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Archives: July 2024

NPR’s Collaborative Journalism Network to expand with an Appalachia newsroom, short-form video pilot, and more

Neel DhaneshaJuly 11, 2024

The Copa, Euro, and Wimbledon finals collide on July 14. Here’s how The Athletic is preparing for its “biggest day ever.”

The Athletic intends to use its live coverage as a “shop window,” giving new readers a taste of what they might get if they subscribed.

Sachita NishalJuly 11, 2024

Making sense of science: Using LLMs to help reporters understand complex research

Can AI models save reporters time in figuring out an unfamiliar field’s jargon?

The New York Times is “constantly thinking about the hierarchy of the stories that we’re promoting,” Joe Kahn says

Joshua BentonJuly 10, 2024

Are you willing to pay for CNN.com? Prepare to be asked before year’s end

The cable news network plans to launch a new subscription product — details TBD — by the end of 2024. Will Mark Thompson repeat his New York Times success, or is CNN too different a brand to get people spending?

Andrew DeckJuly 10, 2024

Errol Morris on whether you should be afraid of generative AI in documentaries

“Our task is to get back to the real world, to the extent that it is recoverable.”

Hanaa' TameezJuly 9, 2024

In the world’s tech capital, Gazetteer SF is staying off platforms to produce good local journalism

“Thank goodness that the mandate will never be to look what’s getting the most Twitter likes.”

Neel DhaneshaJuly 8, 2024

“Poetjournalism” slouches forth from Michigan to be born

Institute for Poetjournalism founder Aaron Dworkin hopes a cash prize and a wire service for “newspoems” will help the form take off.

Axel BrunsJuly 8, 2024

If Meta bans news in Australia, what will happen? Canada’s experience is telling

In countries that have demanded Facebook pay local news publishers, the tech giant has responded with threats — and sometimes action. Will a Canada-style ban become the international norm?

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