Next Collabinar is Aug 25: how to gather audience data from partner newsrooms. Holly Edgell walks through a real project at The Midwest Newsroom, three partners and one set of numbers, and what it took to get everyone on board. Noon ET, online, free.

The First Circuit got this exactly right. Lawmakers considering similar legislation need to think not only about their own intentions but the intentions of bad actors who may occupy their seats in the future. 🔗 www.freepress.net/news/civil-l...

🌍 Given the impact of climate change, corruption, and the erosion of democratic institutions, watchdog reporters should actively investigate the aftermath of natural disasters, and hold key players to account. Here is how you can do it ⬇️

This is the pattern New Jersey has lived for decades: reporting jobs pull toward Manhattan while towns 20 minutes away lose their own coverage. It's part of why we built NJ News Commons, to put reporting capacity back in the communities the market keeps pulling away from.

Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard @niemanfoundation.bsky.social · yesterday

U.S. news jobs are more than 3× more likely to be based in Manhattan than they were 25 years ago, @joshuabenton.com writes in @niemanlab.org.

A little insight into Red Bank NJ's redbankgreen.com rbg certainly shows its support for local business... and town hall😎

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She points to Red Bank Green, which built a new advertising product after local businesses said they wanted a faster way to promote daily specials. Listening to your business community, then building for it. Full episode of E&P Reports here: www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/can-... #localnews

Three partner newsrooms handed their audience data to a regional collaborative. That kind of buy-in is rare. On Aug 25, Holly Edgell of The Midwest Newsroom breaks down how they got there: which metrics they picked, how they built trust, what they reported back. One hour, online, free.

This year, five Pulitzer winners and three finalists disclosed AI use to the judges. That's the most since the disclosure requirement was added in 2024. I asked several of the reporters behind these stories how they brought LLMs and other AI tools into their work. www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/a-re...

A record-breaking eight Pulitzer awardees disclosed AI use this year

Five winners and three finalists detailed their AI adoption to the judging committee.

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You can't tell funders your collaborative is working if you can't measure it. This Aug 25 session is about doing exactly that: pulling real audience data from partner newsrooms and turning it into numbers people trust. Free, online, noon ET.

more than 8 percent of all American newspaper journalists work in Manhattan, up from 2 percent in 2005 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Our recent National Press Club event in which a panel of journalists and legal experts explored threats to the First Amendment aired nationally on 'America at 250: Due Diligence' over the weekend and is now available in podcast form. www.press.org/newsroom/lin...

Link available to ‘The Free Press on Trial’ radio episode recorded at recent Club Headliners event

A recent National Press Club event in which a panel of journalists and legal experts explored threats to the First Amendment aired nationally over the weekend and is now available in podcast form. The...

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Some nonprofit newsrooms still saw election coverage pay off in clicks, subscribers, and donations this spring. Hanaa’ Tameez reports for Nieman Lab.

Despite concerns about AI Overviews, some nonprofit news outlets see a surge in search traffic

"We found this heartening, in a time when many experts are writing eulogies for clickthrough from search engine results pages."

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CivicStory's sustainability reporting project has co-published with 25 newsrooms across NJ. Whoever takes this co-director seat inherits that collaborative reporting work, on top of running the org.

Carrie Brown@brizzyc.bsky.social · 2d ago

CivicStory is hiring an Editor Co-Director in NJ www.civicstory.org/job-opening-...

@njpbs.org is hiring the person who keeps its back office running: a business manager who handles the station's budgets, grant accounts, purchase orders, vendor contracts, and onboarding for new hires. Full time in Montclair, $66,067.40-$79,291.60.

One collaborative got three newsroom partners to share their audience data — no small feat. On Aug 25, Holly Edgell breaks down how The Midwest Newsroom did it: picking the metrics, winning buy-in, reporting back, and the parts that got messy. Noon ET, online, free.

The strike inside Delaney Hall has ended, but NJ journalists are still covering what happens there — the arrests, the conditions, the people detained. Autumn Valdes talked to reporters and advocates about keeping that story in front of people, and the risks that come with it.

How can journalists tackle the climate/wildfire nexus, in all its importance and nuance? I talked with @zacklabe.com, @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social for a great panel hosted by @coveringclimatenow.org. Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bZj...

