2026-02-02 Since 2017, I’ve led weeklong writing seminars for The War Horse. We help veterans, service members and their families tell their stories in their own words. The people who come to our seminars are not professional writers. They arrive carrying exper …›
2026-02-02 Welcome to February’s Need to Know Special Edition, which features voices from news leaders on ways they train, partner with and convene community members to let them shape and tell their own stories. When local newsrooms give people the tools and p …›
2026-01-31 Without losing its charm I am in Harbour Island, where all the old houses have shutters. The house where we're staying is a small cottage built in 1832. It has survived countless hurricanes. Remember Her? Moltbook is a Reddit for AI chatbots. NBC: …›
2026-01-31 In the opening week of a new semester — and as roughly 3,000 immigration, Border Patrol and other Department of Homeland Security agents poured into Minneapolis as part of “Operation […] The post In Minneapolis, journalism students are learni …›
2026-01-30 The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort on Friday signal an increasing willingness for the federal government to criminalize newsgathering activities. While the legal merits of those arrests […] The post Journalists should prepa …›
2026-01-30 Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Friday that she had instructed federal agents to arrest independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, along with two others, in connection with an immigration […] The post Federal agents arrest journalis …›
2026-01-30 The series addresses one-on-ones, brainstorming sessions, in-house training and leadership meetings. The post Reset key newsroom meetings with these tips from API staff appeared first on Better News. …›
2026-01-30 The guide gathers insights, tips and intelligence for a challenged profession. The post Journalists and mental health: An American Press Institute resource guide appeared first on Better News. …›
2026-01-30 Once again, President Donald Trump went on a Truth Social frenzy, and said a bunch of things that simply are not true. The latest Trump outburst came Wednesday night and […] The post Trump’s overnight posting frenzy draws swift pushback, fact c …›
2026-01-30 This week, Los Angeles residents browsing newsstands might have noticed a new paper tucked in among the usual copies of the Los Angeles Times and national dailies. The California Post […] The post In Los Angeles, a news outlet ‘superbloom’ is …›
2026-01-30 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (January 30, 2026) – PolitiFact, the Pulitzer-Prize winning fact-checking newsroom based at the Poynter Institute, is the focus of a television documentary premiering this week on Japanese […] The post Documentary abou …›
2026-01-29 Yesterday, Customer Commons and MyData Global launched MyTerms at a London event correctly titled The Only Way to Get Real Privacy Online. (I explain only and real at that link.) MyTerms is the nickname for 7012-2025 – IEEE Standard for M …›
2026-01-29 This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals: Research team Jocelyn Kiley, Director, Political ResearchSteven Shepard, Associate Director, Political ResearchHannah Hartig, Senior ResearcherBaxter Ol …›
2026-01-29 “We didn’t go on strike to put the paper out of business. We went on strike to keep it good.” …›
2026-01-29 You're welcome NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 will certainly miss Earth and has a 96.2% chance of missing the Moon. I share this in faint hope that when one sees BS on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or social media wherever saying the asteroid is going to …›
2026-01-29 Marcus Bösch, the editor of the Understanding TikTok newsletter, has put together a checklist for “when a meme is everywhere and you’re unsure whether to cover it, contextualise it, or leave it alone.” (PDF version here). The checkl …›
2026-01-29 This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. What’s going on with Gregory Bovino, the Border […] The post Why did the Trump administration sideline one of its loudest immi …›
2026-01-29 At a recent Northwestern University conference on disinformation, several speakers argued that fact-checking “doesn’t work” — that it can’t scale online, and that platforms don’t care. These comments are spreading […] The post …›
2026-01-28 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Email A lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Education last summer challenges the constitutionality of three federal grants that, together, have provided hundreds of millions of dollars a year to colleges …›
