NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly after becoming Wired’s global editorial director in 2023, Katie Drummond acted on an early-morning idea. With a presidential election coming, the tech-focused news outlet needed a team to report on technology’s intersection with politics. She couldn’t have predicted how much the …
Pairing the targeting and performance capabilities of FAST channels and streaming offerings with the reach and scale of broadcast is becoming key for broadcasters as they strive to compete with digital advertising giants like Meta and Google, said panelists at TVNewsCheck’s Working Lunch Webinar last …
The federal government — no matter the administration in charge — has always had issues fulfilling public records requests in a timely manner. But the recent firings of staff responsible […] The post Firing of FOIA officers leaves experts worried about public records access under Trump …
Condé Nast, McClatchy and a coalition of prominent media publishers filed a lawsuit against Canadian AI startup Cohere on Feb. 13, accusing the company of widespread copyright and trademark infringement. The legal action, initiated in the Southern District of New York, addresses the use of …
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 …
