Moving Journalism Forward in a Changing Technological World
Advancing independent media, an open internet, and informed policy through global research, dialogue and innovation.
Spotlights
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Addressing “Lawful but Awful” Content
What are the best ways to manage online content that is “lawful but awful”?
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AI Applications in Investigative Journalism
The fourth briefing from the AI and Journalism Research Working Group finds that the individual nature of investigations is a challenge for adopting AI tools in investigative journalism.
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US Indie Info Providers: Professionally Diverse, Mission-driven, Sometimes Lonely, Rarely Earning Profit
A first look at the people shaping independent information in the United States — and the challenges keeping most of them from breaking even.
The Center for News, Technology & Innovation is an independent research center advancing independent media, an open internet, and informed public policy.
Media Freedoms
Press freedom is facing unprecedented threats worldwide, and the emerging tools meant to protect journalists can just as easily be turned against them. CNTI offers original research and first-person insight into the risks journalists face, how technology cuts both ways, and what journalists, the news industry and policymakers can do to keep truth reaching the public.
Business Success
In the face of an evolving financial, technological and political landscape, journalism producers must grapple with both how to survive financially and how to ensure their services meet the needs of their audience — all while maintaining editorial independence. CNTI’s work explores how new business strategies, technology, government regulations and content ideas could impact journalism’s future.
AI and News
AI provides new reporting, investigative and operational tools for journalism. It also exacerbates challenges like disinformation, copyright abuse and job stability. CNTI’s work examines both the opportunities and challenges AI brings to the field in order to shape newsroom leaders’ and policymakers’ understanding.
The Expanding
Provider Landscape
Newsrooms are shrinking, and a growing wave of independent creators and new outlets is changing how people find and trust information — and what counts as journalism in the first place. CNTI’s work examines who these providers are and what policymakers and the industry need to know to support a healthy, expanding information landscape.
Media Freedoms
Press freedom is facing unprecedented threats worldwide, and the emerging tools meant to protect journalists can just as easily be turned against them. CNTI offers original research and first-person insight into the risks journalists face, how technology cuts both ways, and what journalists, the news industry and policymakers can do to keep truth reaching the public.
Business Success
In the face of an evolving financial, technological and political landscape, journalism producers must grapple with both how to survive financially and how to ensure their services meet the needs of their audience — all while maintaining editorial independence. CNTI’s work explores how new business strategies, technology, government regulations and content ideas could impact journalism’s future.
AI and News
AI provides new reporting, investigative and operational tools for journalism. It also exacerbates challenges like disinformation, copyright abuse and job stability. CNTI’s work examines both the opportunities and challenges AI brings to the field in order to shape newsroom leaders’ and policymakers’ understanding.
The Expanding Provider Landscape
Newsrooms are shrinking, and a growing wave of independent creators and new outlets is changing how people find and trust information — and what counts as journalism in the first place. CNTI’s work examines who these providers are and what policymakers and the industry need to know to support a healthy, expanding information landscape.
New & Noteworthy
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An Open Internet: Press Freedom’s New Frontline
In partnership with the George W. Bush Institute, CNTI recently convened a global roundtable on the state of press freedom, bringing together journalists, media executives, researchers, legal experts and more.
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South African Indie Info Providers: Responding to Resource Constraints with Creativity and Collaboration
South African newsrooms are shrinking. CNTI’s new report finds the indie info providers responding to that collapse with creativity, collaboration and a pointed push to decolonize local media.
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Internet Shutdowns, Press Freedom and the Global Information Crisis: Iran as a Case Study
Iran emerges as a prominent example of decline in both internet and press freedoms. It serves as both a distinctive case marked by its own intricate challenges as a country and a microcosm of the global threats to press and…
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What Independence Really Means for Indie Journalists
This group is more able to innovate, represent diverse communities, and tell stories that might escape institutional newsrooms — stories we need more than ever. But independence, it turns out, is not so simple.
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Who Pays for Local News in India
And Why the Answer Should Matter to Every Journalism Market in the World
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Takeaways from the India AI Impact Summit
The scale of the India AI Summit has expanded significantly from the early global AI gatherings just a few years ago.
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Newsroom Policies for AI in Journalism
The third briefing from the AI and Journalism Research Working Group finds that organizational AI policies tend to prioritize principles and values over practical guidance.
Digital safety for journalists must be addressed at multiple levels: by governments, technology companies, publishers, and researchers. Progress will require dedication and cooperation.”
— Amy Mitchell, Executive Director of CNTI