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niemanlab. org > 2026 > 04 > geospatial-ai-is-reinventing-the-rainforest-beat

Geospatial AI is reinventing the rainforest beat

1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (510+ words) In 2018, Joseph Poliszuk fled Venezuela. That year, after exposing corruption in then-President Nicolas Maduro's administration, he had become the target of lawsuits by wealthy Maduro loyalists. He and several of his colleagues at the independent outlet Armando. info packed up…...

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niemanlab. org > 2025 > 12 > data-needs-to-drive-conversations-not-division

Data needs to drive conversations, not division

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (296+ words) Too much data journalism still works like a monologue: the newsroom pronounces, the audience watches, and the chart lands like a mic drop engineered for clicks. But the real crisis is not a lack of information; it is a sense…...

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niemanlab. org > 2025 > 12 > in-2026-ai-will-outwrite-humans

In 2026, AI will outwrite humans

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (209+ words) In 2026, AI-written content will outpace what humans produce " not just in spammy corners of the web, but across the mainstream channels where people search, scroll, and learn. This isn't a story about technological capability. We already know machines can generate…...

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niemanlab. org > 2025 > 12 > sorry-the-explainer-is-dead

Sorry, the explainer is dead

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (250+ words) Remember when we told journalists to write more explainers? Yeah, sorry about that. We said the future of journalism was a broader take on news, one that was more focused on utility information to help readers navigate their lives. We…...