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 ...

“India’s first all-female community radio station and run entirely by Dalit women — historically the most oppressed and marginalized communities in India — Sangham Radio crafts programs that resonate deeply with their listeners.

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.”

Nov 20, 2024 · During the first Trump administration, one law arguably played an outsized role in fueling accountability reporting on the federal government. The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, has long been a cornerstone of investigative journalism in the U.S. Documents obtained through FOIA requests underpinned countless marquee …

Jan 13, 2025 · “Rather than anti-Trump, the founders [former Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin and former White House ethics czar Norm Eisen] describe their venture as pro-democracy. They said they have already enlisted about two dozen contributors, including people who played prominent roles in debunking ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Meta will replace its third-party fact-checking program in the U.S. with a crowd-sourced community notes program similar to the one used by X, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday morning. The wide-ranging video message framed the decision as a move to “dramatically reduce the amount of censorship” on Facebook, Instagram, and X.

Nov 18, 2024 · There’s always Monday morning quarterbacking after an election and, in the past two weeks, an incredible number of takes have invoked a podcaster by the name of Joe Rogan.A new Pew Research Center report focuses on news influencers on social media — including Rogan — and the Americans who say they regularly get their news from them.. For the new report, released Monday, Pew conducted a ...

Jan 2, 2025 · The news is often quite good at being bad — as in deeply negative and depressing. This systemic negativity in news coverage, in one estimation, has gone from being “a mere ‘news value’ to an overarching ‘news ideology.”And it’s not without consequence: It’s leaving audiences increasingly overwhelmed, frustrated, and apathetic, not …

Apr 17, 2024 · “I think that the difference between newsrooms that embrace AI and newsrooms that shun AI is really going to prove itself over the next several months and years,” Jennifer H. Cunningham, the new executive editor of Newsweek, told me.Cunningham joined the publication in March, following her run as editor-in-chief of Insider’s news division. “We have really embraced AI as an opportunity ...

Feb 2, 2011 · The Times began using algorithms for content recommendations in 2011 but only recently started applying them to home page modules. For years, we only had one algorithmically-powered module, “Smarter Living,” on the home page, and later, “Popular in The Times.”