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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 hour ago

US media trapped between oligarchy and presidency

Media ownership in the U.S. is increasingly concentrated among billionaires, impacting critical coverage of the president and press dynamics.
Online Community Development
fromTruthout
6 hours ago

What Do Authoritarians Fear Most? People Who Stick Up for Each Other.

Solidarity among communities is essential for resilience against economic and social pressures exacerbated by conflict and local challenges.
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
21 hours ago

Turning Point Journalist Says She Was Brutally Assaulted' By Anti-ICE Protesters and Comes with Video

Savanah Hernandez was assaulted by anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, resulting in physical injuries and damage to her glasses.
#journalism
Media industry
fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

Stop blaming Big Tech. Start rebuilding journalism

Fighting Big Tech for compensation is not the main battle for journalism's survival; rebuilding trust and embracing technology is essential.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
5 days ago

How newsrooms are bringing their archives to life

News organizations are repurposing archives to create new stories and engage audiences, moving beyond simple reprints.
Media industry
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Has the Mainstream Media Failed Us?

Mainstream journalism and social media face crises while journalists must adapt to safeguard democracy amid misinformation, political violence, and aggressive government responses.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

Gaza journalists mourn Al Jazeera's Wishah, killed by Israel

Mohammed Wishah, an Al Jazeera journalist, was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Gaza, marking a tragic loss for his colleagues and the media community.
Media industry
fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

Stop blaming Big Tech. Start rebuilding journalism

Fighting Big Tech for compensation is not the main battle for journalism's survival; rebuilding trust and embracing technology is essential.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
5 days ago

How newsrooms are bringing their archives to life

News organizations are repurposing archives to create new stories and engage audiences, moving beyond simple reprints.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

ONE SHEET: Trump Attacks MAGA Media; WHCA's Free Press Problem; Politico's New Boss Faces First Crisis

The White House Correspondents' dinner faces controversy over guest invitations and press corps reactions, highlighting tensions within media and politics.
fromBloomberglaw
2 days ago

CNN Stuck With Suit Challenging Use of Online Tracking Tools

Lead plaintiff Anthony D'Antonio established he suffered a concrete injury sufficient to establish standing to sue in federal court, according to Judge Victor Marrero.
Privacy professionals
fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

SchadenFriday: Washington Gets TMZ'd

With Congress again out for recess-instead of, say, working to end the partial government shutdown or doing something, anything, when the president threatens war crimes-one media organization had the savvy, gall, and, okay, shamelessness to deputize us all as honorary paparazzi.
Podcast
Social media marketing
fromHer Campus
3 days ago

They Knew, They Didn't Care, & We Are All Paying For It

Social media platforms like Instagram have been found liable for mental health damage to young users, with internal documents revealing harmful strategies targeting teens.
#trump
Left-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

PBS Reporter Says Trump Hung Up on Her After She Asked About His Threat About Wiping Out a Civilization'

Trump's controversial statements and abrupt phone call with PBS correspondent highlight tensions surrounding the Iran ceasefire and ongoing conflicts in the region.
US politics
fromTruthout
5 days ago

Trump Threatens Journalists With Jail Over Reporting on Airman Rescue

Trump threatened to jail reporters if they do not reveal a leaker regarding a missing U.S. airman in Iran.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

'Fake!' Trump Dresses Down NYT Reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Trump criticized The New York Times and dismissed concerns over potential war crimes during a press conference.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

Key Journo Defiant Amid Trump Hunt For Leaker: I Will Protect My Sources'

Trump threatens journalist over source related to Iran airman rescue, emphasizing national security and potential jail time for non-compliance.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

Fox War Reporter Reacts in Real Time to Trump Civilization Will Die' Threat With Alarming Questions

Trump's threats raise serious concerns about potential military actions and their consequences for civilization.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Give It Up Or Go to Jail!' Trump Threatens Media Company Over Alleged Rescue Leak

Trump threatened a media company over a leak regarding a U.S. military rescue mission in Iran, citing national security concerns.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

PBS Reporter Says Trump Hung Up on Her After She Asked About His Threat About Wiping Out a Civilization'

Trump's controversial statements and abrupt phone call with PBS correspondent highlight tensions surrounding the Iran ceasefire and ongoing conflicts in the region.
US politics
fromTruthout
5 days ago

Trump Threatens Journalists With Jail Over Reporting on Airman Rescue

Trump threatened to jail reporters if they do not reveal a leaker regarding a missing U.S. airman in Iran.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

