Sarah Scott Scire
@sarahscire.com
sounds like “skeery.” @niemanlab.org deputy editor. following digital journalism, political science, books, the NBA ☘️
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🔗 sarahscire.com 📥 [email protected] 📱 scire.99 (Signal)
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cover of The Economist this week
January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
cover of The Economist this week
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two great stories from @niemanlab.org today. One, on a storyshare run by a tiny NH news co-op " Brannon praised Bassett for listening so attentively to local newsrooms — including some of the smallest newsrooms and newspapers with clunky tech in her cohort" by @sarahscire.com
A scrappy story-sharing tool with local newsroom DNA gains traction
Plucky Wire was incubated in an unlikely place for a journalism technology: the tiny Granite State News Collaborative. Now, it's being used by hundreds of outlets countrywide.
www.niemanlab.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
two great stories from @niemanlab.org today. One, on a storyshare run by a tiny NH news co-op " Brannon praised Bassett for listening so attentively to local newsrooms — including some of the smallest newsrooms and newspapers with clunky tech in her cohort" by @sarahscire.com
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Asked about Minneapolis, Victor Wembanyama says, “PR has tried, but I’m not going to sit here and be politically correct.”
Then says “it’s crazy that people make it seem like … the murder of civilians is acceptable.”
Then says “it’s crazy that people make it seem like … the murder of civilians is acceptable.”
January 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Asked about Minneapolis, Victor Wembanyama says, “PR has tried, but I’m not going to sit here and be politically correct.”
Then says “it’s crazy that people make it seem like … the murder of civilians is acceptable.”
Then says “it’s crazy that people make it seem like … the murder of civilians is acceptable.”
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
everyone in local news says collaboration is key. they also say it can be a pain.
enter Plucky Wire, a scrappy startup incubated @granitestatenc.bsky.social.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/a-sc...
enter Plucky Wire, a scrappy startup incubated @granitestatenc.bsky.social.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/a-sc...
A scrappy story-sharing tool with local newsroom DNA gains traction
Plucky Wire was incubated in an unlikely place for a journalism technology: the tiny Granite State News Collaborative. Now, it's being used by hundreds of outlets countrywide.
www.niemanlab.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 PM
everyone in local news says collaboration is key. they also say it can be a pain.
enter Plucky Wire, a scrappy startup incubated @granitestatenc.bsky.social.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/a-sc...
enter Plucky Wire, a scrappy startup incubated @granitestatenc.bsky.social.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/a-sc...
this looks like a very fun job! food editor @bostonglobe.com. salary listed at $90k-122k globe.rec.pro.ukg.net/BOS1501BGMP/...
globe.rec.pro.ukg.net
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
this looks like a very fun job! food editor @bostonglobe.com. salary listed at $90k-122k globe.rec.pro.ukg.net/BOS1501BGMP/...
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“The occupation that is happening in Minneapolis has been damaging a lot of people, including small businesses. And, you know, we want to stand in solidarity with everyone around the neighborhood,” said a Bebe Zito manager named Jeremy.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Across Minnesota, many businesses plan to close Friday to protest ICE action
Minnesota labor unions, community activists and faith leaders are organizing the economic blackout, dubbed “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom.”
www.mprnews.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
“The occupation that is happening in Minneapolis has been damaging a lot of people, including small businesses. And, you know, we want to stand in solidarity with everyone around the neighborhood,” said a Bebe Zito manager named Jeremy.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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The right move. And an excellent, forceful statement: "We have asked the court to order the immediate return of all seized materials and prevent their use. Anything less would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant.”
wapo.st/4jUxQEe
wapo.st/4jUxQEe
Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter
The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.
wapo.st
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The right move. And an excellent, forceful statement: "We have asked the court to order the immediate return of all seized materials and prevent their use. Anything less would license future newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant.”
wapo.st/4jUxQEe
wapo.st/4jUxQEe
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What you have to appreciate about this @nytimes.com editorial is that it correctly cited and sourced much of the data from other newsrooms, @reuters.com @data.ft.com @wsj.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
What you have to appreciate about this @nytimes.com editorial is that it correctly cited and sourced much of the data from other newsrooms, @reuters.com @data.ft.com @wsj.com
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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he says other journalism funders should ask themselves 2 questions:
1. Do the organizations have real plans to grow their audiences outside of their most faithful followers?
2. Do they understand how to defend themselves and their work from bad actors?
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/crai...
1. Do the organizations have real plans to grow their audiences outside of their most faithful followers?
2. Do they understand how to defend themselves and their work from bad actors?
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/crai...
