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What’s Press Forward? Here’s your primer.

Who's behind all the money coming for local news? When is it happening? Will it be enough?

November 29, 2023

Kristen Hare

US lost more than two local newspapers a week this year, new Medill report finds

Over half of counties in the US now have just one or no local news outlets

November 16, 2023

Angela Fu

Former Gannett Media president Maribel Perez Wadsworth to lead Knight Foundation

Wadsworth will be the first woman to serve as president and CEO of the $2.6 billion organization

November 14, 2023

Angela Fu

The Post, navigating buyouts, ‘has a very important role to play’ says retired editor Martin Baron

The former Post executive editor talked ‘Collision of Power,’ Bezos, Trump, objectivity and more at the Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading

November 13, 2023

Annie Aguiar

Commentary

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Opinion | Advertisers are backing away from Elon Musk’s X

Is his reckless and odd behavior with his social media toy finally catching up with him?

November 29, 2023

Tom Jones

Opinion | Reports that Sports Illustrated used AI-generated stories and fake authors are disturbing, but not surprising

It’s unsettling, especially from such a storied name. But comments from its parent company should have told us it was coming.

November 28, 2023

Tom Jones

Opinion | On the front lines of the local news crisis, a lot of pain but some reason for hope

Growing news deserts are leaving far too many people without a trusted source of information. But there’s also been positive news lately.

November 28, 2023

Kim Kleman

Opinion | A Fox News question only tells half the story. That makes it shoddy journalism.

Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson asked President Biden a question and used the moment to gin up coverage about Biden’s age.

November 27, 2023

Tom Jones

Educators & Students

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What a journalism educator learned during a summer at the Los Angeles Times

Herbert Lowe, who has taught journalism since 2010, spent seven weeks as a fellow with the Times and shares his takeaways.

September 11, 2023

Herbert Lowe

How The Daily Tar Heel designed the front page everyone is talking about

‘I don’t think anyone else except this generation could give voice and legs to this feeling of what it’s like to be on lockdown …’

August 30, 2023

Amaris Castillo

A technical question: Should journalism be designated STEM?

Journalism schools make the case that it is in order to give international students more time to work in the US

August 7, 2023

Aina de Lapparent Alvarez

Florida students spend spring break reporting from hallowed ground of civil rights history

'Speak the words that you see, and share the knowledge that you learned … so that this information is not lost'

June 12, 2023

Herbert Lowe

Ethics & Trust

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5 of Anderson Cooper’s most memorable on-air moments

The CNN anchor’s work from global hot spots, the humanity he shows sources and, yes, his laughter have led to many such moments. Here are a few.

November 14, 2023

Amaris Castillo

Opinion | Journalists must cover extremist mass shootings as right-wing terrorism

Failure to do so risks obfuscating the central connection between these shootings, doing a disservice to their readers and viewers.

November 6, 2023

Nora Neus

Opinion | The audience has a lot to say about coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. Here’s why we should listen

‘It’s necessary to listen to the critics, even when they are spewing venom.’

November 3, 2023

Kelly McBride

Were these product review articles written by AI? Gannett says no

The Reviewed Union claims several clunky articles were generated by AI. Gannett says they're from freelancers hired by a marketing agency partner.

October 25, 2023

Angela Fu

Fact-Checking

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No, The Associated Press and CNN didn’t ‘admit’ they knew about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack beforehand

Both news outlets rejected the claims and said photographs from freelance journalists documenting the event were filed an hour or more after it began

November 21, 2023

Samantha Putterman

Fact-checking 3 claims from an episode of Tucker Carlson’s X show about trans health care

On Oct. 4, Carlson released an episode titled ‘Trans, Inc’ that focused on gender-affirming health care provided to transgender people.

November 16, 2023

Grace Abels

What’s behind Republicans’ claim that Joe Biden received $40,000 of ‘laundered Chinese money’?

Available evidence does not show that the money, from Biden's sister-in-law, was obtained illegally. The White House said it was repayment of a loan.

November 15, 2023

Madison Czopek

South Korea’s fact-checking future is uncertain as a key donor retreats

The withdrawal of funding from ‘the Google of South Korea’ has left SNU FactCheck scrambling to find a new sponsor. A shutdown looms.

November 14, 2023

Enock Nyariki

From the Institute

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Poynter to support Bulgarian media literacy efforts

Poynter’s MediaWise program will launch localized media literacy initiatives through a partnership with Bulgarian partners.

October 30, 2023

Poynter Staff

Here are the journalists chosen for Poynter’s 2023 Power of Diverse Voices Seminar

These 14 journalists will be immersed in nuanced writing and coaching sessions during the four-day program.

October 19, 2023

Poynter Staff

Kerwin Speight, award-winning TV journalist, joins Poynter faculty

He will teach television and broadcast journalism.

October 2, 2023

Mel Grau

Lori Waldon joins Poynter’s Board of Trustees

Waldon brings decades-long expertise in local news and media operations to the nonprofit’s governing board.

September 29, 2023

Sara Bealor

ICYMI

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Mongolia moves to seize power to shut down internet, control social media

In an expedited process, 77% of parliament members voted in favor of legislation that sharply limits government criticism.

