“We will also be making Cambridge and Somerville — Camberville if you will — a beat of its own, reflecting the importance of these cities on Boston’s doorstep.” (We’ve written about the local news gaps in Nieman Lab’s own backyard.)

The massive rewrite effort follows Gannett’s decision to pause its AI-generated high school sports coverage program in regional newspapers. (Gannett owns USA Today in addition to hundreds of local publications including The Arizona Republic, The Detroit Free Press, and The Tennessean.)

“The Examination has so far received financial support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Pulitzer Center, and [founder Ben] Hallman has assembled a team that includes his fellow ICIJ alums Asraa Mustufa and Will Fitzgibbon, as well as Raquel Rutledge, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist formerly of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.”

“Rotten Tomatoes scores are posted after a movie receives only a handful of reviews, sometimes as few as five, even if those reviews may be an unrepresentative sample. This is sort of like a cable-news network declaring an Election Night winner after a single county reports its results.”

The nonprofit’s self-described mission is investigative journalism. A law firm’s report alleged founder James O’Keefe spent donor funds on personal expenses, from helicopter travel to DJ equipment.

“Notes written on videos will automatically show on other posts containing matching videos. A highly-scalable way of adding context to edited clips, AI-generated videos, and more,” the company fka as Twitter said in a post.

“Lansing now says NPR is operating in the black, but this is due to additional subsidies from the NPR Foundation and severe cuts early this year. In February, NPR laid off about 10% of its staff — around 100 people — and cut four podcasts.”

“The rumor mill got up and running on Saturday when two Twitter users – one with a ‘verified’ account – posted a fake screenshot from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Twitter account that said that an [Ebola] outbreak had been confirmed at the festival and that Burning Man attendees should shelter in place.”

“Did today’s tech giants become dominant by breaking the law?”

Fabrizio Romano works for himself and consistently scoops traditional outlets with soccer news. His daily YouTube videos regularly clock over a quarter-million views.

“When we started, and throughout the process, a few people around the newsroom were skeptical that leaders would listen to the interns. We were told they would clap for us, pat our heads and say ‘That was cute’ as we left the room.”

“My proudest accomplishment at the school and indeed in my career has been creating the Engagement Journalism degree in 2014 … The program is, I’m sad to say, on pause right now. But after having just attended preconferences at AEJMC and ONA on Engagement Journalism, I am gratified to report that the movement is spreading widely.”

“Across the US, more than 31% of the country listens to a podcast at least once a week, according to data from Edison Research. But not all of them regard podcasts as an audio product. Many watch the interviews on YouTube … Over 80% of Americans still listen to AM/FM radio at least once a week — even among the youthful 18-34 cohort.”