<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>National News Desk</title><description>National News Desk is a general-interest newsroom covering business, culture, and technology for adults with a finite attention span. Our editors aim for one strong piece a day instead of twenty weak ones.</description><link>https://nationalnewsdesk.org/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>National News Desk launches: general-interest reporting, carefully edited</title><link>https://nationalnewsdesk.org/posts/national-news-desk-launches-general-interest-reporting-carefully-edited/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nationalnewsdesk.org/posts/national-news-desk-launches-general-interest-reporting-carefully-edited/</guid><description>Why a general-interest desk still makes sense — and how we plan to keep it from degenerating into a content farm.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>business</category></item></channel></rss>