Press Briefing: Wildfires & Climate Change — How to Get the Story Right

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Public TV runs on its members. @njpbs.org has an opening for the person who grows and keeps that base: running acquisition and renewal campaigns, donor stewardship, and the member database. $76,486.40-$84,131.83, full time in Montclair.

Three days out. Our NJ healthcare costs webinar is this Thursday, July 30, and there's still room. If you report in New Jersey, this is the session that hands you the premium data and the local story angles to go with it.

Our latest feature @gijn.org: inside the harrowinginvestigation by @direkt36.bsky.social of the state surveillance of Hungary's opposition party, Tisza, and how the backlash to the revelations fueled Viktor Orbán's defeat.

‘I Didn’t Really Sleep’: Inside the Investigation That Helped End Viktor Orbán’s Rule

Investigative outlet Direkt36’s high-risk exposé of the Fidesz party’s secret operation to bring down the opposition party helped unseat Orbán after 16 years of illiberal rule and media capture.

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This is what platform dependency does to a one-person newsroom. Through NJ News Commons we work with outlets running on exactly this thin a margin, where one AI moderation error can take down the only local news source a town has.

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“Meta needs to spend the money to overhaul its approach, and it can’t use the excuse that it doesn’t know this is going on.” www.poynter.org/commentary/2...

Weekend Read: In a new study in 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, journalists across print, broadcast, online outlets, and wire services considered how AI tools aren't just shifting workflows; they're reshaping core skills. Learn more at @niemanlab.org: www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/a-ne...

A new study looks at the skills journalists are losing (and gaining) because of AI tools

Last year, MIT's Media Lab came out with a buzzy study on a phenomenon that’s been coined “cognitive debt.” In short, the researchers found that when ChatGPT users offloaded essay writing tasks to the...

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NJ.com is one of the outlets named here. We hear from NJ newsrooms all the time about the tension between subscriber revenue and reader trust, and a silent algorithm setting your price cuts right into that. #localnews

Hanaa’ Tameez@hanaatameez.bsky.social · 2w ago

🚨 News outlets are now using algorithmic pricing to decide how much subscribers should pay. Did your subscription renewal notice disclose that an algorithm determined your price? Let us know by filling out a short survey here: www.niemanlab.org/2026/07/this...

Health insurance premiums in NJ are public data, and they've shifted since last year. On July 30 we're running a free webinar to help reporters read those numbers and turn them into stories their own communities can use.

Journalists! @climatetracker.bsky.social and Oxfam are offering five $500 reporting grants for stories about women and just transition in Latin America for journalists from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil; apply by August 2, 2026.

Climate Tracker y Oxfam financiarán cinco historias sobre mujeres y transición justa en América Latina - Climate Tracker

Periodistas de Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, México, Colombia, Perú, Bolivia y Brasil podrán postular a una beca de producción de 500 dólares y recibir acompañamiento editorial para desarrollar…

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📣 GIJN is accepting applications for its Fifth Cyber Investigations Training Course designed to teach journalists to identify and investigate digital threats in today's AI-infused digital environment. Deadline: August 7, 2026 Find more details about program here ⬇️ https://twp.ai/E5DTYk

New England journalists & newsrooms! The @metcalfuri.bsky.social is accepting applications for its Climate Ready Newsrooms Fellowship for Local Journalism; apply by July 31, 2026.

Climate Ready Newsrooms Fellowship for Local Journalism

Now accepting applications from local newsrooms in New England (deadline: July 31, 2026). Learn more about eligibility and how to apply here. Climate science is already part of nearly every local…

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New from Editor & Publisher: a full conversation with our director Stefanie Murray about rebuilding local news in New Jersey. Her starting point isn't ad revenue or staffing counts. It's how we value local information in the first place, and how we pay to sustain it.

If you cover a New Jersey town, here's what you'll walk away with from our July 30 webinar: which residents are getting hit hardest by rising premiums, how GetCoveredNJ enrollment has shifted since last year, and which communities federal policy changes are squeezing.

Montclair High School Boys Volleyball Will Look to Close the Deal in 2027 After a 1-16 season, Montclair's boys volleyball team is looking ahead with optimism....

Montclair High School Boys Volleyball Will Look to Close the Deal in 2027

After a 1-16 season, Montclair's boys volleyball team is looking ahead with optimism.

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NJ PBS is looking for a senior producer: the person who runs the newsroom's daily rundown, decides what airs and in what order, and calls the nightly newscast from the control room. @njpbs.org