In my quarter-century as a journalist, I’ve seen many media business models come and go. Each new idea brought with it the hope that this new business structure — or funder or technological development — would be the thing to … Read more
A lot of people threaten to leave Twitter. Not many of them have actually done it. This was true even before Elon Musk’s purchase of the platform a year ago. But the parade of calamities since — cutting back … Read more
Press Forward launch. Alden still buying. Texas Tribune’s reckoning. Invasions of Kansas newsrooms. Beyond news fatigue, active news avoidance. “Prompt engineers,” perhaps replacing journalists. With just a few months to go until 2024, we enter a potentially perilous presidential … Read more
Elon Musk has made one thing clear: He has no concern for the future of journalism. Following his takeover of a once vibrant social platform, Musk has done far more than just change the name from Twitter to X. He … Read more
I have a magic trick to offer newsroom leaders: How would you like to pay freelancers more without increasing your budget? It’s possible. And it’s important, especially at a time when newsrooms are increasingly relying on freelance labor. Let … Read more
A nonpartisan group of 22 foundations today announced the launch of Press Forward, a nationwide coalition committing more than $500 million over five years to help reinvigorate local news in America. Local news, including the once-thriving newspaper business, has been … Read more
Disruptive and deadly weather extremes have been happening globally at an unprecedented pace, giving rise in recent months to the devastating fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui described as a “total inferno,” flash flooding in the … Read more
The idea of asking for more money after receiving a newsroom job offer at first seemed unfathomable. “You should feel so fortunate to have a full-time opportunity in journalism,” a professor told me in college. Another questioned how I could … Read more
In June, New Yorker editor David Remnick interviewed New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger. They discussed a variety of subjects, including the rise of digital media, The Times’s financial health, the storied history of the news behemoths they are … Read more
The latest cycle of media layoffs and downsizing has made me very popular. As a full-time independent journalist for the past 15 years, I’ve grown accustomed to the unexpected call or text from a newly unemployed colleague asking me how … Read more