Category Archives: Journalism
Nieman Lab→ “Your TV station is on fire”: A local TV news “survival guide” calls for stations to prioritize digital…yesterday
2025-12-02 An ice-water wakeup call? A tough-love kick in the pants? A five-alarm fire? The new “survival guide” from Northeastern’s Reinventing Local TV News Project does not mince words. Building on a survey of more than 1,000 adults ages 18 to 34, it lay …›
Nieman Lab→ Politico management violated key AI adoption safeguards, arbitrator finds
2025-12-01 Last week, unionized journalists at Politico won a landmark arbitration regarding AI adoption in their newsroom. In the ruling issued on November 26, an arbitrator found that Politico management violated key AI adoption safeguards that had been negotia …›
What We’re Reading – Nieman Lab→ 28 (at least)
2025-11-26 …›
Better News→ The 5 most popular Better News articles and case studies of 2025
2025-11-19 Here are 5 ideas to steal and adapt: From collaborating with creators to revenue experiments you can adapt and steal, these articles and case studies are the most-viewed in 2025 on BetterNews.org. The post The 5 most popular Better News articles and ca …›
PressThink→ Some more personal news. (October, 2025)
2025-10-08 In June I announced that I was retiring from NYU after 39 years, but not leaving the field, or the fight for a public service press. Today I can explain what I meant by not leaving the field. I have a new job: president of News Creator Corps. Read on a …›
Better News→ How creator collaborations can help increase civic engagement during low-interest, local elections
2025-09-23 THE CITY worked with a trusted messenger to create a video series that helped New Yorkers better understand the issues so they felt motivated to cast their ballot. The post How creator collaborations can help increase civic engagement during low-intere …›
BuzzMachine→ The nation is lost
2025-09-22 In this terrible time, what disappoints and angers me so about my own field of journalism — to which I have devoted 50 years of my life — is its refusal to recognize fascism, to even use the word so as to explain it, and to judge Trump …›
Better News→ How building a local creator map can lead to stronger community connections
2025-09-09 Public Source built a diverse, regionally representative map of Pittsburgh creators and trusted messengers to strengthen relationships and spark new opportunities for collaboration. The post How building a local creator map can lead to stronger communi …›
BuzzMachine→ Len Tow
2025-08-12 We have lost a most generous soul. I have lost a benefactor, mentor, and friend. Leonard Tow died Sunday at age 97. Len held a PhD in economic geography from Columbia and taught at Hunter and Columbia before deciding to leave for business …›
BuzzMachine→ Whither Colbert? Whither democracy
2025-07-18 Like every sane American, I am outraged that CBS/Paramount/Ellison Inc. canceled — in the true meaning of the word — Stephen Colbert, capitulating to Trump in the rapid Orbanization of American media. Here I propose what I hope come …›
BuzzMachine→ The Times’ Mamdani vendetta
2025-07-04 The Times has it out for Zohran Mamdani. The record is clear. It is time to examine receipts. The latest attack on him is journalistically unconscionable, and so is the editors’ reaction to legitimate criticism. In a story played by its …›
BuzzMachine→ Here we go again
2025-02-06 In an endless game of lobbyists’ Whac-A-Mole, it’s a new year and here is new legislation trying to save the news. Except it’s not new. First, from Oregon, comes a rehash of bad legislation written by newspaper hedge-fund lobbyists, v …›