Top news of the week: 26.02.2023.
What the Dominion lawsuit reveals about the future of Fox News
<p>By most appearances, Fox News is a well-managed, tightly run outfit. It’s America’s most popular cable news channel, thrashing CNN and MSNBC with a prime-time audience of more than two ...
Knight announces investment in Signal Akron, a new nonprofit news source
The $5 million investment, along with support from American Journalism Project and Akron’s philanthropic community, will improve local news in…
A Puerto Rican journalist is helping crowdfund independent journalism on the island
9 Millones is a publishing and crowdfunding platform for journalists looking to investigate stories about Puerto Rico.
After 50 years in professional journalism, Al Tompkins is retiring
He taught and advised tens of thousands of journalists to craft better stories.
Hannity and Carlson Admit Lying to Audience (Then Try to Fire Fact-Checker), DeSantis Hires Sexist Educator, NYT Writers Protest, Roald Dahl Gets Sanitized, Roberto Clemente Bio Banned, and More
My thoughts on the top--and top-ish--stories in this week's political, sports, and pop culture news.
How Richard Rushfield’s The Ankler Took on Hollywood
Rushfield’s sharp-tongued missives have earned him a bold-faced subscriber list. (“I read it the second I see it pop up,” says Richard Plepler.) But can Rushfield and coconspirator Janice ...
How The New York Times is helping local journalists who have ‘tons of ideas and no time’
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling ...
How the first impartial LGBTQ+ news brand gathered almost 140,000 followers on TikTok
This interview was first published by Italian journalist Francesco Zaffarano in his biweekly Substack newsletter, Mapping journalism on social platforms. The original is available at this ...