“Local media” has become a buzzword for national newsrooms chasing awards. We’re not here for that. We’re here for Mississippians. Your TRIPLED support helps us build a newsroom that listens first, reports deeply and centers the people who need it most. buff.ly/CbJHjq1
January 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
“Local media” has become a buzzword for national newsrooms chasing awards. We’re not here for that. We’re here for Mississippians. Your TRIPLED support helps us build a newsroom that listens first, reports deeply and centers the people who need it most. buff.ly/CbJHjq1
Something to know if you live in California ...
January 1, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Something to know if you live in California ...
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
From the construction worker who won a place at medical school to an art exhibition in a country with no galleries, we asked journalists for their most optimistic tales of the year
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December 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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why not Toronto area newsrooms?
December 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
why not Toronto area newsrooms?
Our ICFJ Plus Hub gives newsrooms shared access to enterprise-level tools—CMS, remote sensing, digital security & OSINT platforms—plus implementation support. Empowering journalists with the infrastructure they need to thrive. Learn more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-la...
December 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Our ICFJ Plus Hub gives newsrooms shared access to enterprise-level tools—CMS, remote sensing, digital security & OSINT platforms—plus implementation support. Empowering journalists with the infrastructure they need to thrive. Learn more: www.icfj.org/news/icfj-la...
2025 was the year newsrooms became a madman’s steno pool. Please do better in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2025 was the year newsrooms became a madman’s steno pool. Please do better in 2026.
Almost a year into my fellowship @azcir.org, I’ve been able to pursue stories that dig beneath the surface, examining issues that affect public well-being and often begin in communities overlooked by larger newsrooms. Reporting strengthened by public support is a driving force for change.
It's the last day of our Newsmatch campaign, and we need your help to trigger matching funds by raising another $2,500. Will you help us get there? All donations are double-matched, and new monthly recurring gifts are double-matched at their 12-month value!
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December 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Almost a year into my fellowship @azcir.org, I’ve been able to pursue stories that dig beneath the surface, examining issues that affect public well-being and often begin in communities overlooked by larger newsrooms. Reporting strengthened by public support is a driving force for change.
I have a signed print of this. Also the final Far Side comic, but I don't know that one's signed. They used to send full size prints to newsrooms as memorabilia.
December 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I have a signed print of this. Also the final Far Side comic, but I don't know that one's signed. They used to send full size prints to newsrooms as memorabilia.
This is devastating news. The Blocks have been the capitalistic nightmare scenario for stewardship over journalism in Pittsburgh: the Post-Gazette strike broke apart one of the best newsrooms in the business, and now they're shuttering our alt-weekly just a few years after buying it. Awful people.
Well folks, some news. Ownership is folding @pghcitypaper.com. I wish I could say this was more surprising. I'll be on the lookout for new roles while I continue to teach and hopefully find places to publish some stories I haven't finished. In the meantime, I'm all ears for opportunities.
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is devastating news. The Blocks have been the capitalistic nightmare scenario for stewardship over journalism in Pittsburgh: the Post-Gazette strike broke apart one of the best newsrooms in the business, and now they're shuttering our alt-weekly just a few years after buying it. Awful people.
There's still a certain charm to local #newsrooms. Mainly dedicated people reporting on and writing about their community, often for small salaries. We're not all the WaPo or NYT.
You've got to love #journalism to do the work. This photographer is documenting it.
www.poynter.org/local-news/2...
You've got to love #journalism to do the work. This photographer is documenting it.
www.poynter.org/local-news/2...
This photographer is documenting old newspaper newsrooms while they’re still around - Poynter
Ann Hermes' images show what's left and what we stand to lose
www.poynter.org
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There's still a certain charm to local #newsrooms. Mainly dedicated people reporting on and writing about their community, often for small salaries. We're not all the WaPo or NYT.
You've got to love #journalism to do the work. This photographer is documenting it.
www.poynter.org/local-news/2...
You've got to love #journalism to do the work. This photographer is documenting it.
www.poynter.org/local-news/2...
