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Sophie Culpepper

www.niemanlab.org
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articles (90 days)

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Is The New York Times a games company? A familiar debate continues
“The New York Times is no longer a news company,” proclaims the caption of a chart posted on X Saturday summarizing how Times bundle subscribers have eclipsed news-only subscribers. The New York Ti...
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“Terribly frustrating”: After USPS changes, more newspapers aren’t reaching subscribers on time
Many publishers first noticed the complaints spike last summer. The subscriber whose weekly newspaper arrived five days late. The subscriber who received no issues for three weeks in a row, then th...
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For the past year, Illinois has been giving local news outlets tax credits to support journalism jobs. A new report looks at how it’s going
During a devastating week of news about news, you could easily have missed a new policy paper from the nonprofit Rebuild Local News. The report, released last Thursday, is a substantive, measured l...
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Fearing major layoffs, current and former Posties rally around #SaveThePost campaign
The Washington Post newsroom, whose journalists have continued to deliver essential reporting in an unrelenting news cycle (not to mention one reporter being subject to an FBI raid), is expecting d...
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Project 2025 laid the groundwork for Wednesday’s raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home
On Wednesday morning, the FBI executed a search warrant on a Washington Post reporter’s home as part of a probe into a government worker accused of illegally retaining classified information. The r...
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Highlighting the funniest moments, this startup aims to bring public meetings into the TikTok era
“This is, I think, the sixth time [I’ve] come here,” the woman’s public comment to the Corpus Christi City Council begins. She is wearing a full-body cockroach costume, antennae and all. “Last time...
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“Your TV station is on fire”: A local TV news “survival guide” calls for stations to prioritize digital…yesterday
An ice-water wakeup call? A tough-love kick in the pants? A five-alarm fire? The new “survival guide” from Northeastern’s Reinventing Local TV News Project does not mince words. Building on a surve...
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