Nieman Foundationflipped into Nieman Lab16 hours agoHow DeepSeek stacks up when citing news publishersNieman Lab - Andrew DeckOver the past two weeks, DeepSeek has made a splash in the AI industry. On January 20, the Chinese startup released its new open source model, DeepSeek-R1, which beat competitors like OpenAI’s o1 on several important performance benchmarks, despite costing a fraction of the price to develop. In the …
Nieman Foundationflipped into Nieman Lab18 hours agoThe Trump war on the news media takes an absurd turnNieman Lab - Joshua BentonHere are a few of the things that, in the opening weeks of the second Trump administration, have gone from “totally normal” to “DEVIANT BEHAVIOR THAT SHOWS THE EVIL LURKING AT THE HEART OF THE AMERICAN MEDIA”: A television news program does bog-standard edits on an interview with a politician, of …
Nieman Foundationflipped into Nieman Lab2 days agoMeet the first-ever policy and advocacy director at LION PublishersNieman Lab - Sophie Culpepper and Sarah ScireThis interview is part of an occasional series of Q&As with people who are the first to hold their title in their news (or, in this case, news-adjacent) organization. Read through the rest here. There’s been a spike in legislation that could impact local news outlets in recent years. Some proposals …
Nieman Foundationflipped into Nieman Lab1 day agoHow ProPublica reported on homeless encampment sweeps in 11 citiesNieman Lab - Asia FieldsThis article was originally published by ProPublica, where Asia Fields is an engagement reporter. Maya Miller, Nicole Santa Cruz, and Ruth Talbot also contributed. Read stories from the Swept Away series here. It’s not hard to find people who want to talk about cities dismantling homeless …
Nieman Foundationflipped into Nieman LabNowThe BBC asked marginalized groups how it could do better. They didn’t hold back.Nieman Lab - Neel DhaneshaFor decades, critics of the BBC have accused it of bias in its coverage and its failure, despite public promises, to diversify its newsroom. In 2001, its own director-general said the corporation was “hideously white,” and 21 years later Variety reported that women of color at the BBC, exhausted by …
Nieman Foundationflipped into Nieman Lab19 hours agoA new outlet covers climate policy in the language Brazil knows best: Soccer.Nieman Lab - Hanaa' TameezThe 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 29) in Baku, Azerbaijan closed out with a deal for rich countries to contribute $300 billion over 10 years to help developing countries fight climate change. The poorer countries, expected to face more of the consequences for climate change, …