2026-01-28 Just what you didn't ask for Show of hands: Does anyone here want ads on ChatGPT? (Don't raise them if you work in the ad biz.) Did you want them in Amazon searches? How about Google's before that? Expect ChatGPT to become just as enshitt …›
2026-01-28 How Tricia McLaughlin defends Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. …›
2026-01-27 Experimenting with free tools to organize episodes into a resource educators can use Embodied is a weekly radio show and podcast from North Carolina Public Radio – WUNC that explores stories about health, sex and relationships. Kaia Findlay, …›
2026-01-27 I’m back. Here’s where I’ve been. Most of you should not care, but for those wanting a medical update, here’s the tale. Two weeks ago, on Sunday, Jan. 11, I lost a test of strength with bedding on laundry day. As IR …›
2026-01-27 What is the opposite of criticism? On a lead from a friend, I followed a thread from this patent to its author, Brian Dear (another friend), then to his about page, his old blog, his BlueSky tweetings, his bandcamp page, his lettrboxd page, then to …›
2026-01-27 “Until we have solid language here, we’re not going to feel safe about the integrity of our jobs—or the language our readers read.” …›
2026-01-26 That is smart Why Intelligence Is a Terrible Proxy for Wisdom, by Joan Westerberg, says "Wisdom is knowing what you don't know." Because we need to save the Web from AI overviews I've read The Domain Name’s New Role in the AI Web, …›
2026-01-26 From Minneapolis to Gaza, how does the press responsibly report killings when officials act in obvious bad faith? By looking out the window. …›
2026-01-26 Go now to FlightAware’s MiseryMap. Cick on the blue Play button and watch The Great Storm of January 25-26 move across the land and cause massive delays at airports in its path. I have a 1.59 GB movie (.mov) of what you just saw. What sh …›
2026-01-24 What emerges? You know how Google's original (and continuing) mission was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful"? It didn't happen with Google. Gemini gets closer. So I'm thinking …›
2026-01-24 MyTerms is done and ready to begin. The launch is next Wednesday, in the room above at Imperial College London. Back in ’22, I called MyTerms (IEEE 7012) The Most Important Standard in Development Today. Now it’s finished and mor …›
2026-01-23 And how can this go well? YouTube plans to let creators make AI Shorts using their own likeness. …›
2026-01-22 VERDAD, a tool that helps journalists monitor Spanish-language radio broadcasts to spot misinformation and disinformation, has received a $350,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to further extend its reach and capabilities. Martina Guzmán, wh …›
2026-01-22 What you can learn from other newsrooms’ wayward decisions The instability of corporate media has spurred journalists to launch hundreds of newsroom startups in the past decade. Building any kind of news startup is exhilarating. You’re all i …›
2026-01-20 It’s become a big contributor to the crisis of public trust in news media and is increasingly expected by journalists: public figures are regularly responding to reporters’ inquiries with “no comment.” A recent 60 Minutes segment pulled after …›
2026-01-19 Five questions with Paola Jaramillo Leer en Español To understand Enlace Latino NC, it helps to know Paola Jaramillo. She is a Colombian journalist who has lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, for over 15 years. After working in traditional …›
2026-01-19 In September I took part in a panel at the African Journalism Education Network conference. The most interesting moment came when members of the audience were asked if they didn’t use AI — and why. Thanks to @ajenda_edu for inviting me to …›
2026-01-13 The key differences between tours and events Early on in my journey developing the concept for Future Tides, I met Michelle Young and Augustin Pasquet of Untapped New York. Their combination of editorial content and experiential tours immediately i …›
2026-01-12 She will help you develop solutions pitches, find trainings, and more Journalists who need support as they brainstorm or polish ideas for solutions journalism stories now have a new set of helping hands — or claws, to be more precise. Luz, the …›
2026-01-08 Improving care for people with addictions will continue to be a challenge — despite billions of dollars spent each year Journalism tends to reward investigative reporting about wrongdoing, so it’s not surprising that coverage of treatment for a …›
2025-12-18 Get answers to your questions on newsroom-creator partnerships, including how to find potential partners, upholding your journalistic ethics, and how much time and money these collaborations require. The post FAQ: Creator-newsroom collaborations appear …›