The Israel Defense Forces has apologized for the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a year to the day after she was killed by a bullet to the back of the head while covering an Israeli military operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. more

In its 10th annual fact-checking census, the Duke Reporters’ Lab counts 417 fact-checkers that are active so far in 2023, verifying and debunking misinformation in more than 100 countries and 69 languages. more

September 22, 2023 - “When our models noticed stocks of companies moving in ways that typically indicate news, our system pinged the relevant beat reporter in Slack so he or she could hit the phones and see what’s going on. It’s a great way to break news.” — Louise Story more

The National Trust for Local News subsidiary will sustain community newspapers in Georgia with support from Knight, Woodruff and Casey foundations. more

A social justice series on gender identity, investigative reporting supported by pursuit of public records, forceful editorial writing, and timely website postings highlighted the annual Best of CNHI journalism awards. Newsrooms from CNHI newspapers in 22 states submitted their work from 2023. more

Here are some specific points for newspapers to consider as they evaluate how to build trust this year — plus resources and inspiration for getting started. more

The Stillwater News Press has named its long-time top advertising executive as its new publisher, to succeed Dale Brendel, who recently was named publisher in Joplin, Missouri. more

The Chicago Tribune has announced a restructuring of its leadership, with Colin McMahon being named editor-in-chief. Bruce Dold and Peter Kendall are leaving the paper. more

The free resource pulls in legislation, so journalists can easily track and monitor legislation in one spot, which is particularly helpful to those reporting on multiple states. more

In this article by Kat Duncan, interim director of innovation with the Reynolds Journalism Institute, find five tips to get newsrooms started with voice-activated devices for storytelling. more

As many students return to school, The Lufkin (Texas) Daily News ran a front-page article last week promoting a  fun, educational resource called Kid Scoop to local parents. 

Jay Gillispie, development director of circulation, sales and business at The Lufkin Daily News, said Kid Scoop is an attempt to reconnect with a younger audience many newspapers have lost touch with. more

The Newspaper Association Managers' Relevance Project has released its extensive Revenue Resource 2020 to assist newspapers in aiding businesses of all sorts during the pandemic. The initial phase of the Relevance Project Revenue Resource has 18 sales promotions. more

Learn how a smart, dynamic meter helped one local media company convert casual browsers into paying subscribers and beat their new digital subscriber goal by over 500% in just 30 days. more

Philip Gray will be joining the Opinion department at The Los Angeles Times as a deputy Op-Ed editor. He was most recently at Bloomberg and The New York Times as an opinion and news editor. more

When the pandemic hit, newsroom leaders were thrown in at the deep end just like the rest of the working world. Publishers spent 18 months trying to figure out how to work safely and continue to serve their audiences, despite the virus. more

The combined editorial boards of The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) welcome Sara Pequeño to the North Carolina Opinion team. more

A judge on Thursday ordered the release of police camera footage of an incident in which a Greeley officer is accused of using a chokehold during an arrest, siding with news media that argued a new Colorado law requires disclosure of video upon request involving alleged police misconduct. more

In another effort to promote transparency in the modern day media-buying process, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has announced a new initiative that will include an "in-depth study of the programmatic media-buying ecosystem." more

Jeff DeLoach, president of the Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press for the past five years, has resigned as head of the Chattanooga Publishing Co. more

Social media companies would have to make public their policies for removing problem content and give detailed accounts of how and when they remove it, under a proposal being considered by California legislators. more