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.
A dated feed of industry movement: newsroom openings and shutdowns, layoffs, grant awards, editor appointments and changes of ownership.
Social referrals have fallen for years as platforms deprioritized news; the outlets that survived built direct channels they own — email, text, and the habit of a destination site.
Owen Blackwood
Tiplines turn audiences into sensors, but the outlets that sustain them treat tips as a queue with service standards, not an inbox with hope.
Owen Blackwood
Surveys going back to 2019 consistently show higher trust in local outlets, but the margin rests on familiarity and proximity, which newsroom closures keep eroding.
Owen Blackwood