Fall Is Here. Here’s What You Missed This Week.
The equinox kicked off the season, and I kicked out five new pieces—on trust, tools, meetings, and the future of journalism.
This past Monday marked the autumnal equinox—the official start of fall. And you know what that means:
35 days till Halloween
62 days till Thanksgiving
79 days till Hanukkah
90 days till Christmas
91 days till Kwanzaa
If those countdowns feel like deadlines, here’s something less stressful: a chance to bury yourself in my past week’s work.
A New Tool From Backstory & Strategy: Introducing AgendaFlow
A simple AI-powered agenda builder that turns wandering staff meetings into focused, time-boxed conversations that actually move work forward.Should Journalists Build Their Own AI Tools?
A look at whether newsrooms should be creating custom AI tools—or if they should leave that to the tech companies and focus on their core mission.The Case for the Impact and Trust Platform
Why funders and communities need more than traffic stats, and how a new framework can help prove that journalism is built for trust and designed for impact.The Empty Pew and the Unread Paper
What declining church attendance can teach us about journalism’s struggle for relevance—and how institutions respond when rituals lose their pull.I Thought the “No Meetings Before 10 a.m.” Rule Was Silly. I Was Wrong.
On the science of mornings, cortisol, and chronotypes—and why a simple rule can reset how we think about focus, productivity, and energy.
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As always, have a great weekend—I’ll see you on Monday.
-Yoni
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