Data needs to drive conversations, not division » Nieman Journalism Lab
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
Data needs to drive conversations, not division
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
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December 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Data needs to drive conversations, not division » Nieman Journalism Lab
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
Data needs to drive conversations, not division » Nieman Journalism Lab
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
Data needs to drive conversations, not division
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
tinyurl.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Data needs to drive conversations, not division » Nieman Journalism Lab
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
"A different future is possible if newsrooms treat data projects as conversations rather than finished products."
What are you talking about lmao. Local newsrooms and journalists have been drawing attention to this issue for years
December 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What are you talking about lmao. Local newsrooms and journalists have been drawing attention to this issue for years
I keep waiting for permission or for some sort of sign to organize a version of Longshot Mag and in 2026 I'm just going to email newsrooms in NYC with enough office space on a weekend a bunch of scrappy people can come in and produce a themed on-demand magazine again: youtu.be/Kk2OjFTVdCA?...
#LongshotMagazine
YouTube video by holeywoodproductions
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December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I keep waiting for permission or for some sort of sign to organize a version of Longshot Mag and in 2026 I'm just going to email newsrooms in NYC with enough office space on a weekend a bunch of scrappy people can come in and produce a themed on-demand magazine again: youtu.be/Kk2OjFTVdCA?...
If one of your New Year's resolutions is to support independent media, here is a comprehensive list of independent newsrooms.
This thread features 72 publications – almost all of which are nonprofit or worker-owned – with various ways to support their reporting.
This thread features 72 publications – almost all of which are nonprofit or worker-owned – with various ways to support their reporting.
🌀Source List🌀
Here is the current source list of independent journalism for Harms Committed. This thread provides additional information about each source, along with ways to support them.
Here is the current source list of independent journalism for Harms Committed. This thread provides additional information about each source, along with ways to support them.
December 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If one of your New Year's resolutions is to support independent media, here is a comprehensive list of independent newsrooms.
This thread features 72 publications – almost all of which are nonprofit or worker-owned – with various ways to support their reporting.
This thread features 72 publications – almost all of which are nonprofit or worker-owned – with various ways to support their reporting.
In 2025, @rcfp.org's free legal support on behalf of journalists and newsrooms struck down unconstitutional laws, held law enforcement accountable, and fueled important investigative reporting.
Read more in our year-end recap:
Read more in our year-end recap:
Defending press freedom from unprecedented threat: RCFP’s 2025 year in review
In the face of repeated attacks on press freedom, RCFP stepped up time and again to defend journalists and the public’s right to know.
www.rcfp.org
December 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In 2025, @rcfp.org's free legal support on behalf of journalists and newsrooms struck down unconstitutional laws, held law enforcement accountable, and fueled important investigative reporting.
Read more in our year-end recap:
Read more in our year-end recap:
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
From the construction worker who won a place at medical school to an art exhibition in a country with no galleries, we asked journalists for their most optimistic tales of the year
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
I wish people took me seriously when I raised alarm bells 3 years ago about what was going on with heritage foundation proxies going into newsrooms and doing what Weiss did
Another example of power imbalance is some hack job saying, “dont listen to the person raising alarm bells”
Another example of power imbalance is some hack job saying, “dont listen to the person raising alarm bells”
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I wish people took me seriously when I raised alarm bells 3 years ago about what was going on with heritage foundation proxies going into newsrooms and doing what Weiss did
Another example of power imbalance is some hack job saying, “dont listen to the person raising alarm bells”
Another example of power imbalance is some hack job saying, “dont listen to the person raising alarm bells”
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world | Global development
https://www.vitaminrush.com/281995/even-in-the-most-unlikely-places-there-is-beauty-stories-of-hope-from-newsrooms-around-the-world-global-development/
Roli Srivastava …
https://www.vitaminrush.com/281995/even-in-the-most-unlikely-places-there-is-beauty-stories-of-hope-from-newsrooms-around-the-world-global-development/
Roli Srivastava …
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world | Global development
Roli Srivastava Founder of the Migration Story, India Shubham Sabar, 19, was working at a construction site in Bengaluru, capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, when he received a phone call from his teacher back home, hundreds of miles away in Odisha state, telling him he had passed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Neet) – India’s tough admissions examination for undergraduate medical and dental colleges. Snippets of the news reached me on WhatsApp and I commissioned the Odisha-based video journalist Rakhi Ghosh, who walked through farms and forests to reach Sabar’s home in Khordha district. She met Sabar, who
www.vitaminrush.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world | Global development
https://www.vitaminrush.com/281995/even-in-the-most-unlikely-places-there-is-beauty-stories-of-hope-from-newsrooms-around-the-world-global-development/
Roli Srivastava …
https://www.vitaminrush.com/281995/even-in-the-most-unlikely-places-there-is-beauty-stories-of-hope-from-newsrooms-around-the-world-global-development/
Roli Srivastava …
The @washingtonpost.com still sharing our data and how we did the work while other newsrooms pull back. Check out the gathered data on Github
#opendata #reproducibility #transparency bsky.app/profile/cait...
