Assessment of what news organizations are building and buying: newsletters, audio, vertical video, membership platforms, automation and audience analytics. Coverage reports adoption, staffing cost and the experiments quietly retired. Aimed at product leads, digital editors and funders evaluating the same proposals.
Collaborative data investigations let small outlets do work none could afford alone — if the partners settle methodology, credit, and embargo rules before the first record request.
William Elliott · February 14, 2026
SMS news reaches readers on the one device habit they never broke — no download, no algorithm, no notification settings — and small newsrooms are rebuilding daily contact on it.
William Elliott · January 22, 2026
A workable AI-assist workflow for local editors keeps a human byline on every sentence and tells readers exactly where the machine stopped and the person began.
William Elliott · December 30, 2025