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A year in, The Guardian’s European edition contributes 15% of the publisher’s pageviews
After the launch of Guardian Europe, one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%.
By Hanaa' Tameez
Press Forward awards $20 million to 205 small local newsrooms
In response to the volume and quality of applications, Press Forward doubled the funding and number of grantees for this open call.
By Sophie Culpepper
Midwestern news nonprofit The Beacon shuts down its Wichita newsroom
“We’ve realized that we can’t do it all, and have made the decision to no longer have a staffed newsroom in Wichita.”
By Sophie Culpepper
With Hurricane Milton looming, NPR stations got a lower-bandwidth way to reach residents
In normal times, text-only websites are a niche interest. But a natural disaster is not normal times.
By Joshua Benton
How a 19th-century news revolution sparked activists, influencers, disinformation, and the Civil War
Long before anyone was accused of being “woke,” the Wide Awakes used new news technology to rapidly construct a national movement.
By Jon Grinspan
How The New York Times incorporates editorial judgment in algorithms to curate its home page
The Times’ algorithmic recommendations team on responding to reader feedback, newsroom concerns, and technical hurdles.
By Zhen Yang
Want to change money in Cuba? It’ll probably involve an exiled news outlet — and AI
El Toque’s informal exchange rate is used by taxi drivers, restaurateurs, and small businesses across the island. It’s also grown the news site’s traffic tenfold.
By Andrew Deck
The former host of S-Town has a new subject to investigate: Journalism
After more than a decade in the industry, Brian Reed is Question(ing) Everything about it.
By Neel Dhanesha
What’s the journalism we can make for people who don’t trust journalism?
“You just need somebody with enough charisma that they would carry people over the line. And it wouldn’t be a traditional journalist.”
By Neel Dhanesha
Journalism scholars want to make journalism better. They’re not quite sure how.
Does any of this work actually matter?
By Jacob L. Nelson, Andrea Wenzel and Letrell Crittenden
A year in, The Guardian’s European edition contributes 15% of the publisher’s pageviews
After the launch of Guardian Europe, one-time donations from European readers increased by 45%.
By Hanaa' Tameez
Press Forward awards $20 million to 205 small local newsrooms
In response to the volume and quality of applications, Press Forward doubled the funding and number of grantees for this open call.
Midwestern news nonprofit The Beacon shuts down its Wichita newsroom
“We’ve realized that we can’t do it all, and have made the decision to no longer have a staffed newsroom in Wichita.”
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