Sarah Scire

The Boston University Newsroom has published nearly 400 news articles in hyperlocal outlets in and around the city.

After years of interviews, research, and writing, Laura Garbes submitted the final draft of her book on public radio in December 2024. By the time Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry published last month, a lot had changed. Following Trump’s election and fede…

About half of the teens surveyed believe that journalists frequently “make up details, such as quotes” and “pay for sources.”

A platform better known for paid podcasts is poaching top newsletter talent. Patreon has successfully lured some top Substack newsletter writers — including Anne Helen Petersen, Lyz Lenz, and Virginia Sole-Smith — in recent days. These are hardly the first writers and journalists to leave S…

It's an idea I first remember encountering in a 2008 Brian Stelter story in The New York Times. An unnamed college student, asked in a focus group to describe their information consumption habits, explained why they don't put much effort into seeking out news: "If the news is that important, i…

A merger between MuckRock and Sunlight Research Center will help slimmed-down newsrooms investigate local governments, public officials, and more.

Have you left Twitter? Would a new "link experience" be enough to lure you back? The platform formerly known as Twitter announced it was testing a new way to boost engagement for posts with links on Sunday evening. As X head of product Nikita Bier wrote: We're testing a new link exper…

The Morning is the most popular news newsletter in the world. Now the Times is launching a video-heavy and personality-driven newsletter targeting readers outside the United States.

"Stories need to be either boiled down to the essentials, or reframed to put all the attention on the most social-friendly angle."

The New York Times launches a family subscription (with separate Wordles for everyone)