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Sarah ScireNovember 2, 2021

Adobe and news orgs are working on a new tool that could identify a photo’s origin — and combat misinformation

Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative is developing tools and standards that allow people to capture, store, and verify key details about a photo — its digital provenance — with an eye toward creating standards that can be used across the internet.

Brian NgOctober 19, 2021

“Think of it as a Kickstarter tote bag but much, much better”: Dirt, an entertainment newsletter, is funding itself with NFTs, not subscriptions

“NFTs are the newest form of digital content. Structurally, that fits with Dirt’s scope.”

Casey NewtonSeptember 20, 2021

What I learned from a year on Substack

“The only way a Substack grows is through tweets. I am like 85% serious when I say this.”

Sarah ScireApril 16, 2021

Block Club Chicago offered two versions of the same breaking news story — with and without a horrifying video

Readers told the nonprofit local newsroom that they appreciated the option to read an article omitting graphic video and images of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s death.

Joshua BentonMarch 18, 2021

Journalism’s Value is Completely Divorced From Its Worth in the Marketplace, Exhibit DCXXIV: The case of the $1,814 screenshot

Information wants to be free, information wants to be expensive — but there’s no guarantee it’ll be any good at figuring out which is which, especially when NFTs are involved.

Dan KennedyOctober 15, 2020

Here’s how entrepreneurial local journalists are fighting back against Alden Global Capital

“I just determined that I would rather do anything else in life than to dismantle a proud newsroom and lay off my friends and colleagues and eventually be laid off myself.”

Elaine RamirezMarch 5, 2020

After a decade of testing business models, Tech In Asia is finally on a path to profitability

“After what we’ve gone through in the last 18 months, I have the perspective that change is the only constant…If Tech in Asia can be a 100-year-old company, I’d be super proud.”

Lisa FazioFebruary 24, 2020

Who needs deepfakes? Simple out-of-context photos can be a powerfully low-tech form of misinformation

A bogus headline seems both more true and more familiar to people when it’s accompanied by a photo of any kind.

Hanaa' TameezJanuary 30, 2020

Maybe greater transparency can increase trust in news — but readers have to find your transparency first

A “Behind the Story” explanation box attached to a news story sounds good in theory — but in practice, most people skip right over it.

The silver bullet

“Snow had begun to fall. Snow, in September. ” Adam Thomas