Hanaa' Tameez

3 weeks ago | niemanlab.org | Hanaa' Tameez |Hanaa' Tameez

Going toe-to-toe with the United States government is not easy. But one news outlet is fighting to get the government to pay up. An executive order signed by Donald Trump on January 20 froze international aid funding, including more than $268 million that Congress had already allocated to independent media organizations worldwide. The freeze has thrown parts of the international news scene into chaos; the U.S. government had been the largest source of funding for global independent media.

1 month ago | niemanlab.org | Hanaa' Tameez |Hanaa' Tameez

America’s largest newspaper chain, Gannett, will no longer publish demographic and diversity data about its workforce, and has revamped its corporate site to remove mentions of diversity. The announcement was made in a company town hall meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

1 month ago | niemanlab.org | Hanaa' Tameez |Hanaa' Tameez

Crime news has been a fixture of journalism for centuries. The true crime genre, from documentaries to podcasts to YouTube channels to TikTok explainers, has boomed over the last decade. And news publishers are looking to standalone subscription products to boost reader revenue. USA Today is combining the two trends with Witness, a curated collection of true-crime investigative journalism produced by Gannett’s local news outlets that is designed to attract national audiences.

1 month ago | niemanlab.org | Hanaa' Tameez |Hanaa' Tameez

The “Trump bump” isn’t just for news publishers in the United States. Last fall, four European news publishers sweetened their subscription deals by offering complimentary access to The New York Times, with the idea that their readers might want more expansive U.S. election coverage.

2 months ago | niemanlab.org | Hanaa' Tameez |Hanaa' Tameez

When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, Irish war correspondent Jane Ferguson was in Kabul and decided to stay to report on the aftermath, posting videos on Instagram. Ferguson, who has worked steadily as a freelancer covering conflicts in the Middle East for outlets like Al Jazeera, PBS, and The New Yorker, said that was the first time she felt like she had the upper hand.