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Wirecutter staff strike during Black Friday weekend

The strike started Thanksgiving Day and coincides with what is normally the busiest time of year for the site

November 26, 2021

Angela Fu

Get paid what you are worth

Here’s how to advocate for pay equity for yourself and others

November 24, 2021

Lakshmi Sarah

What Alden’s potential acquisition of Lee Enterprises means for 20-plus Midwest papers

Lee owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Omaha World-Herald, the Sioux City Journal and other newspapers around the Midwest.

November 23, 2021

Kavahn Mansouri

Does NYT Cooking have a seat at your Thanksgiving table?

6 Poynter employees discuss whether they’re using the buzziest recipe site, where to snag fresh chestnuts and how to spatchcock.

November 23, 2021

Ren LaForme

Commentary

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What we’re thankful for in journalism

At the end of another difficult year in the media, Poynter staffers offer their thoughts on what they’re thankful for this year

November 24, 2021

Tom Jones

Alden Global Capital mounts takeover bid for Lee Enterprises

The hedge fund has developed a reputation for slashing staff in newsrooms and other departments and selling off real estate at outlets it owns.

November 22, 2021

Rick Edmonds

Want to cancel that cheap introductory newspaper subscription offer once the rate has gone up? Just try.

Despite the mantra that the future of newspapers depends on paid digital subscriptions, many appear ready to forgo revenue to keep numbers growing.

November 22, 2021

Rick Edmonds

Poynter Power Rankings: Who influenced the media this week? Diane Sawyer, Dickie V and a legend from Washington

Here are the people, places and things that had a big impact on the media this week.

November 19, 2021

Tom Jones

Educators & Students

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News of note from the world of journalism education

A new book for young journalists, a resiliency tip sheet and more in this week’s Alma Matters

November 21, 2021

Barbara Allen

How to create an ethics handbook for your student newsroom — and why you should

Tangible ethics guidelines help store institutional knowledge and create protocols to follow when tricky issues come up.

November 17, 2021

Taylor Blatchford

Don’t get mad, get accurate: Advice on getting back at college administrators who stonewall college journalists

There’s something especially foul about professionals in an educational environment abdicating their duties to participate in the educational process

November 14, 2021

Barbara Allen

Student journalists ask: Is objectivity becoming obsolete?

While objectivity and neutrality continue to be championed as cornerstones of good reporting, many student journalists are pushing back.

November 10, 2021

Taylor Blatchford

Ethics & Trust

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Pat McAfee keeps giving Aaron Rodgers a megaphone to amplify his misleading messages

McAfee isn't exactly a '60 Minutes' correspondent, but he has an obligation to push back a little if Rodgers keeps talking nonsense.

November 10, 2021

Tom Jones

After the Nikole Hannah-Jones blowup, UNC’s journalism school is healing, but slowly

Four months later, the main players in the drama are taking measured steps to move on.

November 9, 2021

Rick Edmonds

Journalists should directly address Aaron Rodgers’ concerns over COVID-19 vaccines and fertility

It is a disservice to news audiences to allow Rodgers to raise such concerns and not dig into what the research says.

November 8, 2021

Al Tompkins

Don’t read the comments? For news sites, it might be worth the effort.

News website comment sections can be toxic and hostile. But is their absence even worse?

November 4, 2021

Elizabeth Djinis

Fact-Checking

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A guide to commonly misunderstood vaccine terms, and how to talk about them

As families convene for the holidays, we expect a lot of unfamiliar words and ideas will be passed around the table with the stuffing and rolls.

November 24, 2021

Samantha Putterman

How high are today’s gas prices compared with recent history?

The year-over-year price rise was faster than any period in three decades, but prices remain less burdensome than between 2008 and 2014.

November 23, 2021

Louis Jacobson

Misinformation is spreading online about a military media takeover

We, the media, are here to tell you that’s incorrect.

November 22, 2021

Ciara O'Rourke

Jen Psaki was incorrect when she said no economist thinks the Biden bill will boost inflation

Numerous economists, including some supportive of the White House’s agenda, have said there probably will be inflationary effects if it's passed.

November 19, 2021

Louis Jacobson

From the Institute

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On female leadership, learning and paths

In these times where women need to empower each other to get further together, here are my reflections to help women move forward.

November 24, 2021

Gabriela Manuli

New scholarship for women’s leadership academy, courtesy of a proud alum

Emma Carew Grovum’s Kimbap Media will cover tuition for 3 participants outside of the US to attend the Leadership Academy for Women in Media

November 22, 2021

Mel Grau

Poynter’s Power of Diverse Voices program amplifies writers of color. Meet the November 2021 class.

These 16 writers will convene virtually Nov. 18-21 to share their stories and their voices.

November 16, 2021

Mel Grau

Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network launches global mentorship program, invites mentors to apply for funding

The program will connect subject matter experts with partners seeking to scale their fact-checking efforts.

November 2, 2021

Sara Bealor

IFCN

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IFCN and Facebook will award $800K to fact-checkers fighting climate misinformation

Eligible applicants can receive up to $100,000 for innovative solutions to refute false claims about the environment.

