BBC resignations are a symbol of mounting pressure on public broadcasters in the Trump era. In the current political environment, public broadcasters are high-priority targets for right-wing media and politicians.

the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...

The high-profile resignations raise questions about the effectiveness and integrity of the BBC’s internal editorial procedures for investigating complaints, and the pressure being brought to bear on the BBC by conservative political and media forces in the U.K. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bbc-...

One outlet that had the story right from the start: The Sun Journal of Lewiston, Maine. The shutting-down Farmer’s Almanac is based in Lewiston. (The Old Farmer’s Almanac is based in New Hampshire and is owned by Yankee Publishing.) www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...

"Listeners Like Who?" chronicles a contradiction at the core of public radio: the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its stated goal to reflect and serve all Americans. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...

About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...

A newsletter by and for New Jersey South Asians serves the state’s sprawling Desi communities www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne...

Participants found fact-checking images significantly harder than verifying written content. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/audi...

A tale of two almanacs.

Journalists are increasingly viewing social media less as an audience-building tool and more as a threat to credibility. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/jour...

At 28 bars across the city, the worker-owned local news site Hell Gate became the broadcaster of choice. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/hell...

you're welcome! www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/the-...

Not good! A @newslit.org report surveyed American teenagers about their attitudes towards journalists. "An overwhelming majority of teens (84%) described news media with negative words." www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias... via @sarahscire.com

✨ Audiences doubt the benefits of AI-generated imagery in news are worth the risks, new study finds. @andrewdeck.bsky.social wrote an article on our latest study in @digitaljournalism.bsky.social 🙏 w Dina Strikovic www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/audi... @aimediademlab.bsky.social @ddc-sdu.bsky.social

"These platforms have grown rife with misinformation and vitriol that threaten to diminish public trust in journalism and encourage animosity toward journalists." 1/2

Audiences doubt the benefits of AI-generated imagery in news are worth the risks, new study finds www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/audi...

About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.” More than a third of teens believe journalists could improve by simply “Telling the truth,” “Fact checking,” and “Not lying.” buff.ly/7vgO0ci

The perception of the public as a valuable part of news production has remained constant even as the journalistic community’s perception of social media platforms as a central means of improving the public’s role in news production has grown much darker. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/jour...

It quickly became apparent that @hellgatenyc.com had figured out how to translate its signature voice — irreverent yet deeply knowledgeable — into video. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/hell...

New Jersey has the highest concentration of South Asians in the country. Central Desi delivers a mix of local news, politics, and culture reporting in the Garden State. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne... by @hanaatameez.bsky.social

NEW: I wrote about Ambreen Ali and her wonderful newsletter that aims to cover the breadth and depth of South Asian communities in New Jersey. Central Desi zindabad ✊ www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne...

Active vs. passive news consumption is a key issue when it comes to building healthy media spaces. Learning how people engage with news and how journalists can encourage it is extremely important.

In Philadelphia, a young nonprofit buys a century-old magazine www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/in-p...

A newsletter by and for New Jersey South Asians serves the state’s sprawling Desi communities www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-ne...

Curious about the Nieman Fellowship? Join us for a live Q&A session to learn what it’s like to spend a year studying as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University this Friday, November 7, 1:00 PM ET.

Many of you, I know, receive a lot of national news, but care a lot about local. You also hate paywalls. If that's you read this detailed story. "The Salt Lake Tribune, preparing to drop its paywall, launches a free, monthly print newspaper for Southern Utah." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...

Grateful to the always-fantastic @andrewdeck.bsky.social for writing such a substantial piece building on our recent AI Watchdog work at the Atlantic 🙏

"It feels less like incidental inclusion and more like large-scale extraction of intellectual property without consent.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...

NBC and CBS cuts hit race and culture verticals www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-...

A new report highlights how “messy, fragmented, and loosely defined news sources have become for many people.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...

“The brand has decided to focus on turning readers into social media consumers. That is a very different goal from turning readers into subscribers/people who care about supporting writers.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/top-...

"Gulf of America" has been losing what little popularity it had in newsrooms. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...

The Salt Lake Tribune, preparing to drop its paywall, launches a free, monthly print newspaper for Southern Utah www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...

The goal of the News Creator Corps is to "flood social platforms with accurate information." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/a-ne...

I moved Transfer Orbit from Substack to Ghost a couple of years ago, for the same reasons that most of these authors have cited: www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/top-...

Mildly insulted that they only stole two NYMag videos that I worked on, and they weren't even interesting ones

Hundreds of thousands of videos were taken from some of the most popular news publishers on YouTube and used to train AI video models. That includes The New York Times, ABC News, Al Jazeera, Vox Media, and The Wall Street Journal. My latest @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...

“When the use is this concentrated — a.k.a tens of thousands of videos from one creator — it feels less like incidental inclusion and more like large-scale extraction of intellectual property without consent," said progressive YouTuber David Pakman. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/hund...

In a post on TikTok, former CBS News producer Trey Sherman said CBS laid off all the people of color on his production team while white staff were reassigned. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-...

These are hardly the first writers and journalists to leave Substack. The “Why I’m Leaving Substack” post is the new “Goodbye to All That.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/top-...

The Southern Utah Tribune is not intended to be [an offshoot] of Salt Lake City’s newsroom...this is a local news product for Washington County; its form and content are rooted in what residents told the Tribune they wanted, and it has two full-time reporters living in the county. buff.ly/4v5EaSu

News creator audiences typically pay attention to creators from their own countries. But when the survey asked respondents to name news-related individuals on social media and video platforms, right-wing American creators had an outsized influence. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...

“There is a set of populous countries, generally where traditional media are under pressure and social media use is high, where news creators are having a significant impact" @hanaatameez.bsky.social wrote up a fascinating @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/news...

“We’re not trying to create a new wave of journalists; We’re saying to them, ‘what you’re doing, which is successful, could be more successful if you knew some of the arts of journalism.’” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/a-ne...

Let's be realistic about how people are getting information. We'd love for you to join us in this mission. I chatted with @neeldhanesha.com about what we're building at News Creator Corps: www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/a-ne...

Since the start of the summer, “Gulf of America” has been losing what little popularity it had as the "Gulf of Mexico" is still in use almost everywhere. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine... via @niemanlab.org

"You won’t be surprised to learn that passive news consumers also tend to be more passive citizens. Active news consumers were more than twice as likely to be 'very engaged' with politics than passive news consumers." www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...

Nine months later, that body of water down south is still the “Gulf of Mexico” to news outlets www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...

“Maybe it’s just that people have been saying Gulf of Mexico for 500 years and don’t easily accept change,” writes @joshuabenton.com @niemanlab.org www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nine...

The big divide in American news consumption is less about “left vs. right” than “active vs. passive” www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...