The Dallas Morning News bucks the trend and hires a public editor to reestablish trust with its readers. Dallas Morning News Poynter Tom Jones poynter.org/commentary/202…

Financial Times signs licensing deal with OpenAI that allows ChatGPT to summarize its stories and to train on its archive, including what's behind the Financial Times paywalls. niemanlab.org/2024/04/the-fi…

A first-of-its-kind bill passed the Connecticut Assembly! The bill would require the government to disclose how it spends its advertising dollars and mandate state agencies to spend some of their budget with locally-owned newsrooms.

Learn more: cga.ct.gov/asp/CGABillSta…

With philanthropy playing a growing role in funding news outlets, should more support go specifically to environmental journalism? Poynter poynter.org/commentary/202…

'Journalist' or 'content creator'? Where do these areas overlap--and where should they? Nieman Lab Neel Dhanesha niemanlab.org/2024/04/what-j…

NY gov signs budget that includes 'landmark' $90 million in tax credits for local news media, a.k.a. the Newspaper and Broadcast Media Jobs Program. editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-yo…

'These days, just two news organizations in the United States — NPR and PBS — still appear to employ a public editor. So, is it time for more news organizations to consider hiring ombudspersons to help rebuild trust in the media — one community at a time?' editorandpublisher.com/stories/would-…

Director of the Medill Local News Initiative Tim Franklin was recently interviewed on NPR Marketplace to discuss solutions for local news deserts. 'There are some new innovations that are happening in local news that I think are showing some promise for the future.' spr.ly/6013bMw8v

NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner resigns, citing chief executive’s statement on his public critique of network and her past political posts.

His letter below

'If someone used to have a job title of 'copy editor,' they may be called 'multi-platform editor' now.' In this CJR Q&A, Mandy Hofmockel sees more demand for data and political reporters and people in AI positions and more transparency in job postings.
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Alden Global Capital supplies its papers, in California and elsewhere, with an editorial decrying Google's 'bully tactic,' Axios reports. axios.com/2024/04/16/ald…

'If you violate everyone's trust by going to another outlet and sh--ing on your colleagues (while doing a bad job journalistically, for that matter), I don't know how you do your job now.' NPR dealing w/now-suspended editor essay fallout. David Folkenflik npr.org/2024/04/16/124…

.The Lenfest Institute for Journalism creates $7.25M Local News Infrastructure Fund to boost publications' technological capabilities. Editor & Publisher (E&P) Magazine Diane Sylvester editorandpublisher.com/stories/lenfes…

.Getty Images CEO sees perils, promise of AI, cuts deal with NVIDIA to allow the AI company to train on its copyright-protected images. The Hollywood Reporter reports. hollywoodreporter.com/business/digit…

“Fast forward five to 10 years from now and we’re living in this A.I.-dominated virtual world — who are the couple of players in the media space offering smart, sane content who are thriving? It damn well better be us.”
Axios unveils AI strategy.
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'All these laws are predicated on the publishers’ contention that linking to and quoting news is theft...I argue the opposite: that links benefit publishers by helping audiences discover news content.' Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis opposing Cal. Journalism Preservation Act. niemanlab.org/2024/04/the-ca…

'...This speaks to the #wealthgap that you're referring to. And so I would like to see #journalism measure its success by improvements in the community, not improvements in its circulation or its bottom line.' -Mackenzie Warren (Medill Local News Initiative) #TrustTalks cct.org/stories/trust-…

'Too many startups are focused on quick success in producing investigative and accountability journalism...but go light on marketing. The result can be a 'Field of Dreams' strategy in which disappointingly few readers actually see the work.' Rick Edmonds poynter.org/business-work/…

A foundation weighs in on the Chicago Public Media layoffs and the state of the WBEZ Chicago Sun-Times merger. wbez.org/stories/chicag…

The nonprofit News from the States now reports in all 50 state capitals, with 39 freestanding newsrooms plus partnerships with state-focused nonprofit newsrooms in 11 states. Is this how state houses will be covered? cjr.org/the_media_toda…