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The @bostonglobe Western Mass lesbian bar story pulled in "several thousand" new subscribers in around 72 hours, per a spokesperson this AM. niemanlab.org/2026/09/the-bo…
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David Ellison will get control of CNN after all (and don’t pretend an “independent editorial board” will mean otherwise)
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“Respondents showed clear distrust of AI in the news-gathering process. Discomfort with AI was widespread.”
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Five independent climate journalists are teaming up with a “pop-up newsroom” niemanlab.org/2026/09/five-i…
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"Largest theft of labor in human history." An "existential threat" for publishers.
Court records show what Microsoft and OpenAI actually thought about AI training niemanlab.org/2026/09/an-ast…
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New York Times training editor: Take these four steps before you roll out new things
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"More than seven years later, I still remember leaving that first public gathering and thinking: This is it. This is what I want to do." niemanlab.org/2026/09/the-li…
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“Google is sending us fewer people who aren’t going to subscribe” niemanlab.org/2026/09/the-at…
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"Some aquariums have continuous camera feeds that allow viewers to watch jellyfish go about their lives. This was kind of like that, if the jellyfish wore khakis and analyzed the mail ballot results from Washtenaw County."
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This is a great interview with an independent sports journalist who creates highly-produced narrative videos for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts. These don’t just consist of a guy talking into his phone camera — it’s obvious that he puts a lot of work into researching, illustrating, editing, and scripting these videos. “Right now, my niche is not news,” he said. “By the time the algorithm serves you my stuff, the news has happened. My niche is finding what’s interesting about that news or what’s underreported, and delivering a compelling narrative.”
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Starting my @RSJNevada sports media class with this tomorrow.
For @NiemanLab, @HanaaTameez writes, “Would you send it to the group chat? Sports creator Frank Michael Smith on finding the stories worth telling.”
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"Science communication is thriving, but that’s different than science journalism. What growth there is tends to favor quick takes and attitude, rather than institutionalized journalism with its commitment to verifying information as well as its costly trappings." niemanlab.org/2026/09/is-sci…
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El creador @frankmikesmith demuestra que los #medios tradicionales y la economía de #creadores se potencian juntos, transformando problemas reales de los fans en vídeos deportivos virales de alto impacto. Vía @NiemanLab tinyurl.com/4efvvmmk
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"One thing I tell [young creators] is that you don’t have to have an opinion on everything, and you probably shouldn’t. If you’re prioritizing volume instead of quality, you’re going to lose trust over time." niemanlab.org/2026/09/would-…
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The Trump administration killed Climate.gov. A new website is resurrecting it. niemanlab.org/2026/09/the-tr…
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“Many have said it couldn’t be done”: Local news site Lookout Santa Cruz is profitable thanks to ads and memberships niemanlab.org/2026/09/many-h…
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Two years ago, Meta killed CrowdTangle. Can a new AI tool fill the void? niemanlab.org/2026/09/two-ye…
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Beehiiv adds three new journalists to its media collective niemanlab.org/2026/09/beehii…
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Want your favorite social media platform to just show you your friends' posts — not a bunch of unrelated things it thinks you'll like? Australia wants to make that mandatory. niemanlab.org/2026/09/twenty…
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“I used to be very afraid of going to read the comments sections. But going to Mississippi Today’s TikTok or Verite’s TikTok accounts right now and reading the comments under those videos is one of the greatest joys of my career so far" niemanlab.org/2026/09/at-thr…
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