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For aspiring journalists from low-income backgrounds, systemic industry barriers compound from the start.

Journalism is a public service. So why doesn’t it represent the public?

March 5, 2021

Angela Yang

Neanderthal? Time to get over it.

Some in the media are too easily distracted by things that don’t matter. There are more important issues to talk about right now.

March 5, 2021

Tom Jones

How and why writers should avoid ‘the curse of knowledge’

As writers, we know what we know, but often find it difficult to imagine what it’s like not to know what we know — to the detriment of the reader.

March 5, 2021

Roy Peter Clark

What happened to the CDC guidelines for vaccinated people?

Plus, there have been increases in overdoses and meth use, a look at 'Moderna arm,' a novel way to control the virus in public transit, and more.

March 5, 2021

A $1 billion pharmaceutical lawsuit, needs of his biotech companies and three years of choppy ownership may help deliver both to Alden Global Capital.

As Patrick Soon-Shiong comes under increased financial pressure, deals to sell the Los Angeles Times and his Tribune Publishing stake look more and more likely

March 4, 2021

Rick Edmonds

How a one-man sports department produced a 7-part series about an NFL star’s questionable death

Police say Jim Duncan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a policeman’s revolver in 1972. The circumstances remained a mystery for 50 years.

March 4, 2021

A collection of obituaries on the media professionals who lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic

The journalists and colleagues we’ve lost to the coronavirus

March 5, 2021

A $1 billion pharmaceutical lawsuit, needs of his biotech companies and three years of choppy ownership may help deliver both to Alden Global Capital.

As Patrick Soon-Shiong comes under increased financial pressure, deals to sell the Los Angeles Times and his Tribune Publishing stake look more and more likely

March 4, 2021

Rick Edmonds

Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures caused by the coronavirus

We're still updating this list

March 4, 2021

They may be competitors in print and on the court, but these North Carolina schools turned their historical clash into cash

Duke and UNC student media raised $76,000 for news by tapping into their schools’ basketball rivalry

March 4, 2021

Chrissy Beck

Journalism is a public service. So why doesn’t it represent the public?

For aspiring journalists from low-income backgrounds, systemic industry barriers compound from the start.

March 5, 2021

Angela Yang

Neanderthal? Time to get over it.

Some in the media are too easily distracted by things that don’t matter. There are more important issues to talk about right now.

March 5, 2021

Tom Jones

What is going on in Texas and Mississippi?

So that’s it? COVID-19 is over? We can all go back to our lives? Everything is normal again? Apparently so if you’re from Texas or Mississippi.

March 4, 2021

Tom Jones

CNN has a Cuomo problem

Chris Cuomo should never have been allowed to interview his brother. With Gov. Cuomo now embroiled in controversy, CNN’s credibility is taking a hit.

March 3, 2021

Tom Jones

How student journalists can find mentorship without working in physical newsrooms

Working alongside more experienced colleagues or grabbing coffee with a coworker can’t easily be replaced by Zoom.

March 3, 2021

Taylor Blatchford

It’s time for data visualizations to be more inclusive of gender information

As a student, I analyzed gender data visualizations that portrayed gender data from major media companies. Here’s what I learned.

March 3, 2021

Alison Booth

Here’s one way you can have a direct impact on the future of newsroom diversity

Plus a useful tool from The New York Times for college journalists and assessing the mental health of your students

February 28, 2021

Barbara Allen

Students’ enduring rights to freedoms of speech and the press

Mary Beth Tinker was only 16 when her name became synonymous with students’ freedom of speech. Decades later, students still must fight these battles.

February 25, 2021

Alan C. Miller

Despite claims of otherwise, the ‘mainstream media’ is covering the Cuomo story

The media has reported en masse on sexual allegations leveled against Cuomo by former aides, including a new report from The New York Times.

March 1, 2021

Tom Jones

A rule for good journalism: What is missing from this story?

Photojournalist Corky Lee shined his light on untold stories, and we can do the same if we consider the bigger picture.

February 23, 2021

Doris Truong

Understanding journalism (or its absence) in the Age of Conspiracy

Social critics claim to know why conspiracy theories are pervasive but fail to acknowledge the primary reasons: too much internet, too little patience

February 23, 2021

Michael Bugeja

Was Rush Limbaugh’s race-baiting accurately reflected in his obituaries?

Journalists fail when we let the subject — and an outdated sense of propriety — dictate the narrative

February 18, 2021

Doris Truong

Fact-checkers want a seat at the table in discussions about regulation

This is Mar. 4, 2021 edition of Factually. Fact-checkers They say their expertise is indispensable in crafting any misinformation laws

March 4, 2021

Cristina Tardáguila

IFCN Talks 2: Don’t put your eggs in one Big Tech basket

The recent Facebook Australia new ban reinforced the need for fact-checkers to diversify how they distribute their work.

March 3, 2021

Harrison Mantas

What you need to know about Section 230, the ‘most important law protecting internet speech’

Section 230 grants broad legal protections to websites that host user-generated content, like Facebook and Google.

March 3, 2021

Daniel Funke

Vaccine gaslighting, mask falsehoods and fake cures dominate recent claims added to the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance Database

False claims about vaccines made up a third of fact checks submitted to the database since the start of 2021.

