The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists. The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The AP says …
The Scripps Howard Foundation is giving $2 million to the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University to empower journalists with artificial intelligence tools. The three-year grants will allow the Howard Centers to test and pilot several AI tools that support local …
Think of the thrilling sequences you’ve seen in the great journalism films: Bob Woodward huddling with Deep Throat in the parking garage in “All The President’s Men,” for example, or […] The post The death of the daily imperils our civic infrastructure appeared first on Poynter.
Gannett Co. has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Hearst to divest the Austin American-Statesman from the USA Today Network portfolio of more than 200 local publications across the country. No price was disclosed. The Austin American-Statesman was founded in 1871 and has been named Texas Newspaper of the Year …
This week, the White House barred Associated Press journalists from three media appearances by President Donald Trump — two of them in the Oval Office itself. Some of the reaction said, effectively, this: What right do you have to be there, anyway? The answer is a …
Trust in the media and fact-based journalism is at a record low. Politicians are attacking the press, while audiences turn to alternative platforms, like entertainment podcasts and social media, for […] The post Journalists have a ‘messaging problem’ when it comes to defending fact-based media appeared …
For those who follow the Chinese lunar calendar, the Year of the Snake began at the end of January. The celebrations around that made me think of what I’ve been told is an old Chinese curse — may you live in interesting times. There’s no question …
How do journalists defend the importance of facts in an age of high polarization and low trust in the media? Poynter’s National Advisory Board met Feb. 10-11 in St. Petersburg, […] The post Defending the facts: How do journalists counter attacks on factual reporting? appeared first …
The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America. The reporter tried to enter the …
In the coming months, the news industry will see more innovative approaches to restructuring its newsrooms, but one job that has fallen off the radar is exceptionally crucial: assignment editors. For the last decade, the assignment editor role has steadily been eliminated in newsrooms — first, …
Ask any television general manager about NextGen TV and you will hear the wonders of ATSC 3.0: 4K pictures, Ultra HDR, addressability, interactivity and improved sound are among a long list of benefits. I know the pitch because I’ve given it many times. There is only …
Gray Media broadcast Sunday’s Super Bowl using High Dynamic Range (HDR) at all its NextGen TV Fox affiliates, allowing viewers in eight markets to watch the biggest game of the year with improved contrast between the brightest and darkest colors on the screen. WVUE, Gray’s Fox …
