Final edition of the daily Evening Standard outside Liverpool Street station on 19 September 2024. Picture: Press Gazette Losses at the Evening Standard reduced last year after the closure of its …
Computational Journalism Watch
Coverage of AI ethics, newsroom tooling, and investigative data practices.
The New York Times building. Picture: Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images The New York Times is part of a massive expansion of the SPUR coalition of publishers seeking to agree common standards for AI …
Quartz website mainly produced by one AI-assisted reporter writing 50+ stories per day
Quartz feature was 100% written by AI according to Made By Humans Respected business title Quartz is using a single, hugely prolific journalist heavily aided by AI to produce nearly all its daily …
Metro newspaper front page and website homepage on 9 October 2026 Metro is planning to make around 60 job cuts as it seeks to get “back on a sustainable footing”.
Two policemen escorting a man wearing handcuffs. Picture: Leicester Gazette At least five journalists were briefly arrested while covering a pro-Palestine Action protest in Leicester on Thursday. The …
News diary 12-18 October: Russell Brand rape trial, MPs question AI safety, NI Assembly no confidence vote
Russell Brand in 2024. Picture: Maxim Elramsisy / Shutterstock.com Leading the week Monday (October 12): Russell Brand goes on trial on rape charges; Commons returns from recess with DWP questions …
Fox News attacks the media roughly every 15 minutes, our study finds. (CNN? Every 140 minutes.)
In 2025, trust in journalism reached a record low . According to Gallup, only 8% of Republicans expressed trust in the news media, compared with 51% of Democrats. New data show an uptick among …
“We’re in their shit. They’re not in ours”: USA Today Co. execs defend Palantir deal
USA Today Co. executives are revealing new details about a controversial deal with Palantir . In a joint interview with Fast Company’s Alex Pasternack , three executives from the country’s largest …
Front cover of Woman & Home marking its 100th anniversary. Picture: Submitted Future-owned women’s interest monthly Woman & Home turns 100 this year with a growing print market share and …
Pink News chief executive and founder Benjamin Cohen at the Pink News Awards 2022. Picture: Pink News Pink News bosses Benjamin Cohen and Anthony James have won an apology and damages from the BBC …
Top of Independent homepage on 1 October 2026 The Independent has apologised and agreed to pay damages to a British filmmaker after it reported on a legal claim against him alleging fraud. Beau …
PR agency linked to fake Forbes websites posts articles to help US visa applications
An article promoting Baden Bower appears on a fake Scotland edition of Forbes. A PR-agency which appears to have links to fake overseas editions of Forbes is offering paid editorial placements in …
“How young is too young for a life in prison?” “SpaceX debris is washing ashore. Who’s responsible?” “Why schools get paid even when students fail.” Those are the top headlines so far on Sinclair …
Meta One subscription announcement published in September 2026. Picture: Shutterstock/Koshiro K News publishers are excluded from new restrictions on the number of external links that Facebook pages …
Clockwise from top left: Christopher Sopher, CEO at Letterhead, David Skok, CEO and editor-in-chief at The Logic, George Monaghan, newsletters editor at The New Statesman, and Anna Jeys, director of …
You may have noticed that things look a little different around here. We’ve just launched the third major redesign in Nieman Lab history. Hope you like it! My No. 1 goal for this design (internal …
“Uber agents,” undercover AI personas, and other ways newsrooms are using AI in investigations
Late last month, about 150 journalists, researchers, and technologists gathered on the 15th floor of The New York Times Building for a forum on how AI is changing investigative journalism . Just …
Mail’s interactive storytelling strand Deep Dive drives up to 100 average subs per article
Picture of host Robin Morgan (left), the Daily Mail’s director of visual storytelling Harry Lewis-Irlam, and Press Gazette UK editor Charlotte Tobitt at Press Gazette’s Future of Media Technology …
Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage speaks at Chelmsford City Racecourse on 8 May 2026 after local election victories for his party. Picture: Will Colebourne/Shutterstock Reform UK has revealed plans to …
Groups Associated With India’s Far-Right Receive Millions Through US Donor-Advised Funds
Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published . US non-profits whose founding leaders or organisations have been associated with India’s …
Over the past decade, nonprofit news has been seen as one of the bright spots in U.S. journalism — an emblem of hope for the future amid a landscape littered with failures and financial struggles. …
Subscribers are up, but growth is down. Here’s what worker-owned Hell Gate is trying next.
With around $1.5 million in revenue, 2026 is on track to be a break-even year for the worker-owned local news site Hell Gate. “We’ve spent a lot of money growing this year,” Hell Gate co-founder Nick …
News diary 5-11 October: Third anniversary of Hamas attacks on Israel, marches for Palestine
A Palestine solidarity demonstration marches past the UK Parliament in Westminster. Picture: Pete Speller / Shutterstock.com Leading the week Monday (October 5): Andrew Griffith addresses the …
Rachel Jupp, new director of BBC News and Current Affairs. Picture: BBC Ex-Panorama editor Rachel Jupp has been named director of BBC News and Current Affairs starting this month. Jupp is taking on …
UK audience for Future brands Tom’s Guide and Techradar since July 2024. Source: Ipsos iris Online Audience Measurement Service, endorsed by UKOM, July 2024 – August 2026, UK internet users aged 15+ …