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Promoting and elevating the standards of journalism since 1938. Home of the Nieman Fellowships at Harvard, Nieman Lab, Nieman Reports, and Nieman Storyboard.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialThe Appeal-Democrat once housed 100+ employees. Now, three editorial staffers help keep two California counties from becoming a news desert.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialRIP, Helen, a 2011 Nieman Fellow. The world has lost an outstanding woman and journalist.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialWhat does a Nieman year look like from the inside?
On Oct. 21, three 2027 fellows will join Henry Chu for a live Q&A on studying at Harvard and the fellowship experience so far.
🗓️ 10 a.m. ET, via Zoom.
📋 Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4VYU5gItRdip86Uxdteazw#/registration
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialPlatforms made information easier to find. They also pushed newsroom resources toward analyzing what was already trending.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialClimate.us is trying to restore plain-language explainers, expert blogs, and shareworthy maps and graphics from Climate.gov.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialMore than 800 USA Today Co. employees called for the company to end its Palantir deal. Executives are now defending it.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialThe Times says AI companies should pay fairly. DOJ says the case could affect U.S. AI competitiveness, @andrewdeck.bsky.social reports.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialDigital data can be precise without being particularly insightful. Gabe Bullard looks at what newsroom metrics can, and can’t, tell us for @niemanreports.org.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialNext year, INN will pilot “NewsMatch catalyst campaigns,” giving some members room to test new fundraising strategies.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialNieman Lab has launched the third major redesign in its history, changing how stories are presented, organized, and surfaced across nearly two decades of publishing.
@joshuabenton.com explains what changed at @niemanlab.org.
🔗: https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/nieman-lab-has-a-new-look/
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialAustralia’s proposed rules would let users turn off recommended content and targeted ads on major platforms.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialClimate.us launched in June with three full-time people, less than a third of Climate.gov’s old team.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialCazéTV’s commercial success has brought major sponsors and growing scrutiny of its advertising practices.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialThe Trust says it plans to retain VTCNG’s full team of 15 full-time and two part-time employees, @spepperred.bsky.social notes for @niemanlab.org.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.social“MCL plus Arbiter is coming close to Crowdtangle,” one fact-checking leader told @andrewdeck.bsky.social, who looks at what Arbiter can and can’t replace.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialAt @niemanlab.org, @andrewdeck.bsky.social unpacks DOJ’s argument that a Times win against OpenAI could hurt small publishers.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialCurious what a year as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard is really like?
Join us on Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. ET for a live Zoom Q&A with three members of the 2027 Nieman class and curator Henry Chu.
Bring your questions.
🔗: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4VYU5gItRdip86Uxdteazw#/registration
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialDeep South Today’s leaders are trying to stay “lean and mean” while expanding across the region, @speppered.bsky.social writes for @niemanlab.org.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialAnn Hermes has spent eight years photographing shrinking local newsrooms across the U.S., documenting what has been lost and what remains at stake.
@niemanfoundation.bsky.socialStars and Stripes has reported for overseas military communities since 1918. Its credibility depends on independence.
