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'Your job is to help student journalists cover the news. Their safety is part of that concern ...'

How to guide your student journalists and classroom pupils to cover civil unrest

January 17, 2021

Barbara Allen

Ethical practices are changing as a result of the increase in threats to journalists

Here’s a run-down of ways to balance the need to document the first draft of history with the need to keep journalists safe.

January 16, 2021

Kelly McBride

How DC journalists are preparing for the inauguration of Joe Biden

After the Jan. 6 insurrection and with access still unclear, some journalists are being extra cautious about safety.

January 15, 2021

Amaris Castillo

25 guidelines for journalists to safely cover unrest

Your goal should be to get close enough to observe the scene without endangering yourself or others, or interfering with security or rescue operations

January 15, 2021

With tips from a journalist in Portland who has covered protests for months there

How to guard your physical and mental health while covering the inauguration

January 15, 2021

After the Jan. 6 insurrection and with access still unclear, some journalists are being extra cautious about safety.

How DC journalists are preparing for the inauguration of Joe Biden

January 15, 2021

Amaris Castillo

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

We're still updating this list

January 13, 2021

Where social users get their news, Sheldon Adelson's death and the future of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Votebeat will keep going

Three media business stories you may have missed this week

January 13, 2021

Rick Edmonds

Report: Google and Facebook are responsible for depressed advertising revenue

The report by the American Economic Liberties Project also warns of private equity firms’ role in pillaging local newspapers

January 12, 2021

Angela Fu

What a week it was. Will it get worse?

We close another tumultuous week with relative calm after last week’s storm of an insurrection at the Capitol. Let's hope it stays calm.

January 15, 2021

Tom Jones

The media needs to get the vaccination story right

The media needs to be discerning about the vaccination-related events it reports, and how it does so, and avoid sensationalizing such incidents.

January 14, 2021

Alan C. Miller

‘We are all dizzy at this moment’ — How the media is keeping pace in these unprecedented times

Think of all that has happened over the past year. A pandemic. A reckoning over race. A hotly contested election. And now, two impeachments.

January 14, 2021

Tom Jones

It’s only Jan. 13 and this already feels like a long year

Joe Biden’s inauguration is exactly one week away, but the country remains as divided and as on edge as ever. And the next week could make it worse.

January 13, 2021

Tom Jones

How to guide your student journalists and classroom pupils to cover civil unrest

'Your job is to help student journalists cover the news. Their safety is part of that concern ...'

January 17, 2021

Barbara Allen

What student journalists can take away from last week’s Capitol attack

Many rioters saw journalists as the enemy last week. But they kept doing their jobs, even as their own safety was threatened.

January 13, 2021

Taylor Blatchford

As the spring semester dawns, a pep talk for college educators

Here’s a roundup of best practices from fall, and tips for getting through one more virtual semester

January 10, 2021

Barbara Allen

COVID-19 vaccination story ideas for student journalists as the new semester starts

Just weeks into the effort, many areas are struggling to reach their vaccination goals. Here are five ideas for any student publication

January 6, 2021

Taylor Blatchford

Ethical practices are changing as a result of the increase in threats to journalists

Here’s a run-down of ways to balance the need to document the first draft of history with the need to keep journalists safe.

January 16, 2021

Kelly McBride

Should journalists play a role in identifying rioters?

News organizations may have an unpopular fight ahead as federal law enforcement agencies seek out their unpublished images from the Capitol siege.

January 8, 2021

To make up for these likely losses, we must demand uninterrupted audio and video feeds from the House, Senate and Supreme Court.

The institutions of government will be more locked off from the public because of today’s attack on the Capitol

January 6, 2021

Many have called it a coup. And the language reporters use to describe the president’s actions affects public discourse about the transfer of power.

Trump’s phone call to Georgia was illegal, immoral or unconstitutional. Here’s how some journalists decide what to call it.

January 5, 2021

Kelly McBride

Growing usage of encrypted messaging apps could make it harder to combat misinformation

The exodus of users from Twitter and Facebook to apps like Signal and Telegram could make falsehoods harder to trace.

January 14, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Facebook has banned QAnon, but false claims connected to the conspiracy are still circulating on the platform ahead of Inauguration Day

Many false posts make claims about President Trump imposing martial law or invoking the Insurrection Act to prevent Joe Biden from taking office.

January 14, 2021

Daniel Funke

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

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

January 13, 2021

Under a new distribution strategy, all current vaccine supplies will be available to states, rather than holding back supplies for second doses.

The new COVID-19 vaccine rollout strategy, explained

January 13, 2021

Miriam Valverde

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

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

They argue the exemption gives politicians carte blanche to spread harmful disinformation on the platform.

