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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The media becomes an activist for democracy
News Nieman Lab ·To hell with algorithms
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News Nieman Lab ·AI turns news into a conversation
News Nieman Lab ·Action over analysis
News Nieman Lab ·Journalism as a social service
News Nieman Lab ·No more baby steps in fixing crime coverage
News Nieman Lab ·Covering Trump 2.0, now with less Trump
News Nieman Lab ·The New York Times will hire a pro-Trump columnist
News Nieman Lab ·A renewed appetite for print
News Nieman Lab ·The commercial news industry is incapable of fulfilling its constitutional duties
News Press Watch ·What Is To Be Done? Investing Where It Matters.
News commentary Breaking the News ·A new generation of knowledge management tools
News Nieman Lab ·Prediction markets go mainstream
News Nieman Lab ·Maybe we really are done with news?
News Nieman Lab ·Journalists fight digital decay
News Nieman Lab ·Put AI at the beginning, not at the end
News Nieman Lab ·Journalism has its Kendrick Lamar year
News Nieman Lab ·Story budgets get reshaped to coax the disengaged
News Nieman Lab ·Journalists embrace transparency about the business side
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