'Fake!' Trump Dresses Down NYT Reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs

Trump criticized The New York Times and dismissed concerns over potential war crimes during a press conference.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

Key Journo Defiant Amid Trump Hunt For Leaker: I Will Protect My Sources'

Trump threatens journalist over source related to Iran airman rescue, emphasizing national security and potential jail time for non-compliance.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

Fox War Reporter Reacts in Real Time to Trump Civilization Will Die' Threat With Alarming Questions

Trump's threats raise serious concerns about potential military actions and their consequences for civilization.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Give It Up Or Go to Jail!' Trump Threatens Media Company Over Alleged Rescue Leak

Trump threatened a media company over a leak regarding a U.S. military rescue mission in Iran, citing national security concerns.
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Turkey: DW correspondent Uludag still in custody

Alican Uludag has been charged with three criminal offenses: 'publicly insulting the president,' 'public dissemination of misleading information,' and 'publicly denigrating institutions of the state.' He faces up to 19 years in prison if convicted.
Law
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

New York Times Journalist Maggie Haberman to Drop New Trump Expose Regime Change' With Jonathan Swan in June

The book takes readers inside secret deliberations of a president who has fundamentally altered the nature of the office he holds and, with it, how the rest of the world understands American power.
US Elections
World politics
fromPoynter
6 days ago

Fact-checking is crucial when the news moves this fast - Poynter

The U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iranian targets, prompting extensive fact-checking on claims regarding military capabilities and misinformation.
Media industry
fromWIRED
2 days ago

The Indie News Queen Who's Not Done Pissing Off the Powerful

Amy Goodman, a prominent journalist, is the focus of the documentary 'Steal This Story, Please!', showcasing her relentless pursuit of truth.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

CNN's Jake Tapper Hits Back Hard at Trump Attacks: Our Job Is Not to Please the President'

Our job is not to try and please the president: JAKE TAPPER: Here's another question, in the midst of these major earth shaking issues surrounding the ceasefire last night, life and death issues, why was President Trump so focused on attacking CNN for an accurate report we put out on a real statement put out by Iranian government officials?
World news
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

Trump FCC Chair Roasted By Critics For Threatening CNN Over Accurate Headline

Brendan Carr threatened CNN over a statement from Iran that angered President Trump, leading to widespread condemnation.
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Nobel Prize Committee condemns Russian move to criminalise rights group

Memorial won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for documenting human rights abuses in Russia and faces designation as an extremist organization by Russian authorities.
#student-journalism
Higher education
fromPoynter
1 week ago

Student journalists are often on their own. I built a network to change that. - Poynter

A regional network of student newspapers was created to support collaboration and resource sharing among student-run publications in Philadelphia.
Higher education
fromPoynter
1 week ago

Student journalists are often on their own. I built a network to change that. - Poynter

A regional network of student newspapers was created to support collaboration and resource sharing among student-run publications in Philadelphia.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago

Blanche Appears to Confirm DOJ Is Investigating Rescue Leak, Day After Trump Threatened to Jail Journo

An investigation into leaks of classified information regarding a downed airman is confirmed, with potential legal actions against reporters involved.
#fact-checking
Non-profit organizations
fromPoynter
6 days ago

Fact-checkers reached more people in 2025. That didn't help their finances - Poynter

Fact-checking organizations face financial challenges and staff cuts, yet audience growth continues amidst uncertainty in funding and coverage.
Media industry
fromPoynter
5 days ago

State of the Fact-Checkers: Audiences grow as finances worsen - Poynter

Fact-checking organizations expanded their audiences in 2025 despite financial vulnerabilities, with significant shifts in funding sources and staffing.
Non-profit organizations
fromPoynter
6 days ago

Fact-checkers reached more people in 2025. That didn't help their finances - Poynter

Fact-checking organizations face financial challenges and staff cuts, yet audience growth continues amidst uncertainty in funding and coverage.
Media industry
fromPoynter
5 days ago

State of the Fact-Checkers: Audiences grow as finances worsen - Poynter

Fact-checking organizations expanded their audiences in 2025 despite financial vulnerabilities, with significant shifts in funding sources and staffing.
#local-news
Media industry
fromPoynter
3 days ago

Saving local news also means saving the archives - Poynter

Loss of local news archives leads to a significant loss of memory, culture, identity, and reality.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
3 days ago

More than 1,300 newsrooms participate in the first "Local News Day"

Local News Day aims to refocus public attention on the importance of local journalism through a national day of action.
Media industry
fromGothamist
3 days ago

NJ newsrooms are dying and shrinking, but is government funding the answer?

