News

‘Being here sends a clear message that it’s a story of high importance and one that we are committing to in a big way.’

Why Lester Holt went to Highland Park to anchor the ‘NBC Nightly News’

July 6, 2022

Tom Jones

We are becoming a nation of local news haves and have nots

And the solutions we are pursuing may be locking in this divide.

July 6, 2022

Steve Waldman

A year after UNC’s journalism school lost Nikole Hannah-Jones, the fallout continues

‘We are moving on,’ one long-tenured faculty member said, ‘but we are not looking away from our problems.’

July 6, 2022

Plus, the unintended consequences of the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling, state abortion laws may affect which colleges students attend, and more.

New record: The average new car price hits $47,000

July 6, 2022

No state has yet enacted a law to ban this travel. But it has been attempted.

Can states punish women for traveling out of state to get an abortion?

July 6, 2022

Louis Jacobson

Serbian female investigative journalists continue to face growing harassment

A small group of American journalism students visited the country to examine the state of press freedoms there

July 5, 2022

Sona Porter

We are becoming a nation of local news haves and have nots

And the solutions we are pursuing may be locking in this divide.

July 6, 2022

Steve Waldman

A year after UNC’s journalism school lost Nikole Hannah-Jones, the fallout continues

‘We are moving on,’ one long-tenured faculty member said, ‘but we are not looking away from our problems.’

July 6, 2022

Ogden’s decision not to cover a billionaire’s lawsuit against The Aspen Times has sent the paper — and the town — spiraling

A Colorado newspaper settled a libel lawsuit. Now it’s facing accusations of self-censorship.

June 30, 2022

Angela Fu

An updated survey of US newspapers finds 360 more have closed since 2019

The authors deem it ‘a crisis for our democracy and our society,’ but offer an exploration of promising solutions.

June 29, 2022

‘Being here sends a clear message that it’s a story of high importance and one that we are committing to in a big way.’

Why Lester Holt went to Highland Park to anchor the ‘NBC Nightly News’

July 6, 2022

Tom Jones

America the dangerous: Another mass shooting, this one on the Fourth of July

Even in a nation familiar with these kinds of stories, Monday’s news was agonizing.

July 5, 2022

Tom Jones

Journalists should better define ‘RINO’ to disempower its autocratic use

RINOs revere the Constitution, rather than Donald J. Trump — so let's say that

June 30, 2022

Michael Bugeja

More fallout and media reaction from this week’s blockbuster Jan. 6 hearings

There has been no shortage of opinions since Cassidy Hutchinson’s powerful testimony.

June 30, 2022

Tom Jones

Serbian female investigative journalists continue to face growing harassment

A small group of American journalism students visited the country to examine the state of press freedoms there

July 5, 2022

Sona Porter

Pairing college journalism students with news outlets may be key to solving the local news crisis, researchers suspect

For the first time, an organization is tracking local news/student journalism partnerships

June 22, 2022

Barbara Allen

The New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story share advice for student journalists

‘When we look at student papers today, we see that students are grappling with the hardest stuff on earth,’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey said.

June 10, 2022

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

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

May 15, 2022

Barbara Allen

Video games are popular as ever. Why aren’t more Black writers hired to cover them?

What video game studios and media should do to increase Black representation

June 29, 2022

Jamal Michel

It’s possible to be a journalist and a human

The way journalists are told to perform objectivity is outdated. If we want to preserve public trust, the best thing we can do is tell the truth.

June 28, 2022

Alex Sujong Laughlin

Where there’s one fabricated story, there are almost always more

USA Today announced Thursday that it took down 23 stories in which a breaking news writer fabricated sources or other information.

June 16, 2022

Kelly McBride

A fresh Reuters Institute report detects an epidemic of news avoidance

On average, 38% of those surveyed said that they often or sometimes avoid news on certain topics — especially politics and COVID-19.

June 15, 2022

No state has yet enacted a law to ban this travel. But it has been attempted.

