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: March 23, 2022
A guide for corrections, pressure on BuzzFeed News, and delivering useful information via text
Need to Know: March 22, 2022
Race and news leadership, concerns about Reuters’ Tass connection, and Block Club Chicago tries TV
Need to Know: March 21, 2022
Boston’s one-dollar bet, the value of ‘fixers’ overseas, and a different take on news deserts
Need to Know: March 18, 2022
Weekly roundup — Rethinking opinion sections, Gannett shuts down 19 papers, and the state of journalism in 2022
Need to Know: March 17, 2022
Covering four beats at once, a new democracy initiative in Pennsylvania, and why you should own a newspaper
Need to Know: March 16, 2022
A merger in Detroit, mixing mutual aid and media, and collaboration frustrations
Need to Know: March 15, 2022
Unexpected support for some libel claims, a guide for sexual assault survivors, and objections to a senator’s mug
Need to Know: March 14, 2022
A new opinion forum, a newsletter about puzzles, and an argument for keeping journalists in Russia
Need to Know: March 11, 2022
Weekly roundup — Making ethical choices on Ukraine coverage, how ‘storytelling’ is perceived, and merch strategies for local news
Need to Know: March 10, 2022
Australia’s news law, deciding which war photos to publish, and stories from 10 women in the news business