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Why Nonprofit Newsrooms Are Leaning Harder on Big Donors
Owen Blackwood · August 19, 2026
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Industry developments logged as they happen: launches, closures, layoff rounds, acquisitions, grant awards and masthead changes. Entries carry dates, staffing numbers and dollar amounts when those become public. Suited to editors, recruiters, funders and researchers keeping a record of the field.
Industry developments logged as they happen: launches, closures, layoff rounds, acquisitions, grant awards and masthead changes. Entries carry dates, staffing numbers and dollar amounts when those become public. Suited to editors, recruiters, funders and researchers keeping a record of the field.
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Digital News Report 2026: The Second Platform Wave Is Hitting News Sites This Time
The Reuters Institute's 2026 report documents audiences leaving news websites for social and video platforms — the pattern that hollowed newspapers now repeating one layer up the stack.
William Elliott · August 1, 2026
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The Questions a Newsroom Should Ask Before Signing an AI Licensing Deal
Publishers keep signing content deals with AI developers — money now for archives whose future value nobody can price. The questions that protect the newsroom are contractual, not technical.
Owen Blackwood · July 9, 2026
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Journalism School Enrollment Fell, Then Found a New Shape
The post-2008 collapse in J-school enrollment has given way to a smaller, more vocational pattern — growth in data, audio, and community journalism, in programs tied to working newsrooms.
Owen Blackwood · June 16, 2026
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How to Read the World Press Freedom Index Without Misreading It
The index measures the environment for journalism, not the quality of it — and the seven-year methodology change means comparisons need more care than the rankings imply.
Owen Blackwood · May 25, 2026