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: May 16, 2019
Earn trust through personal interactions, gender equality in sourcing, and how to get a clear vision of your target audience
Need to Know: May 15, 2019
News has shifted toward a subjective tone, ways to restore statehouse coverage, and why aren’t you quoting more nurses
Need to Know: May 14, 2019
Use audience concerns for election coverage, college students value diversity over free speech, and can libraries restore local news
Need to Know: May 13, 2019
Lessons from a newsletter that didn’t work, how to be a productive writer, and where Google is sending news traffic
Need to Know: May 10, 2019
The price of digital subscriptions, reporters who text-message their readers, and how to host a local event
Need to Know: May 9, 2019
Maintaining workplace trust in tough times, how to treat your sources fairly, and the tipping point of getting 1,000 ‘true fans’
Need to Know: May 8, 2019
How to respond to ‘fake news’ complaints, digital subscriptions still have room to grow, and ways to improve your critical thinking
Need to Know: May 7, 2019
Fact-checkers will fight misinformation on Instagram, how to let bad projects die, and how to get help with listening to audiences
Need to Know: May 6, 2019
What kinds of content drive subscriptions, how regular people wrestle with fake news, and the First Amendment is a roadmap to engagement
Need to Know: May 1, 2019
How to help solve the problems you cover, when crowdsourcing gets you in trouble, and the many story ideas presented by the 2020 census