Abortion Coverage Built on Trust Jessica Valenti’s rigorous reporting, plagiarism problems, and lifting the veil on an AI data center. May 22, 2026 By Susie Banikarim
Your Job Is (More) Safe with JESS May 21, 2026 By Lindsay Muscato A coalition of tech-minded journalists and security trainers built an AI chatbot for safety advice, targeted at small newsrooms and freelancers.
‘We Are on the Platforms Immigrants Are On’ May 21, 2026 By Megan Greenwell How Documented is reinventing immigration coverage.
‘I’ll Always Be a Champion of Little Spots’ May 20, 2026 By Ivan L. Nagy Ligaya Mishan on how the New York Times’ Top 100 Restaurants list is made.
Figueroa Street and the Ethical Duty of Care May 20, 2026 By Nina Alvarez Looking back at a New York Times magazine story to examine what responsible coverage of sex trafficking looks like—and what it doesn’t.
Hannah Natanson’s Advice to Journalists May 19, 2026 By Hannah Natanson A lecture to the Columbia Journalism School class of 2026.
Breathing New Life into the Obituary May 19, 2026 By Meg Dalton A new podcast uses one of journalism’s oldest forms to explore universal truths.
Restraint and Fecklessness May 18, 2026 By Liz Skalka The White House Correspondents’ Association has been working hard to maintain diplomacy with Donald Trump. To what end?
Fair Is Fair May 15, 2026 By Carolina Abbott Galvão New York’s nonprofit news outlets are lobbying Albany for the same boost available to their for-profit peers.
Erroneous AI May 15, 2026 By Susie Banikarim and Riddhi Setty Rage-inducing machines, gambling slop, and big bad kids’ hockey.
AI Agents Are Coming for News. Can Publishers Reclaim Control? May 14, 2026 By Aisvarya Chandrasekar and Klaudia Jaźwińska The good news and the bad news about AI agents for journalism.
The Old Playbook of Power and Influence Is Different Now May 14, 2026 By Emily Bell and Heather Chaplin How journalism must adapt.
Crank Lit May 13, 2026 By Lucy Schiller The Anderson Valley Advertiser has attracted a cult following by collapsing the walls between neighborhood news and outsider fascination, writer and commenter, fact and fiction.
‘A Press Conference Would Be Nice’ May 13, 2026 By Ivan L. Nagy Helen Branswell on the difficulty of reaching public health officials and credible experts amid the hantavirus outbreak.
The West Bank in Focus May 12, 2026 By Amos Barshad A recent wave of coverage has drawn attention to settler violence—and forced the Israeli government to talk about it.
White Plight May 11, 2026 By Jem Bartholomew and Riddhi Setty The Trump administration is helping a white, male editor sue the New York Times for discrimination.