Local news coverage in New Jersey is declining, threatening community connection and information access.
Media industry
fromPoynter
3 days ago

Saving local news also means saving the archives - Poynter

Loss of local news archives leads to a significant loss of memory, culture, identity, and reality.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
3 days ago

More than 1,300 newsrooms participate in the first "Local News Day"

Local News Day aims to refocus public attention on the importance of local journalism through a national day of action.
Media industry
fromGothamist
3 days ago

NJ newsrooms are dying and shrinking, but is government funding the answer?

Local news coverage in New Jersey is declining, threatening community connection and information access.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

American journalist released a week after being kidnapped in Iraq

US journalist Shelly Kittleson was released after being kidnapped in Baghdad, with conditions set by the militia responsible for her abduction.
#pentagon
Media industry
fromwww.dw.com
2 days ago

US: Pentagon must restore journalists' access, judge says

The Pentagon is defying a court order to restore access to credentialed reporters, as ruled by US District Judge Paul Friedman.
Media industry
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Pentagon revises rules for journalists after lawsuit loss, raising press group's ire

The Pentagon announced new press policies limiting access and requiring escorts for journalists amid security concerns.
Media industry
fromwww.dw.com
2 days ago

US: Pentagon must restore journalists' access, judge says

The Pentagon is defying a court order to restore access to credentialed reporters, as ruled by US District Judge Paul Friedman.
Media industry
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

Pentagon revises rules for journalists after lawsuit loss, raising press group's ire

The Pentagon announced new press policies limiting access and requiring escorts for journalists amid security concerns.
#propublica
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
3 days ago

ProPublica journalists walk off the job in first U.S. newsroom strike over AI

Propublica Guild members went on a 24-hour strike to pressure management for fair pay and protections against AI-related layoffs.
Media industry
fromPoynter
4 days ago

ProPublica's union staged a 24-hour strike over AI, job protections - Poynter

ProPublica workers staged a strike over contract negotiations, focusing on protections against layoffs in an AI-driven industry.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
3 days ago

ProPublica journalists walk off the job in first U.S. newsroom strike over AI

Propublica Guild members went on a 24-hour strike to pressure management for fair pay and protections against AI-related layoffs.
Media industry
fromPoynter
4 days ago

ProPublica's union staged a 24-hour strike over AI, job protections - Poynter

ProPublica workers staged a strike over contract negotiations, focusing on protections against layoffs in an AI-driven industry.
#gaza
Media industry
fromPoynter
3 days ago

MS NOW is investing in local news and original reporting as it builds a post-NBC identity - Poynter

MS NOW is expanding into local news through partnerships with nonprofit journalism organizations to enhance original reporting and localized coverage.
Miscellaneous
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

'Cover-Up': A reporter against the impunity of power and the horror of war

Seymour Hersh, an 88-year-old investigative journalist with six decades of experience, has exposed major government abuses including the My Lai massacre, Abu Ghraib prison abuses, and alleged CIA pipeline sabotage, now featured in the Netflix documentary Cover-Up.
Media industry
fromPoynter
4 days ago

Student newspapers still dominate campuses. This newsletter shows what else is possible. - Poynter

Tomo Chien's newsletter, Morning, Trojan, offers a unique independent news source for USC students, blending hard news with humor and engaging a large subscriber base.
#press-freedom
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Press freedom declines in Americas, with US seeing sharpest drop: Report

Press freedom in the Americas reached its lowest point since 2020, with the United States experiencing the steepest decline, dropping from fourth to eleventh place in regional rankings.
Media industry
fromPoynter
2 weeks ago

When covering a protest leads to arrest, what protections do journalists really have? - Poynter

Journalist Carlos Sanchez was arrested while covering a protest, raising serious concerns about press freedom and the treatment of journalists in the field.
fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

Trump admin crackdown on journalists' sources "chilling," press freedom groups say

World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Press freedom declines in Americas, with US seeing sharpest drop: Report

Press freedom in the Americas reached its lowest point since 2020, with the United States experiencing the steepest decline, dropping from fourth to eleventh place in regional rankings.
Media industry
fromPoynter
2 weeks ago

