Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism 2025
Linda Solomon Wood Lessons learned in The Building of Lost Causes “The skills we developed while facing down the fossil fuel industry — persistence through trolling campaigns, converting readers one by one, turning an upstart publication into essential reading — these aren’t just about journalism. They’re about how to keep building when everything around you feels like it’s ...
Are you willing to pay for CNN.com? Prepare to be asked before …
Jul 10, 2024 · Paying for CNN is not something people are used to. Let me rephrase that: Directly paying for CNN is not something people are used to. For decades, an overwhelming majority of American households paid for cable or satellite service, and an opaque slice of that monthly charge — around $1 or so — found its way to Turner, Time Warner, AOL Time Warner, AT&T, Warner Bros. Discovery, or whatever ...
Google Discover is sending U.S. news publishers much more traffic ...
Sep 24, 2024 · Atlanta — If you are a U.S. news publisher, you likely know that your traffic from social media has fallen — the question is just how much.. Social analytics platform Chartbeat has some answers. Social’s share of traffic to the 700 U.S. news sites that are Chartbeat clients has dropped by a third since January 2023, from 6% then of all traffic then to 4% of all traffic now.
Is 1440’s daily newsletter the unbiased news source it claims to be?
Feb 7, 2024 · “1440 makes over 95% of its income off of advertisements, with a small proportion coming from reader donations. He also explained that the company reviews potential advertisements before a newsletter with those ads are sent out. 1440 is largely employee-owned, with the remaining holdings from a venture capital firm.”
How a 19th-century news revolution sparked activists, influencers ...
Oct 10, 2024 · There’s one question I get every time I give a talk. I’m a curator of political history at the Smithsonian Institution, and when I discuss the deep history of political division in our country, someone in the audience always asserts that we can’t possibly compare past divisions to the present, because our media landscape is doing unprecedented harm, …
The Puente News Collaborative expands to report on the entire …
Sep 16, 2024 · In February, seasoned immigration and border reporter Alfredo Corchado took on a new challenge: covering his home.. Corchado, a native of El Paso, Texas, is now the executive editor of the Puente News Collaborative, a bilingual nonprofit journalism initiative funded by the El Paso Community Foundation to report (and fund reporting) on both sides of the 1,954-mile border that separates Mexico ...
The National Trust for Local News keeps buying local newspapers.
Sep 26, 2024 · Atlanta — When newspaper veteran Ross McDuffie became the first-ever chief portfolio officer for the National Trust for Local News, the nonprofit organization owned two dozen newspapers in Colorado and generated around $5 million in earned revenue.. A little more than a year and a half later, the Trust has grown rapidly by nearly every measure. After new rounds of acquisitions and launching ...
Radio listening has plummeted. NPR is reaching a bigger audience …
Aug 19, 2020 · Since the pandemic took hold in the United States, NPR’s radio ratings have taken a nosedive. Half of AM/FM listening in the United States takes place in a car, but between reduced (or eliminated) commutes and social distancing, there’s been a steep decline in the drivers that make up public radio’s traditional broadcast audience. “People who listened to NPR shows on the radio at home ...
Predictions for Journalism 2024 » Collections - Nieman Lab
Jacob L. Nelson Journalists abandon social media, and news audiences follow (eventually) “The downside: Without news brands investing the time and effort to add their content to social media platforms, these platforms — already flooded with misinformation — will become even less hospitable venues for the millions of people who spend hours on them daily.”
How 13 news publishers are using WhatsApp Channels
Nov 7, 2023 · WhatsApp is an integral part of how Argentinians communicate. More than nine out of 10 people with internet access in our country use it, and we thought it was a very fun opportunity to establish a different kind of connection with our audience.. WhatsApp is a rather informal space where you chat in confidence with your best friend, mom, or partner.