2026-03-17 This article is part of RJI Impact, a series documenting how RJI projects are making a real difference for newsrooms and audiences all over the country. It was originally published in the Winter 2026 edition of RJI Insight, RJI’s biannual print magaz …›
2026-03-17 Closing the loop with the communities we serve reminds people that their voices matter—and that through collaboration, real progress and change actually happen In my previous columns, I have discussed how at Documented we’ve become a bridge between …›
2026-03-17 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Lost in the midst of President Donald Trump’s […] The post Trump is bragging about the damage he’s done to the press appeare …›
2026-03-17 In an era of extreme weather, indie weathermen are streaming coverage 24-7—and banding together. …›
2026-03-17 On March 12, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his first press conference since the U.S. and Israel first attacked Iran. Some social media users doubted the authenticity of the […] The post No, Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t have six fi …›
2026-03-16 Your next Aurora From Spaceweather.com (slightly edited to explain stuff): A NASA model predicts a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection from the Sun) will arrive on March 19th, mere hours before the northern vernal equinox (~10 AM EDST) This is perfect timi …›
2026-03-16 Jürgen Habermas has died. In memory of the great philosophical provocateur, is a section of my book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, grappling with his idea of the public sphere and the coffeehouse. Writing and conversation came together …›
2026-03-16 In many other surveyed countries, about half of adults or more see gambling as immoral. This includes 89% in Indonesia, 83% in India and 71% in Italy. …›
2026-03-16 Here is an excellent paper that clearly explains the philosophy that guides Yann LeCun’s research in AI and his new company, AMI Labs. It also perfectly expresses my complaints about the trope of artificial general intelligence — AGI, or BS fo …›
2026-03-16 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (March 16, 2026) — Marcea “Marcy” Hennecke, a philanthropist who has advocated on behalf of good journalism, good government and climate change solutions, has joined the Poynter […] The post Philanthropist Marcy Henn …›
2026-03-16 ‘Upsetting the apple cart’: The Pivot Fund founder on her commitment to invest $500 million in innovative local outlets Tracie Powell has always been ahead of the curve. In the early 2010s, when most of the journalism industry was fixated on traffi …›
2026-03-16 Can we use grief or other difficult experiences as the entry point to design gatherings that can encompass truth, tenderness and transformation? Parisa Parsa invited Lennon Flowers into a conversation with the News Futures Care Collaboratory about loss …›
2026-03-16 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Robust press coverage is a cornerstone of our […] The post Trump and his FCC chair are barking at the press. Even without a bite …›
2026-03-16 I ran across my wife’s iPad on the kitchen counter, and a bright sticky note she had placed on the stand caught my attention. “Stay off the news!” it read. […] The post The 24-second news cycle is exhausting journalists. Here’s how they c …›
2026-03-16 As MAGA media splinters over Trump’s foreign wars, the Murdoch empire has stayed loyal—but what happens when Lachlan succeeds Rupert? …›
2026-03-16 A promising digital transition is underway. But a Paramount buyout will likely doom the progress being made. …›
2026-03-16 With the Iran war prompting oil transport blockages in the Middle East that are pushing up oil and gasoline prices, Energy Secretary Chris Wright has become a public face of […] The post The US exports oil, but that won’t shield Americans from …›
2026-03-15 How to enjoy bad but not worse weather Dig the webcam at Poipu beach, on the south side of Kauai, near where I'll be for a week, starting tomorrow. Also, the turtles, in calmer weather. I love me a water matrix printer This fountain in Moravian S …›
2026-03-13 The federal workforce shrank by 10.3% in 2025, losing nearly 238,000 workers. Among major agencies, the Education Department and USAID had the steepest cuts. …›
2026-03-13 Ever since David Ellison’s Paramount acquired CBS News last year — and installed Bari Weiss as editor in chief — the narrative, fairly or unfairly, has been that the network […] The post CBS News reportedly hires former Liz Cheney comms exe …›
2026-03-13 When my friend and colleague Rick Edmonds died after a traffic accident, I began to think about all the things I had learned from him: about the news business, about […] The post What my golf coach taught me about writing appeared first on Poynter. …›
