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The BBC’s new director general is former Google executive Matt Brittin

Nieman Journalism Lab 3/25 9:20A Neel Dhanesha

Today the BBC announced it had selected a new director general: Matt Brittin, the former president of Google s operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. One might see...

“I was surprised how upset some people got”: A conversation with the creator of TomWikiAssist, the...

Nieman Journalism Lab 3/25 6:38A Bill Adair

Behind the scenes at Wikipedia, some editors were alarmed recently when they saw a flurry of edits and new articles by a contributor known as TomWikiAssist . It turned out...

A 60-year-old entrepreneur who sells Pokémon cards and other collectibles saw sales surge 200% after...

Business Insider 3/24 11:30P kelkins@businessinsider.com (Kat

John Keeble/Getty Images Scott Wool has been in the collectibles business for decades. Thanks to his push into live selling, sales are growing like never before. Live commerce...

I'm a former magazine editor who wakes up every day at 5:17 a.m. for good luck. Here's a day in my...

Business Insider 3/24 11:05P jpugachevsky@businessinsider.com

Liz Plosser, the former editor-in-chief of Women s Health, now runs a Substack and YouTube channel in addition to her freelance consulting work. Liz Plosser This as-told-to...

This researcher has a new way to measure AI performance. It's BS, literally.

Business Insider 3/24 11:00P abarr@businessinsider.com (Alist

Peter Gostev, AI capability lead at Arena Peter Gostev Peter Gostev s BullshitBench tests AI models with nonsensical questions to spot BS detection. Google Gemini 3.0 struggles with BullshitBench,...

Young people want their news to be more fun, a new report says

Nieman Journalism Lab 3/24 9:15A Hanaa' Tameez

In the news industry, there s no shortage of data that says the same thing: young adults and older adults get their news in different ways. While older adults (age 55 and up)...

ProPublica’s union authorizes the first U.S. newsroom strike over AI protections

Nieman Journalism Lab 3/24 7:24A Andrew Deck

On March 20, members of the ProPublica Guild, one of the largest nonprofit newsroom unions in the U.S., overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike. Out of the roughly 150...

As AI Adoption Grows, Nearly Half of Advertisers Plan to Bring Media Planning In-House

StreetFight 3/24 2:45A George Wolf

As AI reshapes how campaigns are planned, executed, and optimized, a growing number of advertisers are reconsidering one of the industry’s foundational structures: the role of...

I make 6 figures as an electrician. Trades like mine may be the last safe haven from AI.

Business Insider 3/23 11:05P insider@insider.com (Perri Ormon

Carl Murawski. Courtesy of Carl Murawski Carl Murawski is a full-time trades professional who posts content on YouTube on the side. Murawski s day job supports his family,...

Best affordable dog food

Business Insider 3/23 10:53A insider@insider.com (Janelle Lee

When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Iams, Purina, Nature s Recipe, and Hill s make affordable kibble and canned foods...

Colombian college student Gabriela Alonso Jaramillo explains her country’s politics to the...

Nieman Journalism Lab 3/23 9:26A Hanaa' Tameez

The data is in : News creators and influencers are a major source of news for Americans, especially people under 30. This is the third edition of Creators of Record , an...

Interest in CLEAR is surging as airport chaos continues across the US

Business Insider 3/23 9:12A bshimkus@insider.com (Ben Shimku

Security lines at airports across the US have added hours to travelers schedules. Customers are showing historic interest in apps to save time, even though some aren t...

What to know about Trump's deployment of ICE agents to airports

Business Insider 3/23 8:45A trains@businessinsider.com (Tayl

ICE agents deployed at airports like Atlanta on Monday to help TSA. It s unclear what they can legally do to help screen travelers. Megan Varner/Getty Images President Donald...

Grammarly’s CEO defends putting AI editorial suggestions into the voices of real writers (while...

Nieman Journalism Lab 3/23 7:05A Joshua Benton

Sometimes you just get lucky with the editorial calendar. About a month ago, Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra agreed to be a guest on Decoder , the podcast from The Verge...

We have 5 kids and work 10 jobs and side gigs. It's not sustainable, but we're doing everything we...

Business Insider 3/23 6:55A insider@insider.com (Chaunie Bru

The author and her husband work multiple part time and full time jobs to stay afloat. Courtesy of j&j brusie photography After 10 years, my freelance writing income vanished...

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