Emotionally it was immensely difficult. I felt it was crucial that we not fail, and in order to keep the organization functioning I had to display confidence and underplay peril, at the same time I was truly afraid that we might not bring this off.
Having exceptional skills as an editor, reporter, data, audio or visual journalist doesn't mean you'll automatically be a great manager. It's an entirely different skill. You have to learn to communicate with people across your own team and others. You have to understand what really motivates them and align that with your company's goals. That takes constant communication and empathy, two things we really dive in on during the week.
TAMPA, Florida (Nov. 16, 2025) - Legendary television journalist Jane Pauley of CBS Sunday Morning was awarded the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism on Saturday at the Poynter Institute's Bowtie Ball. Pauley has a trailblazing career that spans more than 50 years, from being the first woman to anchor an evening news broadcast in Chicago, to being a host on NBC's Today show at age 25, to the anchor of Dateline to her nearly decade-long tenure with Sunday Morning.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (October 23, 2025) - The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, and Press Forward Central Appalachia are pleased to announce the launch of a peer-focused course for funders of local news in six states in the Central Appalachia region. The effort will bring funders of local news organizations together to share lessons and best practices to accelerate their work and deepen their impact on local news and their communities.
Then, Rick Edmonds answered it, cutting through spin, jargon and numbers with vivid detail. "The company is so new that the signatures were drying yesterday morning on legal papers defining its financial structure, even as the deal to buy the Bulletin, which will be its first newspaper holding, was announced." It's an approach journalists and media watchers are used to from the Poynter Institute's longtime media business analyst. That story, though, ran in The Philadelphia Inquirer in April 1980.
