Lorenz did a superb job in her 53-minute interview with Chaya Raichik, who clearly had trouble keeping up with Lorenz’s questions | Continue reading
Every reporter can relate to Dylan Lyons. A 24-year-old journalism school grad, Lyons was beginning his climb up the ladder, juggling a personal life and professional opportunities. On Tuesday night he stood in a dark parking lot hours after a local school board meeting for what … | Continue reading
Al Tompkins is known throughout the world of broadcast journalism as a bulldog of a reporter and a teacher with a relentless enthusiasm and work ethic. He's spent 25 years working in local broadcast newsrooms of Kentucky and Tennessee and 25 years teaching professional journalist … | Continue reading
But on a fundamental level, it's also true. Who we are as human beings gives all of us a specific perspective on the world, and that perspective influences how we do journalism. What do we find interesting or noteworthy? Reasonable? Unusual? Problematic? Unfair?(poynter.org) | Continue reading
CNN executed a round of layoffs Wednesday and Thursday, eliminating hundreds of positions including a number of on-air correspondents. Among those let go were politics reporter Chris Cillizza; correspondents Alexandra Field, Martin Savidge and Alison Kosik; and vice president of … | Continue reading
Among those let go were politics reporter Chris Cillizza and correspondents Alexandra Field, Martin Savidge and Alison Kosik | Continue reading
Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, came out as an early supporter of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, tweeting in February that the "majority of mankind (that are non-white) support Russia's stand in Ukraine." In March, Uganda was among 17 A … | Continue reading
For better or worse, we all know what artificial intelligence has done for news feeds. A growing area to focus on is what AI can do for content origination. AI is usually thought of as a tool to tackle mundane tasks like transcription or data-intensive work.(poynter.org) | Continue reading
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With slim benches and interest down, cable news networks seem to be struggling to replace their big on-air personalities. | Continue reading
The question is whether Musk is serious this time or if it’s some sort of legal maneuver. | Continue reading
Plus, the Supreme Court refuses to hear case on vaccine mandates for health care workers, CDC suspends country-specific travel restrictions, and more. | Continue reading
Where Gannett has spread itself too thin, the Times has found overwhelming success with its longstanding digital-focused plan | Continue reading
Wednesday, The New York Times Co. reported typical net growth in its various digital subscription offerings of 180,000 and an operating profit for the second quarter of $76 million. Thursday morning, Gannett, whose holdings include USA Today and more than 200 regional outlets, re … | Continue reading
Digital subscriptions are up, but, as expenses rise, other revenue streams are in a freefall | Continue reading
Gannett recorded a dismal second quarter financially , the company reported Thursday - important revenues sources down, costs up and a loss of $54 million on revenues of $749 million. Strong cost reduction moves are on the way. Media division head Maribel Perez Wadsworth, in a no … | Continue reading
Ogden’s decision not to cover a billionaire’s lawsuit against The Aspen Times has sent the paper — and the town — spiraling | Continue reading
Ending nearly 50 years of federally protected access to abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, returning power to individual states to set their own laws. "The Constitution makes no express reference to a right to obtain an abortion...," the June 24 r … | Continue reading
A ruling could come at any moment, but a stacked Supreme Court docket makes it difficult to predict a date. | Continue reading
Well, maybe just somewhat exaggerated. There a lot fewer of them now than a decade or so ago. The Association of Alternative Newsmedia had 135 members in 2009, according to Pew Research Center . This year, it has 88 alts listed on its site.(poynter.org) | Continue reading
This column originally appeared in The Cohort, Poynter's newsletter that centers conversations about gender in media. Subscribe here to join the community. Early in my career, it was my job to convince journalists to join Twitter. I argued that being on the platform would strengt … | Continue reading
Covering COVID-19 is a daily Poynter briefing of story ideas about the coronavirus and other timely topics for journalists, written by senior faculty Al Tompkins. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. This is the daily update from the Centers for … | Continue reading
Plus, viruses that took time off during the pandemic are back with a vengeance, resident physicians unionizing after COVID-19 overload, and more. | Continue reading
For a long time, journalists thought the "product" they produced was articles. It isn't and it never was. For most of the 20th century, the product was the physical newspaper. The product was double-sided paper thrown at the doorstep every morning. Reporters produced articles and … | Continue reading
Abortion rates and the number of overall abortion procedures have been declining in the U.S. over the last decade, data show. But if you were watching a May 3 segment of Fox News' The Five, you might have walked away with a much different impression as Judge Jeanine Pirro dramati … | Continue reading
In June, journalists, technologists, policy makers and fact-checkers of every stripe will convene in Oslo, Norway to attend the ninth iteration of the world's largest fact-checking conference, Global Fact 9. The conference location changes yearly, with past editions taking place … | Continue reading
A viral Facebook post falsely says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and billionaire philanthropist George Soros are related by birth - one in a series of baseless claims about links between the two. "Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a cousin of George Soros, Pentagon official says," … | Continue reading
Most journalists can recall their first correction with an emotion that falls somewhere between horror and shame. I remember the morning I read the email that led to mine. It was from a local marine biologist who wrote to say I had spelled his last name wrong. I was immediately m … | Continue reading
Rappler has faced a deluge of government lawsuits — actions it claims are retaliation for its disclosures of government corruption and wrongdoing. | Continue reading
Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov gives his account of the Russian siege of Mariupol in Ukraine. | Continue reading
An Atlantic interview with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman drew criticism — and raised important questions about journalism. | Continue reading
The new #UkraineFacts database of fact checks already includes more than 400 entries from over 45 countries. | Continue reading
More and more outlets are adding labels to old articles and social media posts, notifying readers of potentially outdated information | Continue reading
Several versions of this pandemic-like passage about luring souls to hell have been attributed to C.S. Lewis, but he didn’t write them. | Continue reading
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Spotify spends up to $100 million to exclusively air Rogan’s podcast. If Rogan isn’t going to stop spreading misinformation on it, shouldn’t Spotify? | Continue reading
This is a tough blow for Fox News. Wallace was considered the network’s most fair-minded journalist. | Continue reading
News website comment sections can be toxic and hostile. But is their absence even worse? | Continue reading
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The House dropped the proposed aid to local news, which would have potentially cost around $1 billion. The Senate may yet pick it up. | Continue reading
The retired four-star general was fully vaccinated but also immunocompromised due to a type of blood cancer. | Continue reading
There may never be a Holy Grail, but the varied building blocks of a successful strategy can be found and rolled out widely across the industry. | Continue reading
‘You feel clever when you solve them.’ | Continue reading
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In times like these, it’s evident that no US network is more equipped to cover such a major international and national story quite like CNN. | Continue reading