If you like being edited, you’ll love this

“If it is a bottleneck, it will be a failure,” NPR editor-in-chief Edith Chapin told Sarah Scire this week, in response to questions about NPR’s announcement that it is adding layers of editorial review across the entire organization. “It is not designed to clog the system. It is designed to be an extra set of editing and eyes and ears.” The organization is adding 11 new positions.

yo dawg we heard you like edits so we put an editor on your editor so your edits can get edited

— Ben Mullin (@BenMullin) May 15, 2024

We published lots of other great stuff this week — on “journalism will die” subject lines, “news mirages,” GOAT Rachel Aviv, and more. Check it all out below.

— Laura Hazard Owen

Local journalists try new methods to reach, serve, and build trust with audiences “If you’re not reaching the people that you want to reach, then what’s the point of doing the work?” By Sophie Culpepper.

We know why journalists leave the profession. A new study looks at why they stay “The day-to-day work of news, journalists reminded us, was the opportunity to learn for a living.” By Gregory P. Perreault.

The Puente News Collaborative expands to report on the entire U.S.–Mexico border “If you look beyond the wall, you really see these two vibrant communities that are involved in each other’s lives and the integration between them.” By Hanaa' Tameez.