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An Instagram post has mischaracterized an interview with a store patron, saying it shows that the event was staged.

No, this news interview doesn’t prove the Buffalo supermarket shooting was staged

May 20, 2022

This is a battle over the bedrock of our democracy. Those who lie simply because they don’t like the outcomes of certain elections must be exposed.

Did Pfizer’s CEO say a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was necessary?

With new COVID-19 variants being discovered by scientists, many on social media are beginning to…

May 19, 2022

Yacoub Kahkajian

Media must continue to fight against the Big Lie

May 19, 2022

Tom Jones

One-third of Americans should now be wearing masks, CDC director says

Plus, US households spend $4,800 a year on gasoline, FDA to consider fall COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination campaign, and more.

May 19, 2022

The fake account tweeted information about new arrests in the Buffalo shooting, and the name of an additional victim. None of it is true.

A fake Twitter account posing as CBS News shared false information about the Buffalo shooting

May 19, 2022

The 12-year-old news organization learned that ‘sometimes you can get more just by asking.’

Good things happened when Honolulu Civil Beat dropped its paywall and went to donations instead

May 17, 2022

Rick Edmonds

An unholy coalition torpedoes social media reform legislation in Brazil

Together, Google, Facebook and President Jair Bolsonaro have fought off compensation for content and moderation of politicians’ posts.

May 17, 2022

Patricia Campos Mello

The Pulitzers still value opinion writing — and so do readers

Deep reporting along with strong conclusions are the winning ticket

May 12, 2022

Rick Edmonds

The federal government scores a surprise record budget surplus

Here's a look at how various news outlets reacted to the news

May 12, 2022

Williams has been with NBC News since 1993. Before that, he worked on Capitol Hill and in the news business in his home state of Wyoming.

Pete Williams, one of NBC News’ most respected journalists, will retire

May 20, 2022

Tom Jones

Media must continue to fight against the Big Lie

This is a battle over the bedrock of our democracy. Those who lie simply because they don’t like the outcomes of certain elections must be exposed.

May 19, 2022

Tom Jones

President Joe Biden calls white supremacy a ‘poison.’ Here are numbers to back that up.

Political extremists have committed 450 murders over the past decade in the US. Right-wing extremists committed about 75% of them.

May 18, 2022

Tom Jones

In the age of social media blasts, what’s the point of letters to the editor?

Publishing readers’ letters sends a message that they are equal participants and that reader criticism is a necessary part of how the news is made.

May 18, 2022

Marina Bolotnikova

Alma Matters says goodbye for the summer — with a list of resources for the fall

We look back at the issues we've covered this academic year, with a look ahead toward next semester

May 15, 2022

Barbara Allen

Make summer plans with these resources for student journalists

Get ready for the summer, whether you’re planning for an internship or preparing for your student publication’s upcoming year.

May 11, 2022

Taylor Blatchford

Poynter’s MediaWise to produce weekly fact checks on NBCLX

The segments will star and be written by a trained group of college correspondents

May 11, 2022

Despite the semester winding down, you can still engage on this topic with students — or any other people you converse with

Politico’s bombshell Roe v. Wade story means Americans are getting a peek behind the curtain at media ethics

May 8, 2022

Barbara Allen

Newsrooms must reframe abortion coverage and the worn-out debate around the rules of objectivity

Coverage often fails to capture the complexity of American viewpoints on abortion, and newsroom rules about speech stifle conversation.

May 5, 2022

Kelly McBride

Politico’s Supreme Court leak leaves some lingering ethics questions

Politico's editors would help skeptical readers if they explained how they made their decision to publish an unprecedented draft court opinion.

May 2, 2022

Kelly McBride

Why Politico’s big Roe v. Wade scoop is unprecedented

A draft Supreme Court opinion has never been disclosed publicly. Media observers were quick to question whether Politico should have run with it.

May 2, 2022

Tom Jones

On World Press Freedom Day, we look at a few good (and bad) changes around the globe

The theme for this year’s World Press Freedom Day is ‘journalism under digital siege’

May 2, 2022

An Instagram post has mischaracterized an interview with a store patron, saying it shows that the event was staged.

No, this news interview doesn’t prove the Buffalo supermarket shooting was staged

May 20, 2022

The fake account tweeted information about new arrests in the Buffalo shooting, and the name of an additional victim. None of it is true.

Did Pfizer’s CEO say a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was necessary?

With new COVID-19 variants being discovered by scientists, many on social media are beginning to…

May 19, 2022

Yacoub Kahkajian

A fake Twitter account posing as CBS News shared false information about the Buffalo shooting

May 19, 2022

Texas’ HB 20 gives legal recourse to litigious users who feel slighted by the companies’ moderation decisions.

