Skip to content
Skip to content

Learn more about our 2025 Impact Report!

American Press Institute
  • About
    • What We Do
    • Impact
    • History
    • Meet Our Team
    • API Updates
    • Financials
  • Resources
    Areas of Focus
    • Civic Discourse & Democracy
    • Culture & Inclusion
    • Community Engagement & Trust
    • Revenue & Resilience
    Our offerings
    Content
    • Articles
    • Studies & Reports
    • Special Editions & Series
    • Need to Know
    • API Media Inclusion & Impact Survey
    The latest
    • Special Edition

      Meeting reset series

    • Article,Report

      Develop your influencer strategy

    See all resources
  • Products & Programs
    • Better News
    • Table Stakes
    • API Inclusion Index
    • Metrics for News
    • Source Matters
    • API Leaders Fellowship for Inclusion & Impact
  • Events
    • Local News Summits
    • Webinars
  • API & You
    • Training and Support
    • Support Our Work
    • Apply for Grants
    • Join Our Team
    • Contact Us
NEED TO KNOW

Article

  • Article

    ‘Fact-check this:’ Politicians use work of fact-checking journalists as both validation, weapon

      Members of Congress cited national media fact-checks 80 times in floor speeches and debates from 2013 to 2014 — and Republicans referred to fact-checkers [...]

    May 13, 2015
  • Article

    New fact-checking research: False information floods Twitter; many Americans “confidently wrong”

    False information on Twitter overpowers efforts to correct it by a ratio of about 3 to 1, according to a study published today by the [...]

    April 29, 2015
  • Article

    How to integrate start-up culture in a traditional news organization

    Newsrooms and tech start-ups have much in common. Both are fast-paced, have intellectually curious staff, and strive to stay ahead of the latest developments. But [...]

    April 28, 2015
  • Article

    New studies on political fact-checking: Growing, influential; but less popular among GOP readers

    The amount of fact-checking journalism produced in the United States is increasing dramatically, and while there are limits to its persuasiveness, it is a measurably [...]

    April 22, 2015
  • Article

    Looking at rumors as viruses, and more studies from scholars who study truth and politics

    To help understand the spread of rumors, look at them as if they’re viruses. Rumors “are nothing more than long strands of information seeking to [...]

    April 17, 2015
  • Article

    5 good questions with Jason Noble of the Des Moines Register’s ‘Reality Check’

    Iowa has long been an epicenter for U.S. politics, as home to the first-in-the nation presidential caucuses. This year, with the caucuses and the 2016 presidential [...]

    April 9, 2015
  • Article

    Study shows the value of copy editing

    Consider the following sentence:  Their may be some mistakes, but we are the ones to place you’re trust with. No news organization would print this [...]

    March 3, 2015
  • Article

    New report on online rumors critical of media’s role in spreading misinformation

    A new report on misinformation in media is critical of the role journalists play in spreading misinformation, either by carelessly repeating it or purposely ignoring it. [...]

    February 11, 2015
  • Article

    Fact checking anonymous sources: 5 good questions with Ken Williams of San Diego Gay & Lesbian News

    The San Diego businessman was looking for funding for his tech startup – not particularly unusual in California. But when A. Latham Staples began dropping [...]

    February 4, 2015
  • Article

    How best to move forward after newsroom layoffs

    The New York Times in December. USA Today in September. Newsroom layoffs, buyouts, and other forms of staff reduction have a near-drumbeat quality. Responding to [...]

    January 21, 2015
Previous192021Next
Latest from Need to Know
  • Meeting reset series

    Continue ReadingContinue Reading
Newsletter

Need to Know

Useful insights for people advancing quality, innovative and sustainable journalism

Subscribe
Follow Us
ThreadsX
  • About
    • What We Do
    • Impact
    • History
    • Meet Our Team
    • API Updates
    • Financials
  • Our Areas of Focus
    • Civic Discourse & Democracy
    • Culture & Inclusion
    • Community Engagement & Trust
    • Revenue & Resilience
  • API & You
    • Join Our Team
    • Apply for Grants
    • Training and Support
    • Support Our Work
    • Contact Us
American Press Institute Logo White
  • Better News
  • Table Stakes
  • API Inclusion Index
  • Metrics for News
  • Source Matters
  • API Leaders Fellowship for Inclusion & Impact

© 1946 - 2026 American Press Institute • All Rights Reserved •

Privacy Policy • Terms of Use • Website by Elefant

Page load link

Press “ESC” key to close

main menu
  • About
    • What We Do
    • Impact
    • History
    • Meet Our Team
    • API Updates
    • Financials
  • Resources
    • Our Offerings
    • Areas of Focus
      • Civic Discourse & Democracy
      • Community Engagement & Trust
      • Culture & Inclusion
      • Revenue & Resilience
    • Content
      • Articles
      • Studies & Reports
      • Special Editions & Series
      • Need to Know
      • API Media Inclusion & Impact Survey
      • All Resources
  • Products & Programs
    • Better News
    • Table Stakes
    • API Inclusion Index
    • Metrics for News
    • Source Matters
    • API Leaders Fellowship for Inclusion & Impact
  • Events
    • Local News Summits
    • Webinars
  • API & You
    • Training and Support
    • Support Our Work
    • Apply for Grants
    • Join Our Team
    • Contact Us
Recent Resources
  • Article

    How Metrics for News helped Crain Communications launch a newsroom in Michigan

  • Article

    Americans have concerns about election coverage. Here are 3 ways to respond

get connected
ThreadsX
This website uses cookies and third party services. OK
Go to Top