Researchers say Facebook should allow fact-checkers to fact-check politicians

January 12, 2021

Harrison Mantas

International fact-checkers aren’t quite celebrating Zuckerberg’s decision to block Trump

Is this policy going to be applied worldwide? Isn't it a risky decision? Can other politicians be affected too?

January 7, 2021

Cristina Tardáguila

Yesterday’s unprecedented attack on the Capitol was a clear consequence of mis/disinformation

And the fact-checking community collaborated again. Here is our first edition of Factually in 2021

January 7, 2021

Cristina Tardáguila

Venezuelan and Turkish diplomats mirror their American counterparts in warnings about U.S. democracy

Both countries issued statements with language that echos comments made by American officials about their own political situation

January 6, 2021

Cristina Tardáguila

Toledo Blade reporters hold byline strike in protest of edits to Capitol attack stories

The reporters say their editors ‘manipulated’ headlines and stories to no longer accurately reflect Wednesday’s events

January 8, 2021

Angela Fu

Journalists around the country are doing their damn jobs. You might be one of them. Thank you.

Yesterday, as I gathered a Twitter list of journalists in D.C. and messaged with a…

January 7, 2021

150 production workers will lose their jobs, and other full-time staffers will take a 10% pay cut for six months to save further on expenses

The Tampa Bay Times joins the parade of metro papers outsourcing printing and will close its plant

January 6, 2021

Rick Edmonds

The coronavirus has closed more than 60 local newsrooms across America. And counting.

At first, the pandemic cost newsrooms jobs and communities critical work. Now it’s starting to end entire newsrooms.

January 6, 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

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

As recruiting begins for the Media Transformation Challenge Program at Poynter, the executive fellowship program itself transforms

The 2021 Fellows will begin the program online with a new executive director, a more…

September 10, 2020

Mel Grau

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

The second of three classes will convene digitally in September for intensive leadership training, kicked off by NPR’s Korva Coleman.

August 12, 2020

Mel Grau

16 story ideas about race, ethnicity and COVID-19

Plus, what a $15 federal minimum wage would mean for workers and businesses, how Biden will focus stimulus help, and more.

January 18, 2021

Plus, vaccine trials are looking for teens, restaurant and hotel workers can't catch a break, 61 members of Congress have tested positive, and more.

CDC: We could soon see 30,000 COVID-19 deaths a week

January 15, 2021

Plus, new Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine data is promising, COVID-19 made foster care even more difficult, and more.

COVID-19 could be with us ‘forever’

January 14, 2021

Plus, HHS recommends vaccinating people over 65 and those with preexisting conditions, some Americans face discouraging signup processes, and more.

Why the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine could be a game-changer … if it works

January 13, 2021

On any other day, overzealous bystanders can be intrusive or annoying. Amid the Capitol mob, their taunts and questions were the preludes to assault.

‘Never have I seen just such hatred towards the media.’ What we learned from journalists who covered the Capitol riot.

January 18, 2021

Joie Chen

25 guidelines for journalists to safely cover unrest

Your goal should be to get close enough to observe the scene without endangering yourself or others, or interfering with security or rescue operations

January 15, 2021

With tips from a journalist in Portland who has covered protests for months there

How to guard your physical and mental health while covering the inauguration

January 15, 2021

Headlines include 'two-time loser' and 'unpresidented'

Front pages on Trump’s impeachment: ‘Again.’

January 14, 2021

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

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

December 18, 2020

Amaris Castillo

Tools to find, track and level-up job applications

Navigating the job application process can be tough, especially if you’re applying for multiple roles and trying to stand out in a crowded field.

December 9, 2020

Mandy Hofmockel

How to choose a membership platform

What management platform is best for your newsroom? Here are six to consider.

November 12, 2020

Amanda Treible

Have a smart speaker? Try asking, ‘Who is Stacey Abrams?’

If you have Amazon’s Alexa, the Georgia politician reads her own bio

November 6, 2020

Doris Truong

TFCN Fact-check: Was this wall installed at the White House on Election Day?

This week, MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network took on a claim about a suspicious barrier allegedly…

November 20, 2020

TFCN Roundup: Is Sharpiegate legit? Did Melania Trump vote twice?

This week, MediaWise’s Teen Fact-Checking Network took on six claims, focusing on the presidential election,…

November 16, 2020

This week, the Teen Fact Checking Network took on seven claims, focusing hard on the 2020 Presidential Election, President Donald Trump and former Vic

TFCN Roundup: Did Trump call to stop counts where he leads, but not where Biden does?

November 6, 2020

TFCN Roundup: Did Democrat senators meet without masks?

This week, the Teen Fact-Checking Network covered the 2020 presidential election and coronavirus with four…

October 30, 2020