U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, have  introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to protect reporters and journalists against unnecessary government surveillance that makes it harder to hold the government accountable and harms reporters’ First Amendment rights.  more

September 21, 2023 - Medill’s Jeremy Gilbert envisions a future where tech leads to better journalism without destroying it. more

When retired Wall Street reporter and cancer survivor Neil King wanted to rediscover the depth of the human spirit, he took a walk, a 330-mile ramble to see a small part of America’s beginnings. more

Having determined that reader regularity is the most important factor in getting people to pay for news, Medill Spiegel Research Center Director Edward Malthouse sees trouble on the local-journalism horizon based on newly collected data. more

Key editors from New Orleans and Minneapolis will be joining the Houston Chronicle in the next few weeks, completing an overhaul of the newsroom's leadership. more

This year's awards spotlighted high-impact, investigative and accountability journalism that revealed local government corruption, the failure of the nation's foster care system, overcrowding and violence in a local jail and the injustice of an underfunded and understaffed public defenders system in Missouri.  more

In partnership with Senseon, Lineup Systems has compiled a guide that can be downloaded, offering an overview of new and ongoing cyber security threats, as well as security tips for your employees. more

“We believe newspapers are important to communities and the Plain Dealer & Sun has been an integral part of the North Vernon community,” said Mike Weafer, group publisher for Paxton Media Group. “We are excited and honored to have the opportunity continue publishing the Plain Dealer & Sun.” more

March 15, 2021 - The citizens of Wyoming were the beneficiaries one week ago when the Wyoming Senate rejected a bill that would have limited government transparency. By a 20-9 vote, Senate File 17, a bill brought by Sen. Tara Nethercott (R-Cheyenne), would have allowed cities, towns, counties and school districts to only place public notice information on their own websites. more

Many factors can limit access to critical information: geographic news deserts, undercovered communities, infrastructural or economic barriers, lack of trust, misinformation. We aren’t always adept at illustrating the complex ways in which people navigate the world beyond the news; it’s easier to report on the presence of bad information than the absence of good information, and it’s even trickier to define the ways in which the two inform one another. But even in news deserts — be they geographic, cultural, digital, or philosophical — people access information. Something always fills the void. more

The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), together with the World Editors Forum (WEF), have condemned the arrest of Apple Daily editor-in-chief Ryan Law and four of its directors as Hong Kong’s national security police continue to target the media company and its outspoken pro-democracy owner, Jimmy Lai. more

The Department of Justice will no longer use compulsory legal processes to seize information from people working in the news media who are acting “within the scope of their newsgathering activities,” Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a memo on Monday. more

After 17 months of the coronavirus pandemic few things seem as normal as working from home. The shift to the home office has been a recurrent topic also for newsrooms, journalists and media managers. more

As the world watches intently for clues on how the Taliban will govern, their treatment of the media will be a key indicator, along with their policies toward women. more

If your readers are looking for inspiration, we believe these stories will be rewarding. Each week, the Pass It On series will feature a new story to hopefully provide an uplifting moment in someone’s day and then ... pass it on. These articles are available to members of America's Newspapers to reprint at no cost. more

Alyson Hoge, a 43-year newspaper veteran, has been named managing editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Little Rock. more

Google’s Jigsaw unit is releasing the code for an open source anti-harassment tool called Harassment Manager. more

The first quarter included the launch of Gannett’s “Digital Saturday” initiative in March, which saw it drop Saturday papers in 136 markets in favor of offering subscribers access that day to the entire USA Today digital network. more

Journalists see a multitude of uses for the maligned form, especially for open-ended questions and when considering sources’ abilities. more

Elizabeth Walters has been named interim editor of the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in South Carolina. Walters replaces Steven Bruss, who leaves his position Friday, Sept. 23. more