Sarah Scott Scire
@sarahscire.com
sounds like “skeery.” @niemanlab.org deputy editor. following digital journalism, political science, books, the NBA ☘️
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🔗 sarahscire.com 📥 sarah_scire@harvard.edu 📱 scire.99 (Signal)
a wide gap between well-resourced newsrooms with experienced visual investigation teams (@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @bellingcat.com) and those passing on law enforcement narratives and/or conflicting descriptions of videos to readers and viewers www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/when...
When just showing the video isn’t enough: Minneapolis shooting puts news organizations to the test
When everyone has seen the same videos, what service do news sites provide?
www.niemanlab.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
a wide gap between well-resourced newsrooms with experienced visual investigation teams (@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @bellingcat.com) and those passing on law enforcement narratives and/or conflicting descriptions of videos to readers and viewers www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/when...
What a wild and deeply depressing outcome. Striking journalists had recently won in the courts and the Block family will kill @post-gazette.com rather than adhere to the ruling. The newspaper (the city's largest) has been in print for more than 230 years.
NEW: Publishers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announce they are shutting down the newspaper on May 3, 2026.
Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.
Hours ago, the Supreme Court of the US declined to extend a stay on a court order for the paper to pay its journalists following the end of a 3-year strike.
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
What a wild and deeply depressing outcome. Striking journalists had recently won in the courts and the Block family will kill @post-gazette.com rather than adhere to the ruling. The newspaper (the city's largest) has been in print for more than 230 years.
We @niemanlab.org published 210 predictions for journalism this year. It was our biggest (and @joshuabenton.com says best) batch yet.
If you're not a future of news sicko who's already read every one, we've highlighted some of the most notable for you here. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/what...
If you're not a future of news sicko who's already read every one, we've highlighted some of the most notable for you here. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/what...
What’s coming for news in 2026? These predictions offer a clue
The inspiration you need for the new year? It's all in here.
www.niemanlab.org
January 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
We @niemanlab.org published 210 predictions for journalism this year. It was our biggest (and @joshuabenton.com says best) batch yet.
If you're not a future of news sicko who's already read every one, we've highlighted some of the most notable for you here. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/what...
If you're not a future of news sicko who's already read every one, we've highlighted some of the most notable for you here. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/what...
Reposted by Sarah Scott Scire
“My economist brain said: If something — let’s say trustworthiness — becomes scarce, then it becomes valuable. He wondered whether “being confronted with the difficulty of telling real from fake would make people more willing to pay for news that they trust.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/trus...
Trusted news sites may benefit in an internet full of AI-generated fakes, a new study finds
An economics paper found subscriber retention and daily visits both increased after readers were confronted with a difficult quiz with AI-generated images.
www.niemanlab.org
December 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“My economist brain said: If something — let’s say trustworthiness — becomes scarce, then it becomes valuable. He wondered whether “being confronted with the difficulty of telling real from fake would make people more willing to pay for news that they trust.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/trus...
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I'm so honored that my friends at @objectivejournos.bsky.social named my story about journalism's retreat from DEI as one of their favorite pieces of media criticism this year.
Every story on this list is worth your time:
objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...
Every story on this list is worth your time:
objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...
The Objective's favorite media reporting and criticism of 2025
A non-comprehensive list of The Objective’s co-directors and readers’ picks for media coverage and commentary this year.
objectivejournalism.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I'm so honored that my friends at @objectivejournos.bsky.social named my story about journalism's retreat from DEI as one of their favorite pieces of media criticism this year.
Every story on this list is worth your time:
objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...
Every story on this list is worth your time:
objectivejournalism.org/2025/12/the-...
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After more than a decade working in newsrooms, I've seen firsthand the passion and resilience of journalists. I've also seen the immense pressure they face, often with limited time and resources.
That's why I've spent the last nine months building something I truly believe the news industry needs.
That's why I've spent the last nine months building something I truly believe the news industry needs.
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
After more than a decade working in newsrooms, I've seen firsthand the passion and resilience of journalists. I've also seen the immense pressure they face, often with limited time and resources.
That's why I've spent the last nine months building something I truly believe the news industry needs.
That's why I've spent the last nine months building something I truly believe the news industry needs.
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New from me: A NiemanLab prediction!