When covering a protest leads to arrest, what protections do journalists really have? - Poynter

Journalist Carlos Sanchez was arrested while covering a protest, raising serious concerns about press freedom and the treatment of journalists in the field.
fromAxios
2 months ago
US politics

Trump admin crackdown on journalists' sources "chilling," press freedom groups say

Media industry
fromPoynter
5 days ago

Nonprofit newsrooms have grown, but they still generate a fraction of what newspapers once did - Poynter

Digital-first nonprofit newsrooms require sustained philanthropic support to achieve financial sustainability and rebuild local news infrastructure lost over the past two decades.
#associated-press
fromFortune
5 days ago
Media industry

Associated Press starts offering buyouts to newspaper journalists amid wider AI transformation | Fortune

The Associated Press is offering buyouts to U.S. journalists to shift focus from print journalism to visual journalism and new revenue sources.
fromNieman Lab
6 days ago
Media industry

The AP is offering buyouts in a pivot away from newspapers

The Associated Press is shifting focus from newspapers to visual journalism and AI-driven revenue sources due to declining newspaper income.
Media industry
fromFortune
5 days ago

Associated Press starts offering buyouts to newspaper journalists amid wider AI transformation | Fortune

The Associated Press is offering buyouts to U.S. journalists to shift focus from print journalism to visual journalism and new revenue sources.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
6 days ago

The AP is offering buyouts in a pivot away from newspapers

The Associated Press is shifting focus from newspapers to visual journalism and AI-driven revenue sources due to declining newspaper income.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Science journalism on the ropes worldwide as US aid cuts bite

Cuts to philanthropic and government grants are reducing funding for cross-border investigative science journalism, threatening scrutiny of environmental and public-health issues.
Media industry
fromBusiness Matters
6 days ago

GB News makes its pitch for a slice of public broadcasting funds

GB News seeks access to government broadcasting grants through competitive tendering, challenging the automatic funding of the BBC.
Media industry
fromNieman Lab
6 days ago

How V Spehar built a news business from under a desk

News creators like Vitus Spehar are redefining journalism for younger audiences through engaging and accessible content on social media.
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Free Press Advocates Decry FBI Search of Washington Post Reporter's Home

"It's hard to interpret this as anything other than an attempt to squash the freedom of the press," one critic said.
US politics
Media industry
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

The Trump Administration Is Casually Torching the First Amendment

The U.S. press faces threats and manipulation under an authoritarian administration, impacting media ownership and freedom.
Media industry
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Why societal change and technology may be key to Americans regaining trust in the news media

New models for news dissemination are needed to restore trust and adapt to younger consumers' habits.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Dozens of Palestinian journalists beaten, starved or raped, report alleges

Almost 60 Palestinian journalists detained since 7 October 2023 have been beaten, starved, subjected to sexual violence, and tortured in Israeli custody.
Media industry
fromHamiltonnolan
1 month ago

Patrons of Journalism

Advertising has historically funded journalism, creating tension between editorial independence and business interests, though this model now faces disruption from tech platforms monopolizing ad revenue.
Media industry
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Guardian joins media coalition to protect original journalism from unpaid use by AI

UK media companies formed Spur coalition to establish global licensing frameworks requiring AI firms to pay for journalism used in their products.
fromNieman Lab
2 months ago

Journalism lost its culture of sharing. Here's how we rebuild it

If you've worked in a technical role in news for long enough, you likely remember when the "show your work" spirit was everywhere. Newsroom nerds shared code on GitHub, swapped tips on social media and unfurled long blogs guiding others on how to get things done. You might also have a vague sense that - like reaction GIFs, demotivational posters, and that guy who sang "Chocolate Rain" - you're seeing less of it these days.
Media industry
Media industry
fromPoynter
2 months ago

How to build a newsroom plan for responding to First Amendment threats - Poynter

Newsrooms must assemble legal, operational, and communication resources now to protect journalists’ First Amendment reporting during seizures, arrests, subpoenas, or unrest.
fromNieman Lab
2 months ago

Journalism coops seem utopian. What's it like working in one?

The pandemic changed Defector's course. New York shut down, the economy ground to a halt, and the offers of capital dried up. So the group decided to launch a new website on their own dime, this time structured as a worker-owned cooperative in which the journalists, rather than media executives, made all the decisions. The site became the kind of success that's rare in digital media nowadays, bringing in $3.2 million in revenue from over 40,000 paying subscribers in its first year alone.
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