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: July 15, 2019
What kind of content you need for a paywall, how to make personalization non-creepy, and how listening leads to revenue
Need to Know: July 11, 2019
How to save subscribers from canceling, growing out of startup phase, and how ‘fake news’ laws can stifle free speech
Need to Know: July 11, 2019
States trying to invest in their local journalism, the sports-only subscription trend, and you're invited to take our reader survey
Need to Know: July 10, 2019
Interdisciplinary newsroom teams, sports rivalries are good for news collaboration, and Chrome’s built-in ad blocker is here
Need to Know: July 9, 2019
Reporters who can’t afford food, building civil discourse through events, and meet our Community Listening Fellows
Need to Know: July 8, 2019
New email series on retaining diverse staff, how to connect with readers at events, and making global climate change into local news
Need to Know: July 3, 2019
Explain why you publish graphic images, covering the impact of the census, and the advantages of using comics for news
Need to Know: July 2, 2019
News job cuts are worst since 2009, tips for doing better ‘engaged journalism,’ and ways to reach a more diverse audience
Need to Know: July 1, 2019
What keeps subscribers coming back, using journalism to confront deep problems, and news personalization is getting better
Need to Know: June 28, 2019
How to add context on social media, how journalists view their audiences, and insightful reads for your weekend