Craig Newmark explains why he’s pulling back on funding journalism
One question he says other funders should ask: "Do the organizations have real plans to grow their audiences outside of their most faithful followers?"
www.niemanlab.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 PM
he says other journalism funders should ask themselves 2 questions:
1. Do the organizations have real plans to grow their audiences outside of their most faithful followers?
2. Do they understand how to defend themselves and their work from bad actors?
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/crai...
1. Do the organizations have real plans to grow their audiences outside of their most faithful followers?
2. Do they understand how to defend themselves and their work from bad actors?
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/crai...
can think of a few people who could take an “I told you so” tour rn www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/cali...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans no new local journalism funding despite $175 million funding deal with Google
It’s a significant walkback from an August 2024 deal between state leaders and Google in which they agreed to jointly spend $175 million over five years to fund local journalism.
www.niemanlab.org
January 20, 2026 at 6:06 PM
can think of a few people who could take an “I told you so” tour rn www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/cali...
view from Lippmann House @niemanfoundation.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
view from Lippmann House @niemanfoundation.bsky.social
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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My last two shots before my world went dark.
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
My last two shots before my world went dark.
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🚨 Reminder: Apply to be part of our Local Reporting Network by Feb. 5!
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January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
🚨 Reminder: Apply to be part of our Local Reporting Network by Feb. 5!
If selected, we cover your salary (up to $80K, plus benefits) and partner with your newsroom to help you dive deep into a project that matters to your community. All newsrooms are eligible.
More info 👇
If selected, we cover your salary (up to $80K, plus benefits) and partner with your newsroom to help you dive deep into a project that matters to your community. All newsrooms are eligible.
More info 👇
A few things news organizations could learn from Wikipedia www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/afte...
January 15, 2026 at 8:34 PM
A few things news organizations could learn from Wikipedia www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/afte...
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The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
The Star Tribune had an insane graphic about the presence of immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. There are more immigration officers in the metro right now than local police officers.
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After years of chasing social media engagement and being burned in the process, publishers have realized that commenting has a tangible value — to the broader public, yes, but also in terms of advertising and subscription revenue.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
Newsrooms are taking comments seriously again
Three lessons from running comments at The Times of London.
www.niemanlab.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
After years of chasing social media engagement and being burned in the process, publishers have realized that commenting has a tangible value — to the broader public, yes, but also in terms of advertising and subscription revenue.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
. @speppered.bsky.social on how Project 2025 laid the groundwork for today's raid on a @washingtonpost.com journalist's home www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/proj...
Project 2025 laid the groundwork for Wednesday’s raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home
On Wednesday morning, the FBI executed a search warrant on a Washington Post reporter's home as part of a probe into a government worker accused of illegally retaining classified information.
The rep...
www.niemanlab.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
. @speppered.bsky.social on how Project 2025 laid the groundwork for today's raid on a @washingtonpost.com journalist's home www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/proj...
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This is an outrage. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Read @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's work:
* www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
* www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
* www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Read @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's work:
* www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
* www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
* www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind in one eye after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
www.latimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Anti-ICE protester blinded by federal agent during demonstration in Santa Ana, family says
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Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
Gourmet Magazine
Gourmet is a worker-owned publication about food and the people who make and consume it.
gourmetmagazine.net
January 13, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Condé Nast forgot to renew the trademark for Gourmet and so a group of journalists grabbed it and are relaunching the food magazine as a worker-owned co-op. Love it. [gourmetmagazine.net]
A new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report finds that confidence in the future of journalism is at an all-time low. (News executives are slightly less gloomy about the prospects of their own outlets.) www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/publ...
Publishers prepare to be “squeezed” by AI and creators in 2026
Newsrooms will prioritize on-the-ground reporting, YouTube, and something called "liquid content" this year, according to a global survey of news executives.
www.niemanlab.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
A new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report finds that confidence in the future of journalism is at an all-time low. (News executives are slightly less gloomy about the prospects of their own outlets.) www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/publ...
a wide gap between well-resourced newsrooms with experienced visual investigation teams (@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @bellingcat.com) and those passing on law enforcement narratives and/or conflicting descriptions of videos to readers and viewers www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/when...
When just showing the video isn’t enough: Minneapolis shooting puts news organizations to the test
When everyone has seen the same videos, what service do news sites provide?
www.niemanlab.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:35 PM
a wide gap between well-resourced newsrooms with experienced visual investigation teams (@nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @bellingcat.com) and those passing on law enforcement narratives and/or conflicting descriptions of videos to readers and viewers www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/when...