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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.
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: In the past year alone, Facebook Group membership is up 40 percent, with 1.4 billion people — more than half of Facebook’s massive user base — now using Groups every month (Forbes) But did you know: Facebook Groups are […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: According to a 2017 survey conducted by the American Society of News Editors, most people believed that hiring more minorities would improve the quality of news (Columbia Journalism Review) But did you know: By the year 2000, U.S. newsrooms […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: In July, the White House banned CNN reporter from Rose Garden event (CNN) But did you know: White House suspends press pass of CNN’s Jim Acosta after his testy exchange with Trump (The Washington Post) The White House suspended […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: How Facebook and Twitter are rushing to stop voter suppression online for the midterm elections (The Washington Post) But did you know: Unlike in 2016, there was no spike in misinformation this election cycle (Nieman Lab) The University of […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: The Associated Press, in conjunction with Fox News, launches new exit polling project AP VoteCast, abandoning the embattled model of in-person exit polling that has dominated election nights for decades (Politico) But did you know: How polling has […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Half of ads that aired in September in U.S. Senate races were pure negative ads (Wesleyan Media Project) But did you know: Negative ads for federal elections on broadcast TV and national cable channels have increased by […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: A BuzzFeed News investigation exposed a multimillion-dollar ad fraud scheme (BuzzFeed News) But did you know: Just 4 of 36 companies contacted by BuzzFeed said they have identified money that will be refunded to advertisers, following investigation […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: The Oklahoman Media Company sold to GateHouse Media and laid off 37 staffers (Poynter) But did you know: GateHouse now owns 145 dailies and has spent more than $1 billion over five years on acquisitions (Poynter) This […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: In 2015, there were 205.4 million subscribers to traditional TV, and that will drop to 169.7 million by 2022 (eMarketer) But did you know: A majority of Americans think cable has become ‘unaffordable’ (The Hollywood Reporter) Comcast […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: The Skimm got 100,000 people to commit to vote in the midterm elections (Forbes) But did you know: How the Skimm went from a small two-woman operation to being delivered to 7 million readers a day (The […]