"In a difficult year for journalism, the winners of the 2023 IRE Awards give us hope,” said Lily Jamali, chair of the IRE Awards contest committee. more

“The premium for people who can tell you things you do not know will only grow in importance, and no machine will do that,” says Jim VandeHei, CEO of Axios. more

The stock photo giant has entered into a deal with AI giant Nvidia to create AI tools trained on Getty's copyright-protected library of stock images. more

In the ever-evolving world of online news, securing reader loyalty and generating sustainable revenue remains a constant battle. While paywalls have become a popular strategy, many publications, like HuffPost, are hesitant to restrict access to their content and prefer to keep their award-winning journalism free and available to all. more

Several articles in recent days indicate that journalists continue to wrestle with how to cover Donald Trump.  more

The challenges to working with incarcerated writers can feel daunting, so here are some simple steps to get you started. more

This past weekend, the Brown Institute at Columbia and Hacks/Hackers, a nonprofit, put on a three-day event called the Open Source AI Hackathon. The idea, according to Burt Herman, the board chair of Hacks/Hackers and one of the founders of the organization, was to get journalists and coders into a room to talk about what they could build together. more

Eric Meyer, publisher of the Marion County Record, said during the First Amendment Awards last month that the support his newspaper has received in the wake of a police raid on the newspaper’s offices is proof that the First Amendment is alive and well.  more

The Ankler has launched a new newsletter, Reel AI, to take a clear-eyed look at AI’s impact on work in Hollywood in a dedicated exploration of its practical applications, good and bad.  more

Speculation has swirled in the political world about whether the presumptive candidates will agree to the traditional face-to-face events, a campaign staple since 1976. more

America’s Newspapers has endorsed the New York Local Journalism Sustainability Act. In a statement released Tuesday, April 9, the association said: "We applaud the New York State Senate for including this important tax credit for local news organizations in its one-house budget, and we call on NY Governor Hochul, the NY Senate, and the NY Assembly, to include the NY Local Journalism Sustainability Act in the state’s FY'25 budget." more

"The question presented at this hearing is narrow at first glance. Simply, 'how much human needs to be involved for a creation to warrant intellectual property protection?' When we discuss generative AI, it is often in terms of broader controversies, including ingestion, practical application, and the replication of human works and styles. But discussions like the ones this subcommittee is embarking on today can launch us in entirely unique, unexplored directions." — Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) more

Each year as part of NewsMatch, nonprofit newsrooms secure individual donations from Nov. 1 and Dec. 31, and a coalition of national and regional funders — 17 in 2023 — partially matches those gifts. Data from NewsMatch 2023, the most recent campaign, indicates that participating news organizations saw strong performance among individual donors as well as local matches, raising more than $47 million in gifts large and small during the last two months of the year. more

Top editors at NPR are defending the outlet’s journalism after a scathing op-ed from a former employee who argues the public broadcaster has lost its way. more

More than 350 jobs to go after Warner Bros. Discovery closes all its Newshub news operations and TVNZ cuts programs and bulletins. more

Decision to set-up independent Collective Newsroom comes after BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai were raided by tax authorities in 2023. more

Andrew Kraft, former president and chief operating officer of The Arena Group, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was improperly discharged by the company and is owed $2 million.  more

The Tiffany Network’s news division has announced that it will invest more deeply into its digital offering, entirely rebranding the streamer as CBS News 24/7. more

Two tribal nations are accusing social media companies of contributing to the disproportionately high rates of suicide among Native American youth. more

At its core, the electorate is a hiring committee for public servants. Yet very few of the best practices for hiring are followed in the process. more