A window of opportunity has at last opened for federal aid to support local journalism An act tucked inside the federal spending bill could deliver as much as $1 billion to subsidize local journalists’ salaries. October 14, 2021 Rick Edmonds
How Newspack is working to crack the code on local news There may never be a Holy Grail, but the varied building blocks of a successful strategy can be found and rolled out widely across the industry. October 14, 2021 Kinsey Wilson
Local news led me to choose being houseless Industry wages leave limited options for financial freedom. October 13, 2021 Ian Bradley
The next generation of journalists is here. And they think we can do better. From “grateful to be here” to “no thanks.” October 12, 2021 Alex Sujong Laughlin
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov has taken casualties in Russia’s war on the free press Muratov has lost 6 staffers to murder since ’93. He will give the award money to charity. October 12, 2021 Oksi Lantt
Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures that happened during the coronavirus pandemic We're still updating this list October 11, 2021 Kristen Hare
How freelancers are tackling big stories, solo Long-form journalism requires significant time, creative energy and discipline — significant barriers to freelancers. October 8, 2021 Britany Robinson
Meet The Mini, the little puzzle that helped launch 930,000 subscriptions to New York Times Games ‘You feel clever when you solve them.’ October 7, 2021 Rick Edmonds
Journalists are switching to freelance. 7 things they wish they knew first. When I started my writing business in January 2021, I thought I had already done a fair amount of research. And I had — but still I learned more. October 7, 2021 Elizabeth Djinis
Why journalists are leaving their full-time media jobs to go freelance I left my newspaper job to freelance nine months ago. It’s the best decision I’ve ever made. October 6, 2021 Elizabeth Djinis