In a surprise decision, a federal court upholds a law knee-capping tech companies’ power to moderate

May 18, 2022

They will convene at Poynter the week of May 15, marking a return to in-person programming.

Meet the 29 women selected for Poynter’s first Leadership Academy for Women in Media in 2022

April 28, 2022

Mel Grau

Poynter seeks newsrooms to participate in pilot project fighting online harassment

Participants will test strategies to address online harassment in newsrooms and help find solutions for professionals facing similar challenges.

April 21, 2022

The Poynter Institute

Sarasota Herald-Tribune executive editor Jennifer Orsi joins Poynter’s board of trustees

Orsi brings more than three decades as a veteran journalist and editor to the nonprofit’s governing board.

April 20, 2022

GlobalFact 9, hosted by the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter, will take place in Oslo, Norway, June 22-25, 2022.

Award-winning journalists, researchers and Birds Aren’t Real founder to headline the world’s largest fact-checking summit

April 20, 2022

Trends include political falsehoods, communal rumors across India’s hyper-local cultures and ‘miracle cures’

Indian fact-checkers are tracking the patterns of falsehoods in the country

May 13, 2022

There were stark differences in how disinformation portrayed the two rival candidates to online voters.

Misinformed electorate contributed to Marcos Jr. win, say Filipino fact-checkers

May 12, 2022

The board, which has ‘no operational authority or capability,’ will share best practices for countering disinformation purveyed by enemies of the US.

What we know about the DHS’ Disinformation Governance Board

May 5, 2022

A fact-checking organization from Kosovo has used the database to increase our depth of understanding of misinformation

What a database of fact checks about the war in Ukraine can teach us about misinformation

April 28, 2022

'Hotel Tapifornia' — his first show since the pandemic — had its opening last weekend. The final show is this Sunday.

Los Angeles Times reporter Howard Blume on his lifelong love for tap dancing

April 29, 2022

‘We're trying to show that reading can be engaging — especially when you see yourself in what you’re reading or can identify with the story.’

A trio of journalists is behind BIPOC Book Festival in Houston. We spoke with one of them.

April 22, 2022

We're still updating this list

Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures that happened during the coronavirus pandemic

February 17, 2022

Kristen Hare

Tampa Bay Times reporter Gabrielle Calise walks readers down memory lane

From ’90s hot dog girls to strip club spaceships, the culture and nostalgia reporter has reported some wild old Florida stories.

February 8, 2022

The free digital media literacy program teaches Spaniards how to be more critical consumers of online content.

Poynter’s MediaWise debuts a new course in Madrid to help Spaniards separate fact from fiction on the internet

April 19, 2022

Eligible applicants can receive up to $50,000 to launch, innovate and scale fact-checking solutions on the world’s largest messaging app.

$800,000 is available to help fact-checkers fight misinformation on WhatsApp

April 7, 2022

The grant supports mentoring partnerships between seasoned professionals and fact-checking organizations worldwide.

Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network selects six global mentors and invites mentees to apply for funding

April 5, 2022

Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network will distribute $800K to help grantees scale efforts to disprove false claims about climate change.

Meet the recipients of the Climate Misinformation Grant Program

April 4, 2022

Plus, demand for food bank help is at a pandemic high, a third of Americans believe the pandemic is over, food prices will keep rising, and more.

Monkeypox is no need for panic

May 20, 2022

Plus, US households spend $4,800 a year on gasoline, FDA to consider fall COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination campaign, and more.

One-third of Americans should now be wearing masks, CDC director says

May 19, 2022

Plus, many states have spent little of the millions for hard-hit communities, 2021 saw the highest traffic fatality rate in 16 years, and more.

A new level of COVID concern: NYC on high alert, hospitalizations rise; FDA approves boosters for children; feds offer more free tests

May 18, 2022

What else could have happened, where this hate thrives, the media’s use of the word ‘manifesto,’ and more.

More coverage and reaction from the mass shooting in Buffalo

May 17, 2022

Tom Jones

As focus grows on schools, local newsrooms launch education reporting labs

‘Education is the core of communities’

May 18, 2022

Angela Fu

With the baby food shortage predicted to last months, pediatricians change recommendations

Plus, online groups form to help families find formula, vaccine rationing could happen as cases near pandemic highs, and more.

May 17, 2022

These 6 eccentric tips have worked for Roy Peter Clark into his 20th book as author or editor.

How a bigshot writing coach beats writer’s block

May 16, 2022

Roy Peter Clark

The staggering $163 billion in pandemic unemployment waste and fraud

Plus, why inflation is the No. 1 concern for Americans, store-hopping to save money, help for journalists covering pediatric hepatitis, and more.

May 16, 2022