March 2, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Poynter expands global teaching programs, names Baybars Örsek director of international programming

Örsek will continue overseeing Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network as its director.

February 10, 2021

Mel Grau

Poynter welcomes the 2021 Media Transformation Challenge Program Fellows

These 20 media executives make up the most racially diverse fellowship class in the program's 14-year history.

January 15, 2021

The third of three classes will take place digitally in October with a keynote from Charo Henríquez of The New York Times.

It’s time to apply for Poynter’s 2021 Leadership Academy for Women in Media. Here’s what you need to know.

Updated on Oct. 27 Now in its seventh year, the Poynter Leadership Academy for Women…

October 26, 2020

Poynter Staff

Meet the third cohort of Poynter’s 2020 Leadership Academy for Women in Media

September 29, 2020

Mel Grau

Factually: Fact-checking works and may give you ‘pleasure’

This is the Feb. 25, 2021 edition of Factually. Research in Argentina shows the power of fact checks with a 'true' rating

February 25, 2021

Cristina Tardáguila

Today: snippets of code for Google News; tomorrow: academic research and maybe a Grandpa Alert

ClaimReview now includes 100,000 fact-checks, and is helping to develop new tools and bring new understanding to the fight against falsehoods.

February 22, 2021

Bill Adair

IFCN concerned about fact-checkers in Australia

RMIT ABC Fact Check, Australian Associated Press and Agence France-Presse haven't been able to share fact checks on Facebook

February 19, 2021

Baybars Örsek

Facebook’s fact-checking partners in Australia are blocked from posting on their own pages but can still assess content for the platform

Fact-checkers warn that Facebook's media ban will impact the informational ecosystem as Australia starts its COVID-19 vaccination campaign

February 18, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Innovation isn’t just about tech and other lessons from journalists in mid-America

Here are some of the themes from an oral history project documenting local newsrooms during the pandemic

March 4, 2021

Two journalism professors documented the work of local newsrooms in mid-America and found the community in community journalism.

How journalists in mid-America became essential workers during the pandemic

March 3, 2021

Local newsrooms have some competition — their own best beat reporters

Is Substack the panacea local news is looking for?

March 3, 2021

Elizabeth Djinis

After a devastating and deadly pandemic, how do we recover the news?

Our yearlong project will look for the numbers, stories and solutions

March 2, 2021

In partnership with the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), the program will offer capacity-building skills to newsrooms from 20 nations.

Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) announces global newsroom teaching program

January 13, 2021

Participants could determine if an online news story was true or false nearly 85% of the time, research from Stanford Social Media Lab finds.

Poynter’s MediaWise training significantly increases people’s ability to detect disinformation, new Stanford study finds

December 14, 2020

Poynter to honor Chris Wallace at its fundraising gala

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2020) – Chris Wallace, the award-winning broadcast journalist, best-selling author…

September 23, 2020

The project, FactChat, lead to the creation of a WhatsApp chatbot and two Spanish-language fact-checking units

Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network launches the first-ever coalition of major U.S. fact-checkers to debunk misinformation in English and Spanish

September 18, 2020

Mel Grau

What happened to the CDC guidelines for vaccinated people?

Plus, there have been increases in overdoses and meth use, a look at 'Moderna arm,' a novel way to control the virus in public transit, and more.

March 5, 2021

Plus, QAnon rumors alter Congress' plans, 21 states are consider a transgender athletes ban, airlines see record complaints, and more.

How your COVID-19 stimulus payment just changed

March 4, 2021

Plus, Biden pushes to vaccinate educators this month, a look at whether your local schools should be open, and more.

Texas and Mississippi lift their mask mandates as Biden says all U.S. adults should have vaccines by May

March 3, 2021

From The Cohort, Poynter's newsletter for women kicking ass in digital media

Most women journalists in history haven’t been ‘notable’ enough for Wikipedia. We’re changing that.

March 2, 2021

Angilee Shah

How and why writers should avoid ‘the curse of knowledge’

As writers, we know what we know, but often find it difficult to imagine what it’s like not to know what we know — to the detriment of the reader.

March 5, 2021

Roy Peter Clark

How a one-man sports department produced a 7-part series about an NFL star’s questionable death

Police say Jim Duncan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a policeman’s revolver in 1972. The circumstances remained a mystery for 50 years.

March 4, 2021

The Biden administration has restored the daily White House press conferences but the president himself has been widely unavailable.

Opinion: More transparency, please, President Biden

March 2, 2021

Tom Jones

COVID-19 shots for teens are possible for the fall semester

Plus, expect many school reopenings in March, how schools might extend their calendars, millions aren't getting their second shots, and more.

March 2, 2021

The companies were defined in the poll as ‘technology companies, such as Amazon, Facebook and Google.’

Opinions on Big Tech have grown worse, new Gallup poll finds

February 18, 2021

Tools to catch you up on the latest in newsletters, improve your word choice, find diverse illustrations, and ... the return of Soundslides?!

Sharpen your toolkit with 50 new tools and resources for journalists

February 9, 2021

Jeremy Caplan

When can you get vaccinated? Here’s the story behind The New York Times’ project that tells you.

If you’re healthy, you’re probably at the tail end of the line.

December 18, 2020