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%.
The FTC puts an end to “click to subscribe, call to cancel” ➚
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.
Hell Gate NYC doubled its subscription revenue in its second year as a worker-owned news outlet ➚
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.”
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.
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.
The typical American TikTok user doesn’t follow a single journalist or traditional media outlet ➚
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.
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.
El País sweetens subscription offering with full access to The New York Times ➚
One year in, the Israel-Gaza war has cost more than 120 journalists their lives ➚
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.
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.”
Journalism scholars want to make journalism better. They’re not quite sure how.
▪ Does any of this work actually matter?
Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars
▪ The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is being deliberated in both houses of Congress.
Going back to the well: CNN.com, the most popular news site in the U.S., is putting up a paywall
▪ It has a much better chance of success than CNN+ ever did. But it still has to convince people its work is distinctive enough to break out the credit card.
The New York Times redesigns its app to highlight a universe beyond just news
▪ It’s the first major redesign since the app launched in 2008.
You might discover a conspiracy theory on social media — but you’re more likely to believe it if you hear it from a friend
▪ Partisanship, conspiratorial thinking, and IRL connections make for a potent mix — on both the left and the right.
Why does the Wichita Beacon keep losing reporters?
▪ The Kansas City Beacon seemed to be a nonprofit news success story. So what’s going wrong in Wichita?