10 Best Articles on Newsroom
The most useful articles on newsroom from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Newsroom Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on newsroom by Refind users in 2023 so far.
- Is Substack the Media Future We Want?
- The Men Who Are Killing America’s Newspapers
- Why newsrooms need to stop transforming and start changing
- All the newsroom’s men: How one-third of “The Watergate Three” got written out of journalism history
- 54 newsrooms, 9 countries, and 9 core ideas: Here’s what two researchers found in a yearlong quest…
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How to build a metrics-savvy newsroom
Journalists have a reputation for dismissing data about their stories. But it’s undeserved. After all, the axiom “if it bleeds, it leads” describes a newsroom practice driven by the metrics of newsstand sales and broadcast ratings. Pulitzers and Emmys are qualitative data that indicates a reporter’s work is respected by her peers. Journalists don’t hate …
How to build a newsroom culture that cares about metrics beyond pageviews » Nieman Journalism Lab
Shared by 67, including Charles Baldwin, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Cătălina Movileanu, Nieman Reports, Oscar MacDonald
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on newsroom—all under 10 minutes.
Why newsrooms need to stop transforming and start changing
Why newsrooms need to stop transforming and start changing - The news industry has had the greatest gift of all when it comes to disruption: time. And it squandered it.
«Good journalism costs more than just good technology, it costs people.»
Is Substack the Media Future We Want?
The newsletter service is a software company that, by mimicking some of the functions of newsrooms, has made itself difficult to categorize.
54 newsrooms, 9 countries, and 9 core ideas: Here’s what two researchers found in a yearlong quest…
Shared by 145, including Mark Little, Simon Wüthrich, Kevin_Indig, Mark Kaigwa, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
Former ProPublica journalists are launching a newsroom to cover the impact of technology on society
Shared by 49, including luis antónio santos, Jeremy Caplan
Three examples of machine learning in the newsroom
What experts have to say about the use of machine learning in the newsroom, and what data journalists can learn from it — Notes from the…
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on newsroom.
All the newsroom’s men: How one-third of “The Watergate Three” got written out of journalism history
Some reporters can build a career around their own personal brands. But doing great work requires an infrastructure, including a lot of talented people who don't get bylines. Barry Sussman — the…
The Men Who Are Killing America’s Newspapers
Inside Alden Global Capital, the secretive hedge fund gutting newsrooms and damaging democracy
The moral argument for diversity in newsrooms is also a business argument — and you need both…
The business case for diversity and inclusion in newsrooms is important, but emphasizing the moral case is required for real and lasting change.
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Newsroom, including:
Nieman Lab
We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of @niemanfdn at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news.
American Press Institute
American Press Institute: helping find a path forward for journalism with insights, research, education & tools. Start your day with us: http://bit.ly/getNTK
The Atlantic
Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. http://theatlantic.com
The New Yorker
Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Get our Daily newsletter: http://nyer.cm/gtI6pVM
The New York Times
News tips? Share them here: http://nyti.ms/2FVHq9v
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