🤔 Are there enough reporters in local news media?

Hello and happy holidays to everyone! 🎄🕎🎆 

Here’s what’s in this week’s issue:

» Are there enough reporters in local news media?

» AI innovations in news production

» Free news wire service from a non-profit

» News/ Media Alliance welcomed new members this year

🔗 Are there enough reporters in local news media?

Here’s a great piece from Steven Waldman about the “nutrients in the local news food chain”: reporters. If you haven’t already, have a listen to my interview with Steven in the first season of the Small Press, Big Ideas podcast.

🤖 AI innovations in news production

A recent panel of tech leaders came together to discuss how journalists gather information, tell stories and distribute content across platforms. This piece is mostly focused on TV broadcasters, and some key takeaways include the role of metadata and real-time language translation.

⚡ Free news wire service from a non-profit

Non-profit organization Open News Wire recently launched offering free high quality original stories to publishers under a Creative Commons license. The service seems to lean heavily on AI for generating its content, although they claim that they rely on “engineers and journalists with the aid of software and AI models”. Here’s a link to articles offered by the project.

🤝 News/Media Alliance welcomed new members this year

The News/Media Alliance welcomed 17 new members in 2024, bringing the number of total members to over 2,200.

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Local Stories

⏩ Women-led news outlet breaks the mold of local journalism

⏩ Measure requiring 120-day notice of local media sales passes Illinois Senate effective Jan. 1

⏩ Baltimore Banner Tops $13M in Revenue, Notches 55,000 Subscribers

⏩ UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material