Media literacy campaigns are not designed to tell anyone what to believe or how to think; rather, they are about equipping people to think critically and make informed decisions about what information they consume. more

The bottom line: "We are a news organization that has traditionally lived in one space, which is the content licensing space," Executive Editor Julie Pace said. "Now, we also want to take part in what I think a lot of the rest of the industry has already done, which is the digital advertising revenue stream." more

Saeed Ahmed is joining The Associated