September 16, 2021

Poynter Staff

Registration opens today for the world’s largest fact-checking summit

Global Fact 8, hosted by Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network, will take place online Oct. 20-23, 2021.

August 31, 2021

Mel Grau

Lessons learned from a year covering fact-checking

Fact-checkers need more staff, more resources, and help against incredible odds fighting malignant falsehoods

August 19, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Reverso builds a culture of accountability ahead of Argentina’s midterm elections

Chequeado has streamlined the collaboration to quickly debunk falsehoods and raise the costs of spreading disinformation

August 17, 2021

Harrison Mantas

Locally

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

We're still updating this list

November 10, 2021

Kristen Hare

More than 90 local newsrooms closed during the coronavirus pandemic

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

October 20, 2021

Kristen Hare

How Newspack is working to crack the code on local news

There may never be a Holy Grail, but the varied building blocks of a successful strategy can be found and rolled out widely across the industry.

October 14, 2021

Kinsey Wilson

Local news led me to choose being houseless

Industry wages leave limited options for financial freedom.

October 13, 2021

Ian Bradley

News Release

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Meet the third cohort of Poynter’s 2021 Leadership Academy for Women in Media

The third class will take place digitally in November with a keynote from Swati Sharma.

October 12, 2021

Mel Grau

NBC News’ Peter Alexander gives Poynter an all-access pass to the White House Press Room as keynote of the 2021 Speaker Series

The Emmy Award winner shared an exclusive live tour of our nation’s center, advice for journalists and students and glimpses of his day-to-day life.

September 29, 2021

Poynter Staff

CPB selects Poynter Institute to deliver public media Digital Transformation Program

Virtual training to help up to 80 public media leaders advance their organizations’ digital capabilities

September 13, 2021

Tina Dyakon

Poynter to honor Lesley Stahl during its annual fundraising gala

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Sept. 13, 2021) – The Poynter Institute will present Lesley Stahl, award-winning…

September 13, 2021

Tina Dyakon

Newsletters

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How to talk about vaccines with anti-vaxxers, deniers and belligerent uncles at Thanksgiving

Plus, how 28 epidemiologists, immunologists, virologists and COVID experts will celebrate Thanksgiving; and a thank you from your newsletter writer.

November 22, 2021

Al Tompkins

Rupert Murdoch has a stern message for Donald Trump. Now what about his media outlets?

It’s good to see Murdoch publicly push Trump to drop conspiracies about the 2020 election. Perhaps those who work for him can echo that message.

November 18, 2021

Tom Jones

‘Have you seen the Tucker Carlson program?’: Nicolle Wallace’s contentious MSNBC interview with Chris Christie over Fox News

It’s hard to believe Christie’s claims that he is ‘not really’ aware of Carlson, his program and the many things Carlson says on that program.

November 17, 2021

Tom Jones

Is everyone on Twitter? Not even close.

Only about a quarter of Americans use Twitter, according to the latest research from Pew.

November 16, 2021

Tom Jones

Reporting & Editing

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Obituaries are important, worth rethinking and reviving

Here’s what we discovered from 2.5 years of work, a fellowship and a newsletter

November 18, 2021

Kristen Hare

The newsroom guide for getting money to hire journalists

Victor Hernandez built a playbook for navigating philanthropic support

November 17, 2021

Kristen Hare

A growing group of journalists has cut back on Twitter, or abandoned it entirely

Journalists view Twitter as a valuable platform for finding and sharing information, but many say they wish they used it less.

November 16, 2021

Mark Lieberman

Is a new winter COVID-19 surge underway?

Plus, why inflation can be good, road salt is more expensive and plow drivers are hard to find, a look at what's getting pageviews, and more.

November 12, 2021

Al Tompkins

Tech & Tools

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Not so Hotmail: What your vintage email address says to potential employers

Does a Hotmail domain actually matter to job recruiters? What about other long-standing email services, like AOL or Yahoo or Outlook?

November 14, 2021

Ren LaForme

How news organizations used automated news to cover COVID-19

As the virus spread across the world, governments and health authorities made a considerable amount of open-source data available to the public.

September 17, 2021

Samuel Danzon-Chambaud

Teach students to get beyond the basic Google search

To add value to their reporting, journalism students should get familiar with databases like Nexis

June 8, 2021

Barbara Gray

Four digital tools that got me through the pandemic

A year of long days and little time forced this editor to whittle down his toolkit to only the technology that was necessary.

March 22, 2021

Ren LaForme

TFCN

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No, Georgia did not ban discussion of race in schools

There’s a lot of talk about critical race theory, also known as CRT, across the…

July 20, 2021

Loren Miranda

Instagram stat about pregnancies and vaccines needs context

As more Americans get COVID-19 vaccinations, misinformation about their side effects has popped up all…

July 19, 2021

Ian Fox

No, using your phone while it’s charging won’t send electric waves through your body

Chances are, you’ve used your phone while it was charging. It might even be plugged…

May 25, 2021

Carly Dutcher

Did a 1997 Archie comic predict virtual school in 2021?

While most of us couldn’t have ever imagined some of the events that took place…

May 25, 2021

Ian Fox