact appeared first on Better News. …›
2026-08-31 A look inside the new New York ecosystem. …›
2026-08-31 Learn how news outlets partner or invest to create young stakeholders and lifelong advocates for both the news organization and the community’s civic health. The post 4 ways local news can grow and fund youth engagement programs appeared first on Bet …›
2026-08-31 What happens when you stop asking, “How do we save journalism?” and start asking what people actually need from it What happens when you listen deeply to marginalised communities, and ask them what they think of the journalism they’re getting? Mo …›
2026-08-28 I shot this image of the great Leonard Cohen on the side of a building in Montréal in 2019 Canadian universities are poaching American academics who could use a more hospitable work and research environment. Here’s McGill’s brag on its …›
2026-08-27 Nvidia just bought Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. That’s what Reuters says The Information says. The latter is behind an expensive paywall, so I’ll take Reuters’ word for it. In The Price Of Independence Was $5.9 Billion, AI …›
2026-08-27 Talking to people gets you the answers that analytics don’t: the ‘How?’ and ‘Why?’ behind your audience’s motivations If you’re running a small news organization and asking questions like, “Why are the people registered to my newsletter …›
2026-08-27 A new book argues that news organizations should enthusiastically adopt AI to improve their journalism. Critics aren’t so sure. …›
2026-08-24 A collaborative approach to the technology, support and resources journalists need to hold power accountable More journalists are working outside institutional newsrooms in the industry today, and that means they are also working without many of the sy …›
2026-08-24 And loved them all Among Money Inc.'s wealthiest college towns, I've lived in numbers 2, 3, 4, 10, 13*, and 20. I've also had good hang times in 5, 9, and 15. Oddly, I've never been to #1, and I grew up in both North and South Jersey. * …›
2026-08-23 Before robots took over, a flagger would be standing here with a stop sign and a walkie-talkie. It can happen where you are too. No data center required. Spotted and obeyed on West Bloomfield Road in Bloomington, Indiana: a robot traffic control flagge …›
2026-08-22 My life Do some stuffSleep like a dogDo some stuffSleep like a dog Or watch the play from a seat close to a door "Hell is other people."—Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopheasy explains, What makes another person’s gaze so powerful? According t …›
2026-08-21 With the publication of my new book, Hot Type, I’m sharing brief excerpts to give you a sense of the stories in it. Mark Twain is the Zelig of the tale, reentering often, as if a tour guide. Here, he comes on stage as Samuel Clemens …›
2026-08-21 But I will run out of days Will I ever run out of names for days? Probably not. …›
2026-08-20 Prophesy When MyTerms succeeds, CMP—Consent Management Platforms—will mean Contract Management Platforms. From the Annals of Enshittification Seth Godin on The Amazon Tax: "Amazon is stealing from the customers they said they were here to serv …›
2026-08-19 With the release my new book, Hot Type, this week, I will post some good bits in hopes of enticing you into reading it. Here, from the introduction, is a preview of the many delightful rabbit holes I explored building the story of the invention o …›
2026-08-19 The Civic Action Toolbox connects local reporting to public meetings, comment periods and the officials who make decisions If you’re a journalist, you’ve undoubtedly gotten this email. A story publishes about a utility rate increase, a rezoning, an …›
2026-08-18 A conversation with Tyler Dedrick from Mountain State Spotlight Innovation in Focus spoke with Tyler Dedrick about his newsroom’s approach to utilizing the Google Ad grants program. With a background in Google Ads before he started working in local n …›
2026-08-17 Contact: Kat Duncan, duncank@rjionline.org This summer, four international master’s students at the Missouri School of Journalism each spent 12 weeks stationed in a community newsroom, where they helped bring to life everything from new audience enga …›
2026-08-17 Civic Strata: A shared foundation for data, documents and community reporting Type “data centers” into Google, and you’ll get thousands of results, including an AI summary, the latest reporting from various news outlets, a Reddit thread, and a li …›
2026-08-15 On this week’s Intelligent Machines, we cohosts had a spirited disagreement about Anthropic’s watermarking of text, as required by EU regulation. The company just released more detail about how it will work, and now I’m upset for a diff …›