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Neal Notes
Dispatches, updates, and field notes from the Prize community — a living record of the work, and of the people who keep faith with it.
Before the Names Are Announced
The first class of Neal Conan Laureates is taking shape. The names come in September.
The Neal Conan Prize
Jul 262 min read
Neal Notes | July 2026: Journalism's New Gatekeepers
The 2026 Digital News Report names platforms and AI chatbots as journalism's new gatekeepers. Also this issue: a Mississippi podcast makes a $400 million paper trail audible, and two journalists sit in custody under quiet bureaucratic procedure.
The Neal Conan Prize
Jul 251 min read
Neal Notes | June 2026: Can Local News Survive AI?
The June issue gathers five dispatches on trust, AI, press freedom, and investment in local news.
The Neal Conan Prize
Jun 271 min read
Help Shape the Inaugural Neal Conan Laureates
A poll to help shape the first cohort of Neal Conan Laureates intended to honor journalists who have innovated and adapted throughout their careers while maintaining the highest standards of journalistic rigor and ethics.
The Neal Conan Prize
May 291 min read
An Update on Noosphere — May 2026
Inaugural Neal Conan Prize winner Jane Ferguson shares an update on Noosphere: the first deal with Sky News, the launch of Sky News Defence, and a new head of engineering.
The Neal Conan Prize
May 293 min read
Perugia 2026 — A Festival of Journalists
Neal Conan Prize Committee member Gretel Ehrlich reports from three days at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia — on the people who still do this work.
Gretel Ehrlich
May 293 min read
Neal Notes | May 2026: Dispatches from the Field
The May issue shares updates from the Prize community and reporting from the field.
The Neal Conan Prize
May 291 min read
Neal Notes | April 2026: Introducing Neal Notes
The April issue introduces Neal Notes and the work of the Prize community.
The Neal Conan Prize
Apr 251 min read
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