Have always admired this end-of-year package from the smartest people in media, so it was an honor to be asked to write this. Imo, in 2026, AI-written content online will outpace what humans produce. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2...
Have always admired this end-of-year package from the smartest people in media, so it was an honor to be asked to write this. Imo, in 2026, AI-written content online will outpace what humans produce. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2...
December 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New from me: A NiemanLab prediction!
Have always admired this end-of-year package from the smartest people in media, so it was an honor to be asked to write this. Imo, in 2026, AI-written content online will outpace what humans produce. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2...
Have always admired this end-of-year package from the smartest people in media, so it was an honor to be asked to write this. Imo, in 2026, AI-written content online will outpace what humans produce. www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/in-2...
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New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Confessions of the influenced
Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New from me: The internet promised the democratization of information, power, and expression. Now there are vanishingly few ways to be online that don't involve being a billboard.
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
I wrote about the weird — and sometimes devastating — experience of being *influenced*
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
December 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My @politicshome.bsky.social story from the summer about the AI-generated "I rise to speak" phenomenon in Parliament has made it into @nytimes.com 🇺🇸
(sadly, without credit)
(sadly, without credit)
Phil Klay in @nytimes.com (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Phil Klay in @nytimes.com (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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While YouTube and Facebook are still America’s most-used social media platforms, growth is up on:
TikTok – 37% of U.S. adults use it today, up from 21% in 2021
Instagram – 50% today v. 40% in 2021
WhatsApp – 32% today v. 23% in 2021
Reddit – 26% today v. 18% in 2021
More: www.pewresearch.org/...
TikTok – 37% of U.S. adults use it today, up from 21% in 2021
Instagram – 50% today v. 40% in 2021
WhatsApp – 32% today v. 23% in 2021
Reddit – 26% today v. 18% in 2021
More: www.pewresearch.org/...
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
While YouTube and Facebook are still America’s most-used social media platforms, growth is up on:
TikTok – 37% of U.S. adults use it today, up from 21% in 2021
Instagram – 50% today v. 40% in 2021
WhatsApp – 32% today v. 23% in 2021
Reddit – 26% today v. 18% in 2021
More: www.pewresearch.org/...
TikTok – 37% of U.S. adults use it today, up from 21% in 2021
Instagram – 50% today v. 40% in 2021
WhatsApp – 32% today v. 23% in 2021
Reddit – 26% today v. 18% in 2021
More: www.pewresearch.org/...
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More on language vs intelligence, a dynamic the AI industry is increasingly having to reckon with www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
More on language vs intelligence, a dynamic the AI industry is increasingly having to reckon with www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
going to Quebec City for the first time later this month with @bbscott.bsky.social and would love any travel recs! into art, good food, history, bookstores, and Christmas shopping.
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
going to Quebec City for the first time later this month with @bbscott.bsky.social and would love any travel recs! into art, good food, history, bookstores, and Christmas shopping.
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every crisis we talk about nationally - policing, housing, public health, environmental harm - shows up first at the local level, and the only reason the public ever learns about many of these issues is because a local journalist put in the hours. it is an actual survival tool for all of us.
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
every crisis we talk about nationally - policing, housing, public health, environmental harm - shows up first at the local level, and the only reason the public ever learns about many of these issues is because a local journalist put in the hours. it is an actual survival tool for all of us.
“We all had our doubts. If people tell you they had no doubts about this, they’re lying.”
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
What newsroom organizers learned from the years-long strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The importance of coordination, how digital news consumption patterns limit the effectiveness of public shame, and more.
www.niemanlab.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“We all had our doubts. If people tell you they had no doubts about this, they’re lying.”
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
Reposted by Sarah Scott Scire
"A lot of people have been hurt over this strike financially [and] emotionally. I want to make sure that has its due. But we’re going to have to work through that very quickly and get back to work."
by @sarahscire.com
by @sarahscire.com
What newsroom organizers learned from the years-long strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The importance of coordination, how digital news consumption patterns limit the effectiveness of public shame, and more.
www.niemanlab.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"A lot of people have been hurt over this strike financially [and] emotionally. I want to make sure that has its due. But we’re going to have to work through that very quickly and get back to work."
by @sarahscire.com
by @sarahscire.com
Reposted by Sarah Scott Scire
Nieman Lab is great for many things, including the "How Not to be a Newsroom Leader" genre.
