In a combative interview on CNN, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened the conversation with a throwback claim. “We had the highest death rate from […]

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I’ve been watching a growing number of organizations explore collaborations between journalists and creators with great interest. In March, the Lenfest Institute and the Google News Initiative announced the creation […]

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For months, the biggest media story has been Paramount’s attempt to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $111 billion. The deal is now tangled up in the courts as attorneys general […]

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Let me be clear about something: Athletes — whether it’s Aaron Rodgers or Sophie Cunningham or Caitlin Clark — are free to say (or not say) whatever they want about […]

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I never thought I’d become a journalist. When I was younger, I resented journalists because news headlines were how I found out my dad was facing life in prison — […]

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The eggs are contaminated with salmonella. Frozen berries have been linked to an E. coli outbreak. Iceberg lettuce and who knows what else might give you explosive diarrhea. Some people […]

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This column is part of the Indianapolis Public Editor project, a pilot program designed to test whether the presence of a public editor who analyzes local coverage can elevate audience […]

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When it comes to building public trust in the November elections, state and local newsrooms have their work cut out for them.  The discovery in New Jersey that the state […]

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Here we go again. The Trump administration is going after a reporter in its seemingly endless search to identify leakers. And the latest situation involves another reporter with ties to […]

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As children, we are conditioned to compete with our peers. The overachievers tussle over who will be at the top of the class. You go up for the lead role […]

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Equipped with newly released diary entries by former U.S. infectious disease chief Dr. Anthony Fauci, U.S. senators and others said that what he told the public at the height of […]

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It’s not unusual for things to get tense on a Sunday morning news program. Politicians are invited on to discuss critical issues and are often pressed to explain divisive positions. […]

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For more than a year, the Federal Communications Commission and its chairman Brendan Carr have repeatedly hassled, threatened and tried to intimidate ABC. Led by Carr, the FCC made threats […]

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The media world is still buzzing about some of the new hires for the upcoming season of CBS’s “60 Minutes.” Most notably, the talk has been about the hiring of […]

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In South Korea, anyone who believes an online post is false can now report it. The company that hosts the post must then decide whether the complaint is valid. That […]

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Some are calling it a coup — an inspired, out-of-the-box great hire meant to shake life into a long-running news show. Others are saying it’s a bizarre, risky hire — of […]

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After decades of working for national news media’s biggest names, Paul Miller retired to Carmel-by-the-Sea in the 1990s. But instead of spending his days soaking in the Monterey Peninsula’s stunning […]

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This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. Last October, the Big 12 conference issued a rule change that only really makes […]

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The mystery surrounding the disappearance of “Today” co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother has now gone on for 177 days. But the pain remains as fresh as ever. Guthrie put out another […]

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There was a time when you needed at least a few internships on your resume before you could get hired at a competitive newsroom. You changed markets when you wanted […]

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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (July 28, 2026)  — The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, will honor veteran political journalist Chuck Todd with the 2026 Poynter Make a Mark Leadership […]

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Lettuce has probably never made you so nervous. The news about cyclosporiasis, an illness people can contract by eating raw produce contaminated with a diarrhea-causing parasite, keeps evolving. U.S. cases are […]

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The White House Correspondents’ Association held its rescheduled dinner Friday night and, unfortunately, it went about how you would expect. No president in the history of this country has devoted […]

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Like many small news efforts, Indiana’s The Bloomingtonian relies on its Facebook page to reach people and get subscribers. Local residents must have an appetite for stories about outdoor World […]

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A smoke column was visible from the city of Ely. A massive body of hot gases and smoke, rising. Miles away, a wildfire was spreading in the Boundary Waters Canoe […]

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There was a big showdown on Thursday between the U.S. government and The New York Times. At stake? Some would say the freedom of the press to accurately report on […]

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Friday’s rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has all the makings of a complete clown show. I was going to say it has all the makings of a complete disaster, […]

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Many defense lawyers are naturally cagey. They work in a pressure cooker, protecting their clients’ rights while fighting for the best possible outcome. And arguably, the stakes can’t get any […]

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Once again, ESPN is undergoing notable layoffs. One day after news broke that the network was cutting ties with NFL analyst Ryan Clark, ESPN continued its latest round of cuts, […]

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