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Plus: Will the news article go extinct in the age of AI?

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Hello! Hereās whatās in this weekās issue:
Ā» A guide to conference season
Ā» A hybrid approach to local news in Washington
Ā» 2025 Pulitzer Prizes awarded
Ā» Reinventing TV news
Ā» Will the news article go extinct in the age of AI?
Ā» AI newsreader launches promising to help publishers
š¤ A guide to conference season
Poynter released this helpful guide to the top journalism conferences of the year, complete with āONA, NABJ and more industry acronyms we loveā. Read the full guide here.
š° A hybrid approach to local news in Washington
The Spokesman-Review in Spokane WA, which recently announced that itās becoming a nonprofit, has been experimenting with a hybrid business model for years. Editor & Publisher explores how their approach of combining traditional advertising and subscriptions with philanthropic support and community engagement is going.
š 2025 Pulitzer Prizes awarded
This yearās Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on Monday in NYC. Local publishers taking home the coveted journalism award include The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer in North Carolina for collaborating on coverage of Hurricane Helene and journalists at The Baltimore Banner for investigative work on the cityās fentanyl crisis. Read more from Poynter.
šŗ Reinventing TV news
The Local, a TV news startup, is launching in four states with the goal of reinventing local TV news by focusing on community-centered storytelling and sustainable funding models. The project will focus work on securing content contracts with streamers instead of relying solely on advertising dollars.
š¤ Will the news article go extinct in the age of AI?
The Nordic AI in Media Summit 2025, held in Copenhagen, recently brought together media professionals to explore the practical integration of AI in journalism. One speaker said that newsrooms need to implement radical changes now to reach a new generation of news consumers, saying āThe article will die, should die, but storytelling will not.ā Read more here.
š AI newsreader launches promising to help publishers
Particle, an AI-powered newsreader startup, has launched its web platform, Particle.news, offering users AI-generated news summaries, key quotes, and topic-specific pages. The platform claims to emphasize collaboration with publishers by linking directly to original articles and to deepen reader engagement through features like AI-driven Q&As. Read more here.
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