January 27, 2023

Seth Smalley

IFCN

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International Fact-Checking Network awards $1 million to 20 groups to expand fact-checking operations

The grants are funded by Google and YouTube to help organizations fight misinformation around the world

November 13, 2023

The International Fact-Checking Network

Fact-checkers and the social media misinformation tsunami: A Q&A with Lucas Graves

One of the foremost chroniclers of the fact-checking community on the rise of online misinformation and how it has come to dominate the field

October 18, 2023

Angie Drobnic Holan

Sarajevo, Rio de Janeiro selected to host the international fact-checking community’s largest summits in 2024 and 2025

GlobalFact welcomes more than 500 fact-checkers from 80 countries.

September 25, 2023

Sara Bealor

Fact-checkers from Nigeria, Indonesia and Brazil win GlobalFact 10 awards

Diligent investigations, creative approaches and collaborative efforts: inside the stories behind the awards

August 24, 2023

Enock Nyariki

Locally

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How Russian falsehoods spread to the US through faux local news

Tech platforms enforced bans against Russian state media following its invasion of Ukraine. Russian propagandists found ways around those bans.

November 8, 2023

Loreben Tuquero

Opinion | In a new era of journalism, philanthropy must pivot

To properly serve communities of color, funders must ‘radically rethink’ current funding practices

September 7, 2023

Tracie Powell

In the wake of Idalia, residents of one Florida town are turning to Facebook for their news

In regions where there isn’t a robust news presence, local residents often turn to social media.

September 1, 2023

Angela Fu

How journalists in Hawaii are covering (and coping with) the Maui wildfires

‘We’re going to be here for the long haul, so we have a huge task in front of us.’

August 17, 2023

Amaris Castillo

News Releases

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Meet the 30 BIPOC leaders selected for Poynter’s 2023 Leadership Academy for Diversity in Media

Cynthia DuBose, a McClatchy senior vice president, will kick off the weeklong seminar with an exclusive keynote conversation

September 14, 2023

Mel Grau

Fernanda Camarena, award-winning journalist and experienced news leader, joins Poynter faculty

She will teach journalism ethics, leadership and craft in both English and Spanish.

August 8, 2023

Mel Grau

Global Fact Check Fund awards first grants to 35 organizations serving 45 countries

International Fact-Checking Network announces initial round of funding supported by $13.2 million Google/YouTube grant

June 29, 2023

Jennifer Orsi

Anderson Cooper to receive Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism

The celebration will be at the Bowtie Ball Nov. 18 at the J.W. Marriott Water Street in Tampa, Florida.

June 27, 2023

Mel Grau

Newsletters

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Opinion | What 20 Poynter employees are thankful for in journalism

The growth of worker-owned media, Spanish-language fact-checking, ProPublica’s powerhouse reporting and … ChatGPT?

November 20, 2023

Tom Jones

Opinion | A former sideline reporter stunningly admitted that she made things up

Charissa Thompson did what has to be the worst thing a journalist could do. It’s inexcusable.

November 17, 2023

Tom Jones

Opinion | How The Washington Post decided to show extremely graphic images of mass shootings

‘We just felt that there was a lack of understanding of what actually happens in these shootings,’ the Post’s executive editor told Poynter.

November 16, 2023

Tom Jones

Opinion | Confronting Trump supporters about Trump’s words

It’s critical for journalists to ask Republican Party leaders and members what they think about Trump’s terrifying language.

November 15, 2023

Tom Jones

Reporting & Editing

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Opinion | 2020 election coverage was rife with authoritarian language, study finds

Should journalists stoop to the language used by political campaigns?

November 27, 2023

Brittany Shaughnessy

How Planet Detroit is putting Detroit’s climate change-driven flood risk on the agenda

The inland Detroit metro area is ill-prepared for inundations to come. This indy online news service is working to change that.

November 21, 2023

Jon Greenberg

For CNN’s Anderson Cooper, being a journalist and stepping into others’ lives is a ‘privilege’

‘People who are suffering want you to know — the world to know — about what they are going through.’

November 20, 2023

Angela Fu

3 things to know about Anderson Cooper and his podcast about grief before season two

‘I want to talk to other people who have experienced loss as well to hear what they've learned and how they survived.’

November 17, 2023

Angela Fu

Tech & Tools

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Opinion | We’re not ready for a major shift in visual journalism

As generative AI tools proliferate, we desperately need conversations about how it will shape our world

November 9, 2023

Tony Elkins

Opinion | 11 practical and responsible ways I have improved my journalism with AI

Generative artificial intelligence has plenty of issues. It’s also very useful for organizing and bolstering journalists’ work.

October 3, 2023

Caitlin Dewey

‘Generative AI doesn’t require us to reimagine journalism, but it gives us a really good excuse’

Jeremy Gilbert, the Knight Chair for Digital Media Strategy at Northwestern, shares his thoughts on the future of AI in journalism in a Q&A

September 22, 2023

Mark Caro

Associated Press cements the AI era with newsroom guidance

Weeks after announcing a partnership with OpenAI, The Associated Press urges caution in using — and reporting on — generative AI tools.

August 16, 2023

Alex Mahadevan

TFCN

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Would young people really choose TikTok over their right to vote?

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a political outsider who has taken many by surprise with…

November 7, 2023

Isaac Harte

Is This Legit: A media literacy skills recap

Have you ever encountered something suspicious online and wondered: “Is this legit?”  Welcome to our…

May 11, 2023

Pride David

Echo chambers: how they’re created and how to avoid them

Recently, I tried a little experiment on social media. I set up two fake Twitter…

May 5, 2023

Story Pennock

What can we learn from ‘AI Ian’?

I recently interviewed someone special. Here’s a clip: So … what just happened here? This…

May 3, 2023

Ian Fox