Can states punish women for traveling out of state to get an abortion?

July 6, 2022

Louis Jacobson

How treatment of ectopic pregnancy fits into post-Roe medical care

All 18 states expected to ban abortion have exceptions, but experts say unclear language could impact treatment for an ectopic pregnancy.

July 5, 2022

Nuria Diaz Muñoz

The International Fact-Checking Network’s statement on the Philippine government’s decision to shut down Rappler

Nearly 70 fact-checking organizations from 55 countries have united to condemn the sustained attempts to silence press coverage in the Philippines

June 30, 2022

The International Fact-Checking Network

What is Jan. 6 hearing witness Cassidy Hutchinson’s background?

Hutchinson got a job at the White House shortly after college and became a close aide to Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff.

June 30, 2022

Bill McCarthy

Poynter and RAND partner to connect journalists and public policy experts

Fact-checkers and political reporters will learn how researchers determine the validity of data to better inform audiences.

July 6, 2022

The Legal Support Fund will help cover the costs fact-checkers ensue while facing unlawful charges.

IFCN launches new Legal Support Fund for fact-checkers facing harassment

June 23, 2022

They will receive cross-disciplinary training and spark innovation at their news organizations throughout the intensive, yearlong program.

Introducing the 58 Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellows for 2022-23

June 21, 2022

Mel Grau

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

A panel at GlobalFact 9 talked about how new AI technologies can more efficiently combat global misinformation.

What is the future of automated fact-checking? Fact-checkers discuss.

June 28, 2022

Grace Abels

YouTube takes flak on the third day of GlobalFact

The tech giant has been under particular scrutiny since the international fact-checking community sent a critical open letter to its CEO in January

June 24, 2022

Seth Smalley

How facts and stories can shape democracy: an interview with journalist Anne Applebaum

Journalist Anne Applebaum and Poynter’s Neil Brown sit down to discuss fact-checking, Ukraine, and the complicated need for stories at GlobalFact 9.

June 24, 2022

Hana Stepnick

5 takeaways from Thursday’s GlobalFact sessions

The Jan. 6 hearings are one big fact check, the difference between knowledge and information, and more of the conference's most compelling moments.

June 23, 2022

Seth Smalley

Here’s the anatomy of an awesome internship program

18 tips for newsrooms hiring interns, from recruitment to staying in touch

June 29, 2022

In Baltimore, Des Moines and Minneapolis, publications are reviving an old and important form of journalism

We’re not done with alt-weeklies

June 22, 2022

Kristen Hare

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

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

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

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

Plus, the unintended consequences of the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling, state abortion laws may affect which colleges students attend, and more.

New record: The average new car price hits $47,000

July 6, 2022

Plus, an official warns about 'significant transmission ahead, Justice Clarence Thomas’ mention of aborted fetal cells and vaccines, and more.

What exactly is the current national COVID-19 response plan?

July 5, 2022

Plus, a look at multi-millionaire college presidents' salaries, why we might be moving to one universal smartphone charger, and more.

Elmo encourages young children to get vaxxed; Ted Cruz attacks

July 1, 2022

Plus, how the Supreme Court abortion ruling might affect in vitro fertilization, new at-home COVID tests for people with visual impairments, and more.

The whole world is unhappier, poll finds

June 30, 2022

Plus, why some drugstores are limiting sales of Plan B pills, companies worry about controversial abortion conversations at work, and more.

Will vasectomies and tubal ligations rise post-Supreme Court ruling?

June 29, 2022

Plus, half of America should be wearing masks indoors, a fourth of Americans do not get enough sleep, and more.

FDA experts consider reformulated COVID-19 boosters today

June 28, 2022

Plus, 80 district attorneys say they will not enforce abortion bans, the possibility that we are underreacting to monkeypox, and more.

Does the Supreme Court ruling ban FDA-approved abortion pills?

June 27, 2022