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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.
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Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Local and regional newspapers are increasingly being sold off to one of the large national chains (Printing Impressions) But did you know: Megaclustering is a new phenomenon at local newspapers across the country (The Street) People in the […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: New York Times employees staged a walkout to protest copy desk staff reduction, but some Times staffers were still encouraged to take buyouts (Poynter) But did you know: Despite a historic run, the mood at The New York Times […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Snopes launched a GoFundMe campaign to keep its doors open, with a goal of raising $500K But did you know: Snopes.com is caught in a bitter battle between original founders (Poynter) The popular debunking site published a plea […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: The New York Times now has 2.2 million digital-only subscribers (The New York Times) But did you know: Digital may be the future, but print still looms large in the present fortunes of newspapers (Poynter) At the New […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Research from API finds that readers’ confusion between news and opinion content causes a loss of trust in the media But did you know: NPR.org will more clearly label opinion pieces, adding a brightly colored ‘opinion’ label […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Research from API finds that who shared an article on social media is more important than the story’s original source when it comes to whether a reader trusts the information they see on social media But did […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Facebook is preparing to test paid subscriptions with publishers, allowing users to subscribe to a publisher through Instant Articles and likely accommodating metered paywall models (Digiday) But did you know: Facebook will start testing a subscription-based news […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: Baltimore Sun Media Group announced last week that it would close Baltimore City Paper this year (Baltimore Business Journal) But did you know: The closure of Baltimore City Paper is a reminder that the biggest threat to […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: A number of new online publishers have cropped up recently (Digiday) that have chosen to target subscribers who can pay high subscription prices over traditional advertising models (CJR) But did you know: Online publishers are running fewer […]
Fresh useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism OFF THE TOP You might have heard: In May, Sinclair Broadcasting announced it would acquire Tribune Media’s TV stations for $3.9 billion (Bloomberg) But did you know: A shareholder lawsuit is trying to stop Sinclair’s purchase of Tribune Media (Chicago Sun-Times) A lawsuit brought […]