NorthStar Civic Media promises “independent local reporting.” Its founder worked on Democratic campaigns, and Democratic funders spent more than a million dollars on Meta ads promoting one of its sites.
Ashton Pittman on the groundwork that prepared journalists to cover a deadlocked US Senate race.
Our new special issue on the restrictions, workarounds, glories, and trade-offs of journalistic access.
How technology is changing journalism.
How to keep your head above water as Trump floods the zone.
Where the wind is blowing the media industry and habits of news consumption.
Journalism confronts a crisis—Israeli attacks, starving children, hostages, mass death—that won’t let up.
Productivity, parlor tricks, and persuading people that the truth still matters.
Our series in collaboration with the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security.
Have journalists gotten better at covering Trump?
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