News Blog

API's tools Metrics for News and Source Matters had another banner year, while API staff shared their expertise at events across the country.

Here's what we covered this year.

Here are some resources we offered to help foster healthy, responsive and resilient news organizations in 2024.

Editor’s note: There will be no Friday newsletter this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Bluesky’s growth may see X’s influence shrink  Bluesky continues to [...]

Building an ongoing relationship with your audience can shape your coverage and show them you’re invested in what matters to them. Then, when it’s time to compile your voter guide, you’ll have a clear roadmap of the candidates and topics that resonate with your community.

Judicial races receive far less attention, but the often unknown candidates who win those races will make decisions that can significantly impact your community.

Here is a step-by-step guide you can follow to identify PPP loans to political candidates, their businesses and their spouses.

We'll share some of the resources, tools and lessons learned from our training sessions and research help desk. We hope you can use these as you plan your continuing accountability coverage and start thinking about the next election on the horizon.

When community members are no longer voters, their needs become diffuse once again and there is no clear, focusing mandate. So many newsrooms slip back into the usual: politics coverage driven by politicians and press releases. How do we avoid that backslide?

How can we avoid that backslide this time? 

What news organizations continue to do in the days and weeks ahead will matter more than ever. They will bring people into community conversations or exclude them. They will create understanding or sow confusion.