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    Archives: January 2024

    The New York Times rolls out new byline pages
    Owen BergJanuary 31, 2024
    How to meet readers where they are (when where they are is offline)
    “Traffic to news sites through social media has dropped in recent years, and over half of adults over 65 don’t use social media at all. We wanted to build a way to get The City’s service journalism to New Yorkers who wouldn’t otherwise see it.”
    Joshua BentonJanuary 30, 2024
    The Garrison Project wants to bridge the gap between national and local criminal justice reporting
    “The story is less at [the U.S. Department of Justice] than with sheriffs and prosecutors at the local level, mostly the county level.” But how do you tell that story when local news is in decline?
    A student newspaper in Iowa just bought two local weeklies
    Christina CouchJanuary 29, 2024
    Journalists are burned out. Some newsrooms are fighting back.
    Keeping reporters healthy over the long term often requires both systemic and behavioral changes, and getting buy-in often isn’t easy.
    Magda OsmanJanuary 29, 2024
    Disinformation often gets blamed for swaying elections, but the research isn’t so clear
    “Our belief in free will is ultimately a reason so many of us back democracy in the first place. Denying it can arguably be more damaging than a few fake news posts lurking on social media.”
    Hanaa' TameezJanuary 25, 2024
    After LA Times layoffs, questions about diversity and seniority swirl
    Disagreements between the LA Times and its Guild over seniority protections ended in more than 60 journalists of color being laid off.
    Sophie CulpepperJanuary 25, 2024
    A tuition-free J-school? CUNY aims to be one by 2027
    Thanks to a $10 million gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies announced Thursday, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY will cover full tuition for half of its class starting in August 2025.
    Gretel KahnJanuary 25, 2024
    Ten young journalists open up about their struggles to break into the news industry
    Emerging journalists across Europe, North America, and Latin America tell similar stories.
    Sophie CulpepperJanuary 24, 2024
    City Cast, a local news podcast network, is still expanding three years in
    This month, City Cast published guest demographic data for podcasts in its 11 cities and analyzed how that data compared to each local community.
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