“What we’re trying to solve for is not necessarily a business model problem. We’re trying to solve for an ownership incentive problem, which, in many ways, is the biggest challenge that local news faces.”
"What we're trying to solve for is not necessarily a business model problem. We're trying to solve for an ownership incentive problem."
Danish membership publication Zetland is lending its tech support, guidance, and playbook to Uusi Juttu to get the publication off the ground in Finland.
"It feels more like a partner and a support than Zetland coming to the Finnish market."
Stories with inflammatory and hyperbolic headlines don’t seem to perform well in Discover. Google itself recommends that, to maximize their chances of appearing in Discover, publishers “use page titles that capture the essence of the content, but in a non-clickbait fashion.”
Traffic from Google Discover now exceeds traffic from Google Search for some publishers, but what works there is a bit of a guessing game.
A courts reporter wrote about a few trials. Then an AI decided he was actually the culprit.
For one German reporter, the statistical underpinnings of a large language model meant his many bylines were wrongly warped into a lengthy rap sheet.
Local journalists try new methods to reach, serve, and build trust with audiences
“If you're not reaching the people that you want to reach, then what’s the point of doing the work?”
We know why journalists leave the profession. A new study looks at why they stay
"The day-to-day work of news, journalists reminded us, was the opportunity to learn for a living."
At least 30 counties on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border are news deserts. Puente News Collaborative is bridging that gap.
“If you look beyond the wall, you really see these two vibrant communities that are involved in each other's lives and the integration between them.”
"Pretty amazed you were able to change my mind by your responses."
"It still works even for people who strongly distrust AI."
Documentary filmmakers publish new AI ethics guidelines. Are news broadcasters next?
The Archival Producers Alliance’s new generative AI guardrails put audience transparency first.
Mobile newsrooms help drive citizen journalism in North Macedonia and beyond
"With each region we visited, the audience from that region grew, and they have continued to follow us to this day."