2026-03-13 In the days since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, bad actors have overwhelmed social media feeds with images and videos of missile attacks, destruction, combat and death. Much of […] The post Fake images from the Iran war are spreading online. …›
2026-03-13 No complaints. Back at the ranch for the next two days in California's most beautiful town. Man, I do love it here. Alas, I mostly live elsewhere, and I love those places too. …›
2026-03-12 “I wouldn’t be getting this experience at a national publication, to be extensively following the hottest news story in the country.” …›
2026-03-11 A conversation with Katie Hawkins-Gaar Last fall, Katie Hawkins-Gaar, freelance writer, journalism consultant and author of the newsletter “My Sweet Dumb Brain,” felt lost. She said she always tries to be honest about how she’s feeling in her wee …›
2026-03-11 Why keep beauty when ugly will do? The iconic Hughes Memorial Tower in Washington DC will be demolished. Life in the vast lane The thunderstorms have passed by, and we're finishing packing for Santa Barbara and Hawaii. In a related matter, people o …›
2026-03-11 We applied the basics of product development to design a user-centered, actionable guide for local funders Earlier this month we launched “Commissioning a Local News Ecosystem Assessment: An Operational Toolkit.” We approached this toolkit with a s …›
2026-03-11 Inside New York’s addictive movie trivia game. …›
2026-03-10 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email Transparency, methodological gold standards and survey weighting: Those were three of many topics covered during two webinars The Journalist’s Resource recently hosted featuring Roper iPoll, from The Rope …›
2026-03-10 How FAA Part 108 will reshape the U.S. Airspace System It is safe to assume every commercial drone pilot at one time was a novice. Maybe then, it is also safe to assume before launching a drone for the first time, some significant portion of those begi …›
2026-03-10 Verily What's happening today is today. All day. Also, it's absurd that Indiana is mostly in the Eastern time zone. This time of year, the sun rises at four hours before noon and sets eight hours after noon. Apparently, yes Ted Gioia: Is Spo …›
2026-03-09 Here's not looking at you, kid Three and a half weeks after cataract surgery on my left eye, vision improvement seems to have plateaued. I'd say it's 20/80. The new lens is fine, but the corneal edema persists, so it feels like it's sme …›
2026-03-09 One way to ensure you generate a wide range of potential sources for a story — or for potential story leads — is to use a checklist. The PEER framework is just that: four categories to help journalists generate more names on any given story — an …›
2026-03-09 I don’t know either. I have almost 100,000 better photos on Flickr. But their work has not My photos on Flickr (here and here) have had more than 20 million views. The photo with the most views is this one (above) with 83,000+ so far. It was shot …›
2026-03-07 Questions Is Conditional Consent compatible with MyTerms? This—_Instead of "accept all" or "reject all" per site, users define rules across three dimensions: cookie purpose, website category, and third-party processor. Allow analy …›
2026-03-06 It's all about making The Inention Economy happen. Dave Lockie: We Get to Decide What the A in AI Stands For. This follows The Intent Stack: A New Design Space for Human-AI Collaboration. Also dig Intent-Driven Commerce: What E-commerce Can Lea …›
2026-03-05 See you there! Eli Pariser will address the question What Might “Public Parks of the Internet” Look Like? at 4 pm Eastern today. Register to attend here. And here is the Zoom. Brief observations of a perfect place Photos of Pink Sands Beach on H …›
2026-03-04 A conversation with Gabrielle Contesti NowKalamazoo is a nonprofit community news service that serves Kalamazoo County in Michigan. Since its founding in 2019, the news organization has experimented with different innovative strategies to involve the c …›
2026-03-03 It seems like a win-win situation: A film festival showcases the latest films. Critics cover the event, writing reviews and drawing attention to a cultural touchstone. Filmmakers, journalists, and the city and organizations hosting the event all harne …›
2026-03-03 This article is part of RJI Impact, a series documenting how RJI projects are making a real difference for newsrooms and audiences all over the country. It was originally published in the Winter 2026 edition of RJI Insight, RJI’s biannual print maga …›