Need to Know newsletter
API’s Need to Know email newsletter provides fresh, useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism.
The daily edition arrives in inboxes every weekday morning, and helps subscribers stay up to date in this fast-moving industry. It features relevant news as well as bright ideas, insights and conversations that are happening across the field of journalism.
The weekly edition arrives in inboxes every Friday morning. It quickly summarizes the biggest industry news as well as some of the most interesting ideas and advice that have emerged during the week.
*The email that is sent on Fridays is the same for both daily and weekly subscribers.
Need to Know: May 4, 2022
Lee’s layoffs, life without the BBC, and steps for creating a more diverse newsroom
Need to Know: May 3, 2022
Journalists band together amid threats, Le Monde’s English play, and the billionaires who control media
Need to Know: May 2, 2022
Publishers try homepage personalization, a new focus on the funnel in Philly, and a prize for freelancers
Need to Know: April 29, 2022
Weekly roundup — API is hiring, using push notifications to drive subscriptions, and Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter
Need to Know: April 28, 2022
The power of conflict avoidance in closed apps, Europe seeks to curb SLAPP suits, and a guide for covering sexual assaults
Need to Know: April 27, 2022
Chicago Reader owner steps aside, The WaPo weather team grades itself, and the money/mission paradox
Need to Know: April 26, 2022
Musk’s potential impact on Twitter, a tool for tracking local development, and why Snapchat is booming
Need to Know: April 25, 2022
Ways to avoid horse race elections coverage, using push notifications to win subscribers, and an open data project in Burundi
Need to Know: April 22, 2022
Weekly roundup — Convincing people to pay for news, rethinking coverage of Black communities, and lessons on launching a local newsroom
Need to Know: April 21, 2022
Content takes a hit in news takeovers, a journalism collaborative in Central America, and a new TikTok trend