Why product thinking goes hand-in-hand with service-oriented journalism Comprehensively meeting information needs requires product solutions, not just individual stories
📝 Who is missing from your data? Following barriers to access, not demographic segments, to identify missing populations
Constraint-based segmentation: A research alternative for systematic exclusion False precision versus honest uncertainty.
DeepSeek's double life: How we tricked a Chinese chatbot for strike advice the 'free' Western models couldn't give Freedom from censorship hasn't equaled real-world understanding for Western AI.
Advice on analyzing data for recurring news products After gathering and cleaning your data, it's finally time to analyze it, verify it, and create reporting hypotheses to test
📝 Civic scraping A needs-driven practice for overcoming commercial, legal, and other inequities helps get people the knowledge they need to navigate their lives a little bit better.
How to process unstructured data Move from scattered pieces of information to a usable database for identifying patterns, verifying facts, and forming the basis for your reporting
How to do manual collection, web scraping, and crowdsourcing data collection A hybrid data gathering approach combines automated and manual methods to capture the most comprehensive view of your topic
Our Liechtenstein media model: creator economy meets journalism In tiny markets like Liechtenstein, subsidies alone won't sustain news. The model must change.