"If they deport me, I’ll leave with my head held high, because I’m convinced it will be for carrying out my journalistic work and not for committing crimes.” www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/09/22/i...

Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel to return Tuesday.

"The Supreme Court has been crystal clear. Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/why-...

Great to chat with NYU’s Ethics & Journalism Initiative about my reporting! We talked about AI "bias detectors,” automated fact-checking, and navigating both the hype and fear cycles on my beat. ethicsandjournalism.org/2025/09/18/n...

Journalists talk to colleagues on Slack, reach sources via phone, email, and messaging apps, and file in Google Docs. But as the U.S. government ramps up its attacks on American journalism, it’s a good time to ask: How secure are the tools we take for granted? www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/its-...

The editor-in-chief of a competing publication called the youngest of the co-founders “an earnest young German-born journalist best known for his pensive profile pictures and impressive turtleneck collection.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

Nonprofit news site The Banner expands beyond Baltimore www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/nonp...

Trump’s FCC again uses the threat of its regulatory powers to push a critic off the air www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/we-c...

The Current wants other local publishers to steal its event ideas www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

The British media is, somehow, becoming even more dominated by the upper classes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nepal’s Discord Revolution and the Press An uprising fomented on social media catches legacy journalism, and the world, by surprise niemanreports.org/nepal-gen-z-...

If you're a journalism organization looking to connect with your audiences, lots of ideas here on how to host meaningful events! A big thank you to @niemanlab.org and @speppered.bsky.social for writing about the talk Christiaan and I gave at @lionpubs.bsky.social recent conference.

“There is a very strange kind of self-censorship in America. Even with European eyes, it is very frightening to see to what degree individual bravery does not exist. From Zuckerberg to ABC, everyone immediately surrenders." apnews.com/article/trum...

For this young, scrappy newsroom of recent college graduates, freelancers, and local journalists who’ve never had a byline outside their home country, the funding is a recognition of their arrival onto Europe’s media landscape.

The Current wants other local publishers to steal its event ideas. From @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

Meet Reuters’ first social-first video reporter, @tristanwerkmeister.com www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/its-...

“It’s not just younger people making the shift”: Meet Reuters’ first social-first video reporter www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/its-...

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way”: Trump’s FCC again uses the threat of its regulatory powers to push a critic off the air www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/we-c...

The average household income in Montgomery County is the 20th-highest among U.S. counties. The county has the highest percentage (29.2%) of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate degrees. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/nonp...

“If there’s an idea here that you like, you are welcome to it, just take it — do it in your town." www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

The expansion into Maryland’s most populous county brings The Banner into the northern Washington suburbs — where it already has several thousand paying subscribers — and marks its first hub outside Baltimore. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/nonp...

The Gen Z newsroom covering Europe (and ruffling some continental feathers along the way) www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

The 11 types of relationships that journalists have with audiences www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

Journalism’s DEI efforts are in decline www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

Early testing indicates family subscribers have high retention. You can't cancel on Grandma, now can you? www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

The former Washington Post video star talks about launching a new company with old colleagues, the importance of media literacy, and building a Daily Show for the internet. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...

While removing prescription drug ads has merit as a policy measure, it's the latest in a brutal series of administration actions that have hurt journalism. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/trum...

Journalism’s DEI work — and reporting on it — is never done. If you have tips and insight about how these efforts are going in your newsroom, you can find my secure contact information at the end of the story ⬇️

@hanaatameez.bsky.social asked great questions and backs up her work with data. Definitely worth a read. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

Newsrooms made a lot of promises in the wake of the "racial reckoning" in media. @hanaatameez.bsky.social looked at those promises and found about 60% of the diversity-related journalism roles created still exist today. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

This story — which asks what happened to all of those newsroom DEI jobs, committees, and promises from 2020 — is the hardest one I've ever worked on. I hope you'll spend some time with it today. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

Drug ads account for 13% of all national network ad revenue. Collectively, they generated $2.7 billion in revenue for ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox. If it suddenly disappeared, you could expect the resulting budget cuts to disproportionately target news. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/trum...

“It’s sort of like saying you have one Black friend. You may have one, but what are you doing to either keep them happy or to pave the way to have more people like them in these positions?”

. @hanaatameez.bsky.social puts data behind journalism's DEI vibe shift. From # of jobs posted, to products launched then shut down, to exhibiting at conferences — the racial reckoning is in retreat. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

A third of jobs related to race, diversity, and equality that were created in U.S. newsrooms since 2020 are gone as of this summer. 
 @hanaatameez.bsky.social with a months-long investigation and new data on American journalism's turn away from DEI initiatives. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

George Floyd’s killing in 2020 set off a “racial reckoning” in journalism. News outlets sought out DEI trainings, formed internal committees, and created roles focused on race, diversity, and equality. In 2025, we wanted to know: What happened to those efforts? www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

I’m workshopping “Local News International YouTube and TikTok and Reels and Snap Guy” bsky.app/profile/niem...

Thanks @niemanlab.org for this deep dive with @davejorgenson.bsky.social

A new deal ensures that for Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, the future is conservative buff.ly/lM19yK5

With Local News International, @davejorgenson.bsky.social becomes his own TikTok guy www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...

The 11 types of relationships that journalists have with audiences www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

The Times confirmed that Games-related requests were an important part of launching the family subscription. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

There’s more asparagus than ever in @nytimes.com. (This sentence will make sense if you read, promise.) www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

Some French publishers are giving AI revenue directly to journalists. Could that ever happen in the U.S.? www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/in-f...

Advance Local's dailies continue to punch above their weight. Here’s our monthly ranking of the top 25 local newspaper websites in the United States. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/mass...

A chasm separates the approved content that appears on students’ reading lists and the massive amount of unregulated, unverified and unreliable content they consume online. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/this...

The biggest antitrust case against Big Tech in decades turned out to be kind of a flop www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/the-...

To expand regional coverage while keeping costs down, High Plains Public Radio aims to build out a “contributors network” of part-time and volunteer community members coordinated by a lean central editorial team. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/with...

In France, reporters are getting a cut of revenue from AI licensing deals. Among others, Le Monde has agreed to redistribute 25% of its deals with OpenAI and Perplexity. I took a closer look at these union agreements and asked why they haven't crossed the Atlantic. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/in-f...

34 PBS staffers will lose their jobs this week, part of a 15% workforce reduction that will eliminate 100 jobs. And additional layoffs are happening at stations around the country, with many "in danger of shutting down." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b... #PBS