Theoretical journalism
Journalism as a profitable product has been in decline for years, raising the questions of what the news is for and what people are willing to pay for.
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Journalism faces its Kobayashi Maru moment
News Nieman Lab ·Ethical state funding for the press
News Nieman Lab ·Followers stop following
News Nieman Lab ·Following utter failure
News Nieman Lab ·Reaching the hard-to-reach
News Nieman Lab ·Focus on the 'flabby middle' of the audience funnel
News Nieman Lab ·News faces its final unbundling
News Nieman Lab ·Why 2025 is all about user needs
News Nieman Lab ·Local newsrooms get a boost from data collaborations
News Nieman Lab ·Focusing on what people actually need
News Nieman Lab ·Newsrooms face a left-brain/right-brain divide
News Nieman Lab ·The year we put everything on the table
News Nieman Lab ·There will be no second Trump Bump
News Nieman Lab ·Should we predict or define?
News Nieman Lab ·Content creators find a place in newsrooms
News Nieman Lab ·Media owners will protect the powerful
News Nieman Lab ·We harness listening to build collective resilience
News Nieman Lab ·Recalibrating on AI’s promise
News Nieman Lab ·Journalists keep getting harassed
News Nieman Lab ·Right-wing studies’ time has come
News Nieman Lab ·in brief
Wanted (needed): a new model for news
What if the problem with the news business is the news itself? For all the hand-wringing and lamentations, the unavoidable truth is that many people have stopped buying news products. Half of all newspaper subscribers have vanished in the past 15 years.
Sept. 14, 2021
What if the press delivered the news people actually need?
Despite the recent election-driven revenue gains for the largest organizations, the landscape facing the news media remains perilous. Saddled with a teetering business model, a skeptical public and a hostile president, the press is groping for a clear path to the future.
Feb. 17, 2017