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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I got a text message last week that frankly I had expected a long, long time ago: PolitiFact was getting a new content management system. Online news organizations get new […]

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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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Academics, journalists and researchers notched a victory in federal court this month as a judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an immigration policy restricting people who the U.S. […]

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Last Thursday, in Poynter’s daily faculty meeting, we pitched a piece to help newsrooms better cover the cyclosporiasis outbreak that’s put lettuce in several states on the danger-do-not-eat-unless-you-want-to-get-explosive-diarrhea list. By […]

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Just when it seemed the Trump administration couldn’t be any more brazen in its attacks on the media, it went even further. Now comes word that the administration sought the […]

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St. Petersburg, Florida (July 21, 2026) — Infectious disease outbreaks. Vitamin K shots. GLP-1 side effects. Peptide promises. At a time when questions about health and medicine are receiving more […]

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I arrived 40 minutes late for the job interview, smelling of car grease and covered in sweat. I was a college student interviewing for a summer internship at a large […]

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Here’s something that affects each and every one of us: our health. Few topics are more important — or more difficult — to navigate than our health, especially amid the […]

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President Donald Trump addressed the nation Thursday night, giving a rambling 22-minute speech in which he cast doubts on the results of the 2020 election and also made a variety […]

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As international media outlets flocked to Kansas City to cover the World Cup, local journalists responded to the global event by leaning even harder into what they do best: covering […]

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President Donald Trump is scheduled to address the nation tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern. But it’s still unclear which networks will actually televise his speech. That’s because of reports that […]

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The Federal Communications Commission will vote Aug. 6 on a proposal that could dramatically reshape local TV ownership by loosening long-standing limits on how many stations a single company can […]

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Presidential addresses to the nation are usually reserved for major issues — war, national emergencies or significant policy changes on critical topics such as healthcare or the economy. In other […]

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Editor’s note: This essay was originally published in 2012 and has been lightly edited. With “The Odyssey” back in the cultural conversation ahead of Christopher Nolan’s star-studded adaptation, opening July […]

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Every aspect of artificial intelligence, from its economic impact to its societal and cultural consequences, is under a microscope. One topic of growing concern for consumers, local governments and environmental […]

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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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There was big, breaking news on Monday involving the potential Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery megamerger. Or is it big at all? Honestly, I’m having a hard time believing that this so-called […]

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On June 12, the Milwaukee Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski threw the fastest pitch ever recorded by a major league starting pitcher: 104.5 mph. The next morning, more than 1,300 baseball obsessives […]

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (July 14, 2026)  — The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, is proud to announce a special gathering this fall honoring two media leaders whose work […]

The post Poynter Institute to honor The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell and The Atlantic’s Nicholas Thompson at special event this fall appeared first on Poynter.

Amid growing speculation about Mitch McConnell’s health after he spent weeks out of the public eye following a hospitalization, the Republican Kentucky senator’s office released a statement and image July […]

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There was major political news on Sunday with the stunning, sudden death of South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. We’ll get to that story in a few moments, but first, […]

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So today’s headline — what’s going to happen to CNN? — has become the looming question of the summer in media circles. Paramount is wrapping up its acquisition of CNN’s […]

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Karen Harper, a senior politics reporter at The Dallas Morning News with over 30 years of experience, submitted a public records request to the Department of Justice. Months later, she […]

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Another media outlet has prevailed in court against President Donald Trump. A federal judge in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday threw out a $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the Post […]

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President Donald Trump recently filed a required financial disclosure form outlining his 2025 income, and it drew attention to the scale of his wealth — an estimated increase of more […]

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