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: April 6, 2022
The state of statehouse reporting, how to get at job candidates’ diverse experiences, and a partisan split in media investment
Need to Know: April 5, 2022
Reaching ‘light’ readers, using LinkedIn for engagement, and a guide to protect journalists from online abuse
Need to Know: April 4, 2022
Vets in journalism, ideas to close the wage gap for journalists of color, and thinking about corrections
Need to Know: April 1, 2022
Weekly roundup — How the Detroit Free Press measures impact, local newsrooms need training on AI, and Facebook’s war on TikTok
Need to Know: March 31, 2022
Cross-field collaborations, figuring out who’s behind a website, and how news can help counter misinformation
Need to Know: March 30, 2022
AI’s late adopters, uncovering fire risk disparities in Milwaukee, and a new term for ‘non-newspaper newbies’
Need to Know: March 29, 2022
States move to ban filming the police, the FT tries a new app, and false information’s far reach
Need to Know: March 28, 2022
A fresh approach to arts coverage, fact-checking in South Sudan, and the Black News Channel’s implosion
Need to Know: March 25, 2022
Weekly roundup — Comments can reveal information gaps, why news deserts worsen polarization, and metrics that matter
Need to Know: March 24, 2022
A transformation story in Appalachia, why you should read the comments, and thinking big in Baltimore