Nieman Lab

Nieman Lab

5/10/2025, 4:40:03 PM

🌎 The Nieman Foundation, home to Nieman Lab, announced its newest class of fellows. Meet the 22 accomplished journalists from nine countries. https://nieman.harvard.edu/the-nieman-foundation-for-journalism-at-harvard-announces-its-88th-class-of-fellows/ ✏️ Nieman Lab editor Laura Hazard Owen looked at high schoolers fighting for their press freedoms in Virginia. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/inside-a-high-school-newspapers-fight-for-editorial-independence/ 🏇 Swing state journalists were trained to avoid the worst kinds of political coverage in the U.S. Did it work? https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/swing-state-journalists-were-trained-to-avoid-the-worst-kinds-of-political-coverage-did-it-work/ 📈 The New York Times is enjoying a second (more modest) Trump bump https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/the-new-york-times-second-trump-bump-is-more-modest-but-sustained/ 📨 For more original journalism and a rundown of the most interesting stories in digital media from across the internet, subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter. https://www.niemanlab.org/subscribe/

Nieman Lab

5/16/2025, 5:36:09 PM

Happy Friday! Here are some of our stories this week: 🤖 Business Insider is tracking employees’ ChatGPT usage, but some are concerned about the generative AI push. Many didn’t realize management was tracking individual adoption rates of the technology: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/business-insider-is-tracking-employees-chatgpt-usage-as-part-of-a-new-ai-push/ 💰The National Trust for Local News is selling most of its community newspapers in Colorado to the Arizona-based Times Media Group, a for-profit media company with a history of reducing local newsrooms: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/national-trust-for-local-news-sells-21-newspapers-to-a-company-with-a-history-of-gutting-local-outlets/ 🏆 In 2023, The New York Times created a program that would channel some of its resources toward local investigative reporting. This year, one of its partners won a Pulitzer: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/the-new-york-times-local-investigations-fellowship-gives-local-reporters-the-time-and-resources-to-take-big-swings/ 💌 Get all of Nieman Lab’s stories about the future of news in your inbox by subscribing to our daily or weekly newsletters: https://www.niemanlab.org/subscribe/

Nieman Lab

5/23/2025, 11:54:56 PM

Happy Friday! You made it. Here's some of what we published at Nieman Lab this week: 🌈 No pot of gold at the end of the ChatGPT rainbow? Google's longtime vice president for news, Richard Gingras, is stepping down. Here's what he has to say about the future of journalism: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/googles-chief-emissary-to-the-news-business-is-stepping-down-and-looking-back/ ⛈️ The U.S. has some of the best meteorological data in the world. How do journalists continue to report on the weather when that data is disappearing? https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/how-do-you-report-on-the-weather-when-data-is-disappearing/ 🏆 One Pulitzer winner and three finalists disclosed using AI to the judging committee. Here's how they used AI in their reporting. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/how-this-years-pulitzer-awardees-used-ai-in-their-reporting/ 📥 For more original reporting and a curated list of the most interesting stories in digital media, sign up for our daily newsletter. We have a weekly version, too. https://www.niemanlab.org/subscribe/

Nieman Lab

5/30/2025, 7:53:22 PM

Hey, quick question … ❓ Is any newspaper better than a news desert? Nieman Lab snagged an interview with a local newspaper owner known for making layoffs and cuts. He told us: “My heart’s in the right place.” https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/this-owner-thinks-newspapers-are-better-off-diminished-than-dead/ ❓ Is AI starting to steal journalism jobs? Business Insider announced it was laying off 21% of staff and that the news site is "going all-in on AI" in the same memo. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/business-insider-will-lay-off-21-of-staff-amid-ai-disruption-and-extreme-traffic-drops-outside-of-our-control/ ❓ Who is the most important person in your newsroom? It might be the one hitting send on push alerts. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/project-push-creates-an-archive-of-news-alerts-from-around-the-world/ ❓ And, finally, what is Anthropic's AI model Claude up to? A look at the wannabe whistleblower that emerged in testing. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/anthropics-new-ai-model-didnt-just-blackmail-researchers-in-tests-it-tried-to-leak-information-to-news-outlets/ 📨 For more of what we asked and answered, subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter here. https://www.niemanlab.org/subscribe/

Nieman Lab

2/25/2025, 8:37:52 PM

"Korean student journalists must take extra precautions. This often means self-censoring topics that might not sit well with the administration and consulting advisers on what is safe to publish." https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/student-press-freedom-isnt-universal/

Nieman Lab

2/25/2025, 8:40:10 PM

The hit podcast Heavyweight is returning—this time with Pushkin. Here’s what to expect: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/heavyweight-is-coming-back-as-a-pushkin-podcast/