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A very 2025 Thanksgiving Thanksgiving journalism is almost a genre in itself, with much of it falling into the “how to” category. But this year [...]

Creators understand what many newsrooms still struggle with: People want to learn from experts, but they also want to experience things alongside them. Audiences want [...]

The insult agenda  The story of President Trump lashing out at Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey on Air Force One — telling her “Quiet, piggy” — [...]

Learning from frequent FOIA filers At a time when public officials are demonstrating greater resistance to requests from reporters seeking government information, Freedom of Information [...]

We can’t ignore the power these creators wield. We feel the industry’s headwinds, and we know we must find new ways to connect with new audiences — and, hopefully, show them that quality journalism is worth paying for. Here's how we did it while keeping editorial standards intact.

Identifying communities’ news roles  Are you a documenter? A facilitator? A sensemaker? The Journalism + Design Lab has published a new “framework” for how people [...]

Shawn Singh spoke with API to share more about his experience working with the Chronicle on three Instagram Reels, including what worked, what differentiated this partnership from other brand deals and what it meant to him to align his brand with a local news organization.

In the API Learning Cohort, and from our own conversations and research, we realized one of the most important decisions you’ll make is choosing who to partner with. Here are some things to consider.

The Houston Chronicle created small-scale experiments that tested how strategically work with a creator while navigating potentially thorny issues around ethics, control and impact. In this series, they walk you through what they did.

Although we caution against relying solely on financial conversion metrics to measure the success of partnering with a creator, setting a secondary goal can be beneficial — especially when you’ve defined, or redefined, conversion for a creator-newsroom collaboration.