The Latest Media News A former Fox News anchor, now working for CNN, spills on the differences between the two networks, plus CNN will host another town hallYour Friday Poynter Report Looking for reliable data in French? Meet Africa Check’s Infothèque Should fighting against disinformation be considered an act of patriotism? Fact-checkers from four countries now have a legal guide to face threats and harassment Corey Lewandowski provides a maddening CNN interview, plus great reporting about mental health and a dustup at Fox SportsYour Thursday Poynter Report Meet the fall cohort of Poynter’s 2019 Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media Why doesn’t Belgium show up on the fact-checking world map? Remembering Cokie Roberts, plus more on Kavanaugh/New York Times and ‘The Daily’ hits 1 billion downloadsYour Wednesday Poynter Report Reaching the most elusive audience of them all — teenagersFrom The Cohort, Poynter's newsletter for women kicking ass in digital media Nexstar-Tribune merger ruling spotlights FCC concerns over TV ownership The British Conservative Party doubled a number published by the BBC to make a Facebook ad look better – but was caught by fact-checkers Brett Kavanaugh-New York Times saga continues while McClatchy languishes and Edward Snowden wants to come homeYour Tuesday Poynter Report Data journalism solves big problems, but it’s an organizational mess. A new tool from the AP aims to fix that.This week in digital tools for journalism Misinformation researcher awarded for article on the roots of fact-checking New York Times grapples with Brett Kavanaugh allegations, while ‘She Said’ authors continue to shine and Rush Limbaugh gets judgyYour Monday Poynter Report Reporters who show bias fail their sources — and their profession ABC wins the Democratic debates, plus a sportswriter’s troubling Twitter rant and a media critic’s mea culpaYour Friday Poynter Report Trump’s 9/11 memories aren’t fact-based — and fact-checkers wrote about them again this year How 3 local newsrooms grew exponentially on Instagram Dems will face off while fact-checkers listen in, plus Washington Post’s The Express hits the end of the lineYour Thursday Poynter Report A fact-checker predicted which hoax would resurface — and beat it by an hour Here are 4 new terms to describe online deception and misinformation American newsrooms should employ more people of color, annual ASNE survey finds NBC News says Washington Post is casting stones, plus newspaper execs lobby in D.C. and taco ’bout a journalism dream job!Your Wednesday Poynter Report A third of misleading posts about Kashmir come from Pakistan, say Indian fact-checkers IFCN releases a statement about accusations against one of its verified signatoriesFully committed to the presumption of innocence and transparency, the IFCN shares its policy Welcome to the new members of Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media! Plus, deadline is Friday for Leadership AcademyYour Weekly Training Digest from the Poynter Institute Billy Bush says he didn’t hear Trump’s ‘grab them’ expletive, plus another Weinstein victim goes public and a jaw-dropper from ‘Frontline’ Meet Forensia, a software ready to debunk fake WhatsApp audio files Peel back the layers of Twitter with this freshly updated tool A way out of the woods for the future of journalism? Medill survey of news leaders gives it a shot. Poynter and The Washington Post announce members of the 2019 Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media They wrote the book on #MeToo, plus Sarah Sanders on ‘Fox & Friends’ and Steve Kroft retiresYour Monday Poynter Report The Lexington Herald-Leader went inside Kentucky jails to show why overcrowding is dangerous, deadly and preventablePlus, a reporter returns to Iraq and brings her journey back to Michigan Podcasts are hard work but worth it, say fact-checkers who’ve produced them The long and winding road to the GateHouse-Gannett merger — as told to the SEC The IFCN lands in Beirut to offer a free fact-checking workshop for journalists working in the Middle East Chuck Todd celebrates five years on ‘Meet the Press,’ plus CNN’s climate special and The Atlantic makes us payYour Friday Poynter Report The U.S. Defense Department is going after disinformation. Here are 3 questions about what they’re proposing. Academics craft a plan to infuse billions into journalism: Give every American $50 to donate to news orgs Exclusive: An interview with Norah O’Donnell, the only anchor to tour the Bahamas after DorianYour Thursday Poynter Report Overwhelmed by a local election, Norwegian fact-checkers found time to debunk international whale hunting hoaxes. Why? Argentina is boiling up — again — and facts there aren’t easy to find Joe Biden’s slip-ups get called ‘gaffes.’ Should we be calling them something else? Plus, Whoopi Goldberg defends Trump. Kind of.Your Wednesday Poynter Report Here are a dozen tools, tips and resources to help during Hurricane DorianThis week in digital tools for journalism 6 steps to a successful podcast pitch in a newsroomSponsored content from Werk It: A Woman's Podcast Festival Get the name of the dog, mind your word order, and other famous writing advice from Roy Peter Clark Care about the future of journalism? Maybe you should teach itFrom The Cohort, Poynter's newsletter for women kicking ass in digital media In Tulsa, this photojournalist makes time to talk to strangersPlus, a podcast on understanding unemployment from Wisconsin President Trump’s Twitter didn’t take Labor Day off, plus a reporter’s White House lawsuit after a Rose Garden exchangeYour Tuesday Poynter Report Related Training NewsU WebinarHow to Surface Stories in a Saturated Social Media Environment with DataminrGet an inside look at how more than 400 newsrooms use Dataminr, a tool that identifies breaking news and pre-viral stories. Replay on demandBarbara GrayFreeThis webinar is free thanks to the generous support of our sponsor, Dataminr. NewsU Self-directed CourseHandling Race and EthnicityIn this course, you’ll examine your own assumptions about race and ethnicity. Keith WoodsFree
