After resignations at the top, the BBC faces a defining test: What does impartiality mean now?
▪ The organization, like many news outlets worldwide, is caught in a bind, accused of bias from both the left and the right — and while in the past this might suggest a fair balance, in today’s climate it is often weaponized.
A “win-win” partnership brings a surge of reporting firepower to hyperlocal news outlets around Boston
▪ The Boston University Newsroom has published nearly 400 news articles in hyperlocal outlets in and around the city.
A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners wants to take away Brendan Carr’s biggest weapon against journalism
▪ “News distortion” was previously a tool the FCC used against shock jock hoaxes. Under Trump, it’s a handy threat against journalism he doesn’t like.
The Journalism Support Exchange is a new matchmaking tool for local news outlets to get the help they need ➚
Want to build a sustainable local newsroom? These 21 steps will help you get there, a new report finds
▪ “Having dedicated staff to generate revenue was transformational to an organization’s chances of sustainability.”
BBC resignations are a symbol of mounting pressure on public broadcasters in the Trump era
▪ In the current political environment, public broadcasters are high-priority targets for right-wing media and politicians.
Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors ➚
The cute yellow Old Farmer’s Almanac isn’t the one shutting down
▪ “There are TWO. This is not The OLD Farmer’s Almanac that has been around since 1792. Everything is fine. Just chill guys”
Audiences doubt the benefits of AI-generated imagery in news are worth the risks, new study finds ➚
“Biased,” “boring,” “chaotic,” and “bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
▪ About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
Hell Gate took on the New York City mayoral election with a livestream and watch parties
▪ At 28 bars across the city, the worker-owned news site became the broadcaster of choice.
Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests
▪ While these predictions suggest that the journalistic community’s enthusiasm for social media platforms has waned over time, there has been no such change in the perceptions of the people actually using these platforms — the audience.
In Philadelphia, a young nonprofit buys a century-old magazine ➚
A newsletter by and for New Jersey South Asians serves the state’s sprawling Desi communities
▪ New Jersey has the highest concentration of South Asians in the country. Central Desi delivers a mix of local news, politics, and culture reporting in the Garden State.
Hundreds of thousands of videos from news publishers like The New York Times and Vox were used to train AI models
▪ YouTube channels from major news publishers and creators were in video data sets used by Microsoft, Meta, Snap, Runway, and Bytedance.
NBC and CBS cuts hit race and culture verticals ➚
Top Substack writers depart for Patreon ➚
The Salt Lake Tribune, preparing to drop its paywall, launches a free, monthly print newspaper for Southern Utah
▪ “We believe that the first thing we have to do is build something that people want.”
A new fellowship is all about putting the news in news creator
▪ The goal of the News Creator Corps is to “flood social platforms with accurate information.”
News creators get more attention in countries where traditional media struggles
▪ A new report highlights how “messy, fragmented, and loosely defined news sources have become for many people.”