#opendata #reproducibility #transparency bsky.app/profile/cait...
You can also use the map in the story to look up vaccination rates in your local schools! This was a HUGE data lift: we reviewed and mapped tens of thousands of individual schools’ data, assembling the most comprehensive public database. And we published this data here: github.com/washingtonpo...
December 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The @washingtonpost.com still sharing our data and how we did the work while other newsrooms pull back. Check out the gathered data on Github
#opendata #reproducibility #transparency bsky.app/profile/cait...
#opendata #reproducibility #transparency bsky.app/profile/cait...
Why sign up for a membership to The Needle - News?
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December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Why sign up for a membership to The Needle - News?
- We do long-form investigations few newsrooms will invest in.
- We focus on trans-first coverage.
- We are the opposite of anti-trans media.
- We cover news from four countries, with plans to expand.
- We have a track record of breaking stories.
- We do long-form investigations few newsrooms will invest in.
- We focus on trans-first coverage.
- We are the opposite of anti-trans media.
- We cover news from four countries, with plans to expand.
- We have a track record of breaking stories.
Editors review turmoil, warn readers
As 2025 ended, editors across international newsrooms published year-in-review pieces and 2026 previews highlighting political turmoil, entertainment highlights and outstanding questions for the year ahead.
With replies by 🎓Andrew Leigh +59 more scholars.
As 2025 ended, editors across international newsrooms published year-in-review pieces and 2026 previews highlighting political turmoil, entertainment highlights and outstanding questions for the year ahead.
With replies by 🎓Andrew Leigh +59 more scholars.
Editors review turmoil, warn readers
Replies by 🎓Andrew Leigh, 🎓Alicia Garcı́a-Herrero, 🎓Daniel W. Drezner, 🎓Lawrence O. Gostin, 🎓Cas Mudde +55 more scholars
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December 31, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Editors review turmoil, warn readers
As 2025 ended, editors across international newsrooms published year-in-review pieces and 2026 previews highlighting political turmoil, entertainment highlights and outstanding questions for the year ahead.
With replies by 🎓Andrew Leigh +59 more scholars.
As 2025 ended, editors across international newsrooms published year-in-review pieces and 2026 previews highlighting political turmoil, entertainment highlights and outstanding questions for the year ahead.
With replies by 🎓Andrew Leigh +59 more scholars.
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
Roli Srivastava Founder of the Migration Story, India Shubham Sabar, 19, was working at a construction site in Bengaluru, capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, when he received a phone call…
Roli Srivastava Founder of the Migration Story, India Shubham Sabar, 19, was working at a construction site in Bengaluru, capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, when he received a phone call…
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
Roli Srivastava Founder of the Migration Story, India Shubham Sabar, 19, was working at a construction site in Bengaluru, capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, when he received a phone call from his teacher back home, hundreds of miles away in Odisha state, telling him he had passed the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Neet) – India’s tough admissions examination for undergraduate medical and dental colleges.
todayheadline.co
December 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
Roli Srivastava Founder of the Migration Story, India Shubham Sabar, 19, was working at a construction site in Bengaluru, capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, when he received a phone call…
Roli Srivastava Founder of the Migration Story, India Shubham Sabar, 19, was working at a construction site in Bengaluru, capital of India’s southern Karnataka state, when he received a phone call…
PBS/NPR is the only respected news room in the country (USA). Thank goodness in Canada we still have newsrooms that actually cover the news.
December 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
PBS/NPR is the only respected news room in the country (USA). Thank goodness in Canada we still have newsrooms that actually cover the news.