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05/30/2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/05/30/robert-allbritton-notus-journalism/

The Politico founder tries again with NOTUS, a nonprofit news site aimed at training a new generation of journalists.

05/19/2024

Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted Sunday that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016 after CNN released video of the attack, saying in a video apology he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable.”

02/27/2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/02/27/sports-illustrated-authentic-brands/

They own the rights to celebrities dead (Elvis), alive (Guy Fieri) and in between (Reebok). They insist they’re the executives to keep the Sports Illustrated brand breathing.

11/29/2023

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Sports Illustrated is the latest media company damaged by being less than forthcoming about who or what is writing its stories at the dawn of the artificial intelligence age.

11/20/2023

Daniel Hagari has earned high levels of trust from Israelis for keeping them abreast of offensive in Strip, 'filling a void' and reassuring a public traumatized by Oct. 7 horrors

11/18/2023

The loss of local newspapers accelerated in 2023 to an average of 2.5 per week, leaving more than 200 counties as "news deserts" and meaning that more than half of all U.S. counties now have limited access to reliable local news and information, researchers at the Medill School of Journalism, Media,...

10/27/2023

PR

A Cruise robotaxi dragged an injured woman 20 feet. The company misled reporters about the facts, and maybe state regulators too.

10/12/2023

Ever since war broke out in Israel and Gaza, there has been – alongside horrific news and eyewitness accounts – a newly ubiquitous form of communication: statements. Suddenly, every institution, every politician, and every third cousin twice removed has issued a statement about the crisis.

Not everyone has a statement-worthy take on world events

10/12/2023

Interim CEO Patty Stonesifer called The Washington Post “a really good business” that “overshot on expense.” Now the company is reducing staff through buyouts.

10/07/2023

Contrary to the assumption that local news is dying, a host of initiatives are creating a new model.

09/18/2023

The quirky daytime host has shown the power of a carefully crafted celebrity narrative — and the ease with which even the most convincing comeback story can fall apart.

08/23/2023

https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/2023/08/20/arizona-media-association-to-bring-together-tv-radio-print-digital-outlets/70622435007/

The Arizona Broadcasters Association and the Arizona Newspapers Association will combine and rebrand into the Arizona Media Association.

07/08/2023

As millions flock to Threads, many social media users are exhausted by the onslaught of new apps, some of which look more like imitators than innovators.

07/01/2023

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The CEO of United Airlines is apologizing for jumping on a private plane this week while thousands of his airline's customers were stranded because their flights got canceled.

06/22/2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/06/22/unpaid-interns-employment/

Advocates have launched petitions and protests, and last week the European Parliament voted to call for a ban on non-academic unpaid internships.

06/14/2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/06/14/ezra-miller-flash-allegations-controversies/

The actor’s disturbing off-set behavior has created a unique PR problem for Warner/DC, which is banking on ‘The Flash’ to revive its universe of superhero films.

04/24/2023

The Supreme Court will decide whether two San Diego-area school board members violated the 1st Amendment by blocking their critics on social media.

04/05/2023

The decline of Salinas' 152-year-old newspaper leaves residents hungry for a trusted watchdog and worried about what stories won't be covered.

03/11/2023

Arizona Republic circulation dropped 74.7 percent between 2018 and 2022.

It might not be as mustache-twirling a villain as Alden Global Capital, but its enormous scale has meant enormous losses for local journalism.

02/11/2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/02/09/mina-kimes-espn-nfl/

Kimes is an evangelist for a new era of progressive number-crunching. Then she used that football credibility to evince moral clarity about the sport she loves.

02/11/2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/02/chatgpt-work-ai-uses/

The AI chatbot ChatGPT can generate conversational responses to questions, but how well does it do with workplace tasks?

01/19/2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/01/17/cnet-ai-articles-journalism-corrections/

CNET scared some journalists when it tapped artificial intelligence to produce surprisingly lucid news stories. But there was a hitch.

01/18/2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/18/state-department-times-new-roman-calibri/

"The Times (New Roman) are a-Changin," read the subject line of a cable from Secretary Blinken that was sent to U.S. embassies as part of an accessibility push.

09/30/2022

https://apnews.com/article/unpaid-internships-social-work-dc0cead9486ad79b30fd4a7e56284e94

The value of an internship is unmistakable. It teaches marketable skills, it builds professional networks, and it helps students test-drive careers. But the benefits are not available to all: Close to half of all internships are unpaid, putting them out of reach for students who need wages to keep u...

09/23/2022

https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2022/09/21/gannett-cuts-back/index.html

Earlier this month, Gannett’s Michael Reed had an opportunity to set a new course for the nation’s biggest newspaper company after disappointing financial results in August.

09/11/2022

https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2022-09-11/food-influencers-ethics-fees-charged

Free food, getting paid to post and hundreds of thousands of social followers. A look into the world of food influencers.

09/09/2022

In a genre that does its best to avoid bombshells, Aldean’s PR team’s dumping him after 17 years was shocking news. And it shows that Nashville’s “one happy family” image is getting tougher to uphold.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/09/09/maren-morris-jason-brittany-aldean-nashville/

Jason Aldean, his wife Brittany and Maren Morris are at the center of a rare public blowup in the usually tightknit world of country music.

09/08/2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/08/media/bernard-shaw-obituary/index.html

Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw died Wednesday of pneumonia unrelated to Covid-19, Shaw's family announced in a statement Thursday. Shaw was 82.

09/07/2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/06/dont-worry-darling-movie-drama-fandom/

Until "Don't Worry Darling" hits theaters, we'll tell our own stories.

08/31/2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/08/28/gannett-layoffs/

The latest layoffs at Gannett come amid an industry-wide trend of the shrinking newspaper newsroom.