At the end of August, the state of California passed a bill to give news organizations tax credits based on the number of journalists they employ. It's the largest local news bill in the United States — expected to generate as much as $40 million for the state's newsrooms each year — and on We...

On Tuesday, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled in favor of Thomson Reuters, upholding the company's landmark win in a copyright infringement case against the now-defunct legal AI startup Ross Intelligence. The ruling marks the first federal appeals case to reject a fair use argument for using publi...

At its annual iPhonepalooza today, Apple announced a new feature aimed at making it easier to know where an image came from or whether it's been edited — the sort of provenance data that could be useful in detecting images altered by AI. First rumored last month, Apple Reference Image will wor…

The Department of Justice filing argues that large publishers will disproportionately benefit if AI companies have to pay to use copyrighted content.

Arbiter uses large language models and AI agents to help journalists see the next harmful narrative on social media before it peaks.

In “Against Convenience,” Nieman Fellow Gabe Bullard delves into modern media consumption habits

Since NewsMatch launched as an experiment a decade ago, the annual end-of-year campaign has become a cornerstone in the fundraising strategy of nonprofit newsrooms across the country. First created by the Knight Foundation in partnership with the Institute for Nonprofit News and the News Revenue…

Want your favorite social media platform to just show you your friends' posts — not a bunch of unrelated things it thinks you'll like? Australia wants to make that mandatory.

During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, CazéTV set YouTube’s largest-ever live audience record. But Brazilian regulators are stepping in.

"Credibility comes from readers believing that when something goes wrong, somebody will tell them."

Climate.us, spearheaded by three former NOAA staffers (two of whom are sisters), is picking up where the government site left off.

The nonprofit news network will expand to Arkansas with the launch of its fourth newsroom later this year.

The nonprofit news network will expand to Arkansas with the launch of its fourth newsroom later this year.

Want your favorite social media platform to just show you your friends' posts — not a bunch of unrelated things it thinks you'll like? Australia wants to make that mandatory.

Climate.us, spearheaded by three former NOAA staffers (two of whom are sisters), is picking up where the government site left off.

During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, CazéTV set YouTube’s largest-ever live audience record. But Brazilian regulators are stepping in.

"Credibility comes from readers believing that when something goes wrong, somebody will tell them."

The nonprofit National Trust for Local News is acquiring the Vermont Community Newspaper Group in a deal that will close this month, the Trust announced Thursday. The deal, which will add five weekly newspapers covering more than a dozen northern Vermont communities to the Trust's portfolio, expand...

Outside The Wall Street Journal, it appears not.

At its annual iPhonepalooza today, Apple announced a new feature aimed at making it easier to know where an image came from or whether it's been edited — the sort of provenance data that could be useful in detecting images altered by AI. First rumored last month, Apple Reference Image will wor…

Arbiter uses large language models and AI agents to help journalists see the next harmful narrative on social media before it peaks.

Even the news sites Republicans prefer have gone back to calling it the Gulf of Mexico most of the time. And the trend line is not in Trump's favor.

On August 11, 2023, local law enforcement seized electronics and reporting materials from the Marion County Record in a raid that provoked a national outcry over the blatant press freedom violation in small-town Kansas. The raid led to multiple federal lawsuits against the county government, pub…

"If you lay people off, you get less money. If you don't employ anyone, you don't get anything."

News creators are increasingly where people get their news (check out Hanaa's ongoing series of interviews with news creators from around the world) and a new study from the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University takes a deep dive into New Jersey's local news influencers. Usi…

The enduring legacy of a Nieman fellowship is the friendships you make. Mine helped create an entirely new kind of newspaper.

Want your favorite social media platform to just show you your friends' posts — not a bunch of unrelated things it thinks you'll like? Australia wants to make that mandatory.

Arbiter uses large language models and AI agents to help journalists see the next harmful narrative on social media before it peaks.

The nonprofit news network will expand to Arkansas with the launch of its fourth newsroom later this year.

"Credibility comes from readers believing that when something goes wrong, somebody will tell them."

The enduring legacy of a Nieman fellowship is the friendships you make. Mine helped create an entirely new kind of newspaper.

Even the news sites Republicans prefer have gone back to calling it the Gulf of Mexico most of the time. And the trend line is not in Trump's favor.

Hey Siri, how much is the news worth to an AI assistant? The answer, according to a report by Alexandra Bruell in The Wall Street Journal, starts at $100 million. Apple has approached publishers to use their news and up-to-date information in the revamped Siri AI, sources told the Journal. The c…

News creators are increasingly where people get their news (check out Hanaa's ongoing series of interviews with news creators from around the world) and a new study from the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University takes a deep dive into New Jersey's local news influencers. Usi…

Outside The Wall Street Journal, it appears not.

"If you lay people off, you get less money. If you don't employ anyone, you don't get anything."

The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, and NHK have all signed onto the Originator Profile standard.

Whether you're a reporter or an editor, your inbox has probably seen an influx of pitches, increasingly written with artificial intelligence. They're likely bad, irrelevant, and annoyingly clogging up your email. But one publication is over it. If you want to write for The Food Section, you'll h…

At its annual iPhonepalooza today, Apple announced a new feature aimed at making it easier to know where an image came from or whether it's been edited — the sort of provenance data that could be useful in detecting images altered by AI. First rumored last month, Apple Reference Image will wor…

On August 11, 2023, local law enforcement seized electronics and reporting materials from the Marion County Record in a raid that provoked a national outcry over the blatant press freedom violation in small-town Kansas. The raid led to multiple federal lawsuits against the county government, pub…

It was in 1964 that Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, asked to define obscenity for the purposes of law, wrote his famous heuristic: "I know it when I see it." But when it comes to AI-generated content, we may think we know it when we see it — but our methods are far from perfect. W…

"With an article, you might read it for some amount of time, but with a game, that amount of time goes up significantly."

The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun, and NHK have all signed onto the Originator Profile standard.

The editor behind the popular newsletters Oldster and Memoir Land discusses her own journey to writing a memoir, and how journalists can find their voice

"With an article, you might read it for some amount of time, but with a game, that amount of time goes up significantly."

USA Today Co. has made a deal with software company Palantir to analyze and monetize user behavior, the company announced on Thursday. In its Q2 earnings call Thursday morning, USA Today Co. chairman and CEO Mike Reed told investors he expects the partnership to "strengthen how we collect, …

Hey Siri, how much is the news worth to an AI assistant? The answer, according to a report by Alexandra Bruell in The Wall Street Journal, starts at $100 million. Apple has approached publishers to use their news and up-to-date information in the revamped Siri AI, sources told the Journal. The c…

A massive analysis of every speech given on the floors of Congress between 1939 and 2023 finds that criticism of the news media is remarkably tied to specific partisan interests and historical moments.

At its annual iPhonepalooza today, Apple announced a new feature aimed at making it easier to know where an image came from or whether it's been edited — the sort of provenance data that could be useful in detecting images altered by AI. First rumored last month, Apple Reference Image will wor…