Laura Hazard Owen
Nieman Lab
Cambridge, MA, United States
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Past articles by Laura Hazard:
Google blocks news in some Canadian searches, in response to proposed media law
"This explains everything about my failed Google searches this week," one Globe and Mail journalist tweeted. → Read More
The Boston Globe’s Instagram valentines are actually good
Why do they work? They're about Boston, not about The Boston Globe. → Read More
The future of local news is “civic information,” not “declining legacy systems,” says new report
"In this vision, the community librarian facilitating conversations around authoritative, trusted digital news is as celebrated as the dogged reporter pursuing a scoop." → Read More
BDG shutters Gawker 2.0: “We have to prioritize our better monetized sites”
BDG CEO Bryan Goldberg called Gawker "a pre-monetization product," but the brand is really old in internet years. → Read More
@nytimes is now on TikTok
On March 21, 2007, The New York Times announced itself on Twitter: “Word up! It is I, the Gray Lady, with a ‘shoutout’ to all my hip young friends. Just wanted you to know I’ve added new specialized feeds.” “It was very important to me when I was writing that tweet that even though the metaphorical Gray Lady would try to use slang, it was still very proper grammar,” Jacob Harris, the Times… → Read More
At least we still have the creator econo
Washington Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made a rare appearance at the paper Thursday, meeting with executive editor Sally Buzbee and publisher Fred Ryan. The New York Times reports: As left, a Post employee wearing a red shirt emblazoned with the insignia of The Post’s guild… → Read More
Post, the latest Twitter alternative, is betting big on micropayments for news
"What I believe consumers want is to be able to get multiple sources of news in their feed." → Read More
11 (and counting) things journalism loses if Elon Musk destroys Twitter
Goodbye to screenshotted best bits, DMs, "that tweet should be a story"... → Read More
Nieman Lab is hiring a staff writer
Hello, we're hiring a staff writer! Come work with Sarah Scire, Joshua Benton, Hanaa’ Tameez, and me. That listing right up there ^ is where to apply, but let me tell you a little more about the job. We're looking for somebody who is genuinely interested in the future of news and journalism… → Read More
New York City now requires salary ranges in job posts. Here’s which media companies are complying, and which aren’t
"$15/hour to $125,000"? → Read More
The LA Times’ Día de Muertos digital altar was its most successful audience call-out ever
"Our initial hope was to get 40 or 50 submissions. We ended up receiving more than 1,000 ofrendas from across the country, and in four languages." → Read More
Here are 11 journalists’ tweets about how Twitter is losing its “heavy tweeters”
Twitter is losing its most active users and turning into a porn-and-crypto fest as "interest in news, sports and entertainment" wanes, according to Reuters' Sheila Dang, who saw internal research from the company. Also check out "What happens to journalists after Twitter?" and &… → Read More
TikTok and Instagram are the only social networks that are growing as news sources for Americans
Ten percent of all American adults now say they "regularly" get news from TikTok, according to a new Pew analysis. That's up from 3% just two years ago. And for younger Americans, not surprisingly, the percentage is higher: 26% of Americans under 30 say they regularly get news from TikTok… → Read More
Most of the Americans who will pay for news are rich
About a quarter of Americans have ever paid for news directly. Those who have are more likely to make over $150,000 a year. → Read More
Confused about the Meta/Wire saga? Read these stories, it’ll help
Once you recognize that someone's pulling an elaborate con, the Meta/Wire saga makes a little more sense. I'll do my best to sum up the recent controversy in a couple lines: The Wire, a leading independent Indian news site, reported earlier this month that an Indian government official had the p… → Read More
Readers expect news orgs to be impartial, but don’t reward them for it
"News brands are judged by, but not inherently valued for, their impartiality." → Read More
The state of California will fund $25 million in local reporting fellowships
The budget passed in California this week includes $25 million worth of help for local news, which will be distributed via UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism starting next year. This isn't the first time that a state has budgeted money to help local journalism — New Jersey's Civic In… → Read More
Local sites are driving the growth of nonprofit news, new research shows
Local news sites have accounted for 55% of all U.S. nonprofit news sites launched since 2017, and last year, 65% of launches were local, according to the new annual report from the Institute for Nonprofit News. By 2024, INN projects, local news sites — rather than national or global sites lik… → Read More
The Harvard Crimson will switch from daily to weekly print starting this fall
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard's daily student newspaper, is 149 years old for this year. Starting in the fall, it will follow many other newspapers in reducing its print schedule to once a week, the paper's editors announced in a letter to readers on Thursday. The Crimson will publish daily on w… → Read More
Unimaginable abortion stories will become more common. Is American journalism ready?
In America after the end of Roe v. Wade, one brave source, on the record, is often the best we are going to get. Countless other stories will never be told. → Read More