Four reporters at a Florida nonprofit say their editor appeared to be using an AI chatbot that inserted fake quotes + nonexistent laws into their drafts.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
Four reporters at a Florida nonprofit say their editor appeared to be using an AI chatbot that inserted fake quotes + nonexistent laws into their drafts.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use
Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
www.niemanlab.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Nieman Lab is great for many things, including the "How Not to be a Newsroom Leader" genre.
Four reporters at a Florida nonprofit say their editor appeared to be using an AI chatbot that inserted fake quotes + nonexistent laws into their drafts.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
Four reporters at a Florida nonprofit say their editor appeared to be using an AI chatbot that inserted fake quotes + nonexistent laws into their drafts.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
"This was not the first hallucinated quote [the EIC] introduced into a reporter’s story draft." www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
Florida nonprofit news reporters ask board to investigate their editor’s AI use
Suncoast Searchlight’s four reporters told the board their editor-in-chief was using AI editing tools and inserting hallucinations into drafts. The next day, one of the reporters was fired.
www.niemanlab.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"This was not the first hallucinated quote [the EIC] introduced into a reporter’s story draft." www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/flor...
Reposted by Sarah Scott Scire
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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We're fortunate to be part of this BU Newsroom project at @dotnews.bsky.social and, let me tell you, these student journalists have been consistently delivering compelling, well-written content, w/ excellent guidance from Steve Greenlee and Brian McGrory.
The future is brighter than you think.
The future is brighter than you think.
Good story in @niemanlab.org about our friends at @bostonu.bsky.social and the BU Newsroom, which offers student-produced coverage to hyperlocal news outlets in Greater Boston. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/a-wi...
A “win-win” partnership brings a surge of reporting firepower to hyperlocal news outlets around Boston
The Boston University Newsroom has published nearly 400 news articles in hyperlocal outlets in and around the city.
www.niemanlab.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We're fortunate to be part of this BU Newsroom project at @dotnews.bsky.social and, let me tell you, these student journalists have been consistently delivering compelling, well-written content, w/ excellent guidance from Steve Greenlee and Brian McGrory.
The future is brighter than you think.
The future is brighter than you think.
Reposted by Sarah Scott Scire
"More relevant than ever": Read @sarahscire.com's full review of @lauragarbes.bsky.social's new book Listeners Like Who?: Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry in @niemanlab.org: www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund....
Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors
After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the…
www.niemanlab.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"More relevant than ever": Read @sarahscire.com's full review of @lauragarbes.bsky.social's new book Listeners Like Who?: Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry in @niemanlab.org: www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund....
Reposted by Sarah Scott Scire
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population" — Larry Summers to Jeff Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population" — Larry Summers to Jeff Epstein
the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors
After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the P...
www.niemanlab.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
the listener-member model that public radio has turned to after decades of government underfunding conflicts with its goal to reflect and serve all Americans. spoke with @lauragarbes.bsky.social about her book LISTENERS LIKE WHO? www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
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“I know that I was hired to help us diversify our airwaves, help us diversify our audience. But I literally had a news director tell me — I made a pitch — and they literally asked me, ‘Why do white people care?’”
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
Funding cuts may make public radio more reliant on old, rich, white donors
After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the P...
www.niemanlab.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“I know that I was hired to help us diversify our airwaves, help us diversify our audience. But I literally had a news director tell me — I made a pitch — and they literally asked me, ‘Why do white people care?’”
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/fund...
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as a former teacher who did exactly this, I have one tip: bring in local journalists - teens distrust "journalists" because usually they have never met one - let them meet a living journalist, let them ask all their questions, it goes a long way in developing understanding
Teens overwhelmingly used negative words like "biased," "boring," "chaotic," and "bad" to describe the news media and journalists in a new @newslit.org survey.
Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
Those doing the hard and important work of teaching media literacy to high schoolers are unsurprised. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/bias...
“Biased,” “boring,” “chaotic,” and “bad”: A majority of teens hold negative views of news media, report finds
About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”
www.niemanlab.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
as a former teacher who did exactly this, I have one tip: bring in local journalists - teens distrust "journalists" because usually they have never met one - let them meet a living journalist, let them ask all their questions, it goes a long way in developing understanding