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The unrestricted funding helped small outlets plug holes and try new things, but small local newsrooms ran up against the limits of what two $50,000 grants could accomplish, especially when it came to hiring. niemanlab.org/2026/10/press-…
Creators who show their sources build trust, survey finds niemanlab.org/2026/10/creato…
Dozens of commenters asked for a way to turn off the feature. “No, not at this time,” NYT Cooking's Genevieve Ko responded, “though this feature is completely optional to use.”
Indeed: Don’t ask AI to substitute your chard and AI won’t substitute your chard.
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Vox users can watch videos and listen to podcasts in the app, but reading stories requires a paid subscription. niemanlab.org/2026/10/vox-la…
Meta will complete “a full consultation” with news industry leaders before implementing its controversial new terms — even if it means another delay. niemanlab.org/2026/10/meta-p…
Only 32% of Americans have high confidence that news orgs will report midterm election results accurately, survey finds niemanlab.org/2026/10/only-3…
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sharing the 80-plus tabs I had open for a 300-word story about them changing the train schedule for the summer
New research shows that giving audiences a peek into the reporting process can help bolster their trust in the news. niemanlab.org/2026/10/creato…
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Behold! The very best way for media folks to head into the weekend, the inaugural @NiemanLab News-About-News Quiz!
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Think you kept up with news about the news this week? Find out with our first-ever quiz. (Last question is tricky.) niemanlab.org/2026/10/the-ni…
Press Forward gave $20 million to 205 local newsrooms over two years. Here’s how some of them spent it. niemanlab.org/2026/10/press-…
Only 32% of Americans said they had "quite a bit" or "a great deal" of confidence that news outlets would accurately report the results of the upcoming midterm elections. niemanlab.org/2026/10/only-3…
Meta pledges to consult publishers before finalizing its new terms
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The New York Times is adding more AI features to its Cooking app, and users aren’t thrilled
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TWO Meta updates today:
- Meta promises to consult news publishers and industry leaders about the new terms in the wake of global pushback
- A Norwegian court has blocked the terms from going into effect on November 20
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Vox launches its first app with an eye toward building paid memberships
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New research shows that giving audiences a peek into the reporting process can help bolster their trust in the news. niemanlab.org/2026/10/creato…
“Forcing publishers to choose between surrendering their off-platform IP or forfeiting a primary channel of public communication is a gross abuse of Meta’s power as a powerful platform with critical access to consumers,” Schiff wrote. niemanlab.org/2026/10/a-gros…
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Meta should provide "explicit guarantees" to publishers that paywalls and robots.txt protocols will be respected, @SenAdamSchiff says in a letter to Zuckerberg.
@HanaaTameez with update on the (now bipartisan!) concern in U.S. Senate over new Meta terms niemanlab.org/2026/10/a-gros…
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🚨NEW: Senator @AdamSchiff tells Meta to withdraw its commercial terms that allow for the mass-scraping of business users' websites.
Following Senator @MarshaBlackburn's comments on Friday, Meta's terms have now become a bipartisan concern.
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The Independent Journalism Atlas looks at “wells” and “springs” in news deserts
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