First word of the Trump administration’s since-rescinded order to freeze spending on federal loans and grants came not from a major news organization, but from a woman working alone in her Brooklyn apartment. Marisa Kabas’ scoop this past week was a key moment for a growing cadre of …
After my last column on making linear advertising a precision mass-reach medium, a number of people reached out to ask why the industry has not taken steps to make this happen, even when it seems so obvious. We see what I call the “tea leaves” every …
There’s one newsroom role I worry about above all others when there is an opening. Newscast producers? No. It’s harder than ever to find people to fill these roles, but we’re scrappy, creative and always figure it out. Reporters? I’m worried, but they’re not at the …
Brightcove, an intelligent video engagement platform company, announces the launch of its AI Content Suite, the company’s first official general availability release following a successful customer pilot program in 2024. This suite introduces a range of AI-powered tools “to increase the impact of video content while also improving business …
Television ownership groups are planning bold steps to stave off real concerns that they can be fiscally sound as a business model over the next five to seven years — that’s the buzz I am hearing from leadership circles. In the meantime, the industry is …
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today is awarding more than $6 million in grants to support the growing field of climate journalism in the United States. It says: “This funding for independent newsrooms and organizations that support environmental journalism will help inform the …
There's a new administration in the White House--and a new class of journalists will be covering it. President Donald Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt presided over the first press conference of the second Trump era on Tuesday and revealed that, going forward, the briefing room …
There has never been more pressure on station groups to optimize their streaming revenue as retrans plateaus and linear advertising faces continued downward pressure in the year ahead. Strategy, Technology & Optimizing Streaming and FAST Channel Revenue in 2025, a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar on …
In less than a week, DeepSeek R1, a new AI model from Chinese company DeepSeek, shot to the top of the app stores and rattled Wall Street. Why? This open-source AI tool rivals, and in some areas surpasses, industry leader OpenAI’s capabilities — and at …
Last year, with funds from the Joyce Foundation, Poynter helped support Phoebe Petrovic’s work in Wisconsin. It’s encouraging to see her commitment to tracking the activities of Christian nationalists, and […] The post Christian nationalists helped elect Donald Trump. Reporting on them is more important than …
This second entry in an occasional series from Roy Peter Clark, who witnessed the Poynter Institute’s founding, explores its history in honor of its 50th anniversary. Although Nelson Poynter had […] The post Four circles on a chalkboard: How the institute first found its way appeared …
A stroke of President Donald Trump’s pen this week raised a roiling question for cartographers and style-minded journalists: What to call a peak and a gulf. A postinaugural flurry of […] The post AP Stylebook update: Denali is now Mount McKinley but the Gulf of America …
