Rest of World tells vital stories about the impact of tech on the world. We may lose it anyway.

Link: Rest of World faces prospect of shutting down, by Max Tani in SemaforI was distraught to hear that Rest of World may have to shut down in January. Since its launch, I’ve relied on its coverage about the impact of technology and the tech industry on communities and geographies that often fall outside of a Western lens. And I’ve become a huge fan of its Chief Product Officer Michael Donohoe, who I think is one of the best product and engineering people working in journalism (or in any industry). Working with a small team, he’s built a site and underlying tech that punches way above its weight.On one level, the forces that have created issues for Rest of World aren’t unique to it: declining search and social referrals, intermediation by AI chatbots, and a fixation with the Trump administration at the expense of other topics.But then, as Semafor reports, Rest of World had a unique problem in that its audience was partially the tech industry itself, which has shifted to become more…