Need to Know newsletter
API’s daily Need to Know morning newsletter provides fresh, useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism. Most of the items that we curate for the newsletter each day also appear here on the website as a cumulative body of knowledge.
Need to Know: June 18, 2021
The pandemic led to more audience-centric reporting, when coordinated online attacks target journalists, and is journalism ableist
Need to Know: June 17, 2021
Free legal help for local news, Googling a journalist gets more interesting, and watch Nextdoor as a misinformation hub
Need to Know: June 16, 2021
How to talk about journalism with relatives, three types of obituaries that draw readers, and how the media is rebounding from 2020
Need to Know: June 15, 2021
Building transparency into reporting, the lack of demand for local news, and ‘gut instinct’ tells many Americans whether to trust news
Need to Know: June 14, 2021
How travel journalism is changing again, covering Indigenous trauma, and ways to get work done away from the desk
Need to Know: June 11, 2021
Can state governments save local news, vaccine fact-checks aren’t keeping pace with disinformation, and adapting print for audio
Need to Know: June 10, 2021
How to improve subscriber retention, setting a tone for newsletter writing, and iPhones may bury news notifications
Need to Know: June 9, 2021
Solutions journalism attracts loyal readers, a modernized system for newspaper public notice ads, and what staff bios should look like
Need to Know: June 8, 2021
API is hiring, how to use explainer videos to break down lengthy investigations, and what journalists should know about guns
Need to Know: June 7, 2021
How to use data to pursue stories, how well do apps convert subscribers, and CPB revenues declined in 2020