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@niemanlab.orgSinclair’s new Substack repackages its local TV reporting into a video podcast buff.ly/zYmaMYD
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@niemanlab.org@niemanlab.org“Uber agents,” undercover AI personas, and other ways newsrooms are using AI in investigations buff.ly/ZYTaNXA
@niemanlab.orgNieman Lab has a new look buff.ly/tvlb9Lm
@niemanlab.orgChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons buff.ly/YJ1mAiP
@niemanlab.orgA study of nonprofit newsrooms reveals some cracks in the model’s foundation buff.ly/VDqaVvy
@niemanlab.orgUSA Today Co. executives are doubling down on the company's Palantir deal, claiming the newspaper chain is becoming “an intelligence organization.” buff.ly/XqiEXCp
@niemanlab.orgOne tactic? "Turning off the free stuff every once in awhile." buff.ly/1YC4IBJ
@niemanlab.orgFox News attacks the media roughly every 15 minutes, our study finds. (CNN? Every 140 minutes.) buff.ly/HUKerjU
@niemanlab.org“We’re in their shit. They’re not in ours”: USA Today Co. execs defend Palantir deal buff.ly/XqiEXCp
@andrewdeck.bsky.socialReposted by @niemanlab.orgIn July, The New York Times launched an internal chatbot called News Agent: “[It's] an uber agent that basically acts as a drop-in replacement for chatbots like Gemini or ChatGPT."
More in my write-up of the AI x Investigative Journalism Forum for @niemanlab.org. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/uber...
@niemanlab.orgIn the videos, Keith sits at a desk with a microphone; the dimly lit background is illuminated just enough to make out two American flags in a mug. buff.ly/zYmaMYD
@niemanlab.org“A lot of tasks in an investigation — including verification, source development, textual understanding, and editorial judgment — remain fundamentally human responsibilities.” buff.ly/ZYTaNXA
@hanaatameez.bsky.socialReposted by @niemanlab.orgOne thing I love about @niemanlab.org's redesign is the “This Day in History” on the homepage.
Journalism’s future is uncertain. But our past offers perspective on how far we’ve come, what we’ve tried, and what’s worth carrying forward or leaving behind. I will be coming back to this section a lot!
@joshuabenton.comReposted by @niemanlab.orgHey, I redesigned @niemanlab.org, I think it looks nice
@sarahscire.comReposted by @niemanlab.organd if you love our "What We're Reading" section (know you do!) it's now easier to see on the @niemanlab.org homepage
good work by @joshuabenton.com www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/niem...
@laurahazardowen.bsky.socialReposted by @niemanlab.orgso you might have noticed @niemanlab.org has a new look! more from @joshuabenton.com here: www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/niem...
@niemanlab.orgSome personal news: We redesigned our website!
Our new look features more layout diversity, restructured archives, improved search UX, and the option to use dark mode. We hope you like it!
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@niemanlab.org“I was asked the other day if local journalism was boring, and I was like, ‘It may be boring, but it’s necessary.’”
@niemanlab.orgThe truth about a local news website is this Virginia city’s best-kept secret
@niemanlab.org"The researcher found a distressing level of unpaid work that seemed to be the rule, not the exception, in small-outlet nonprofit journalism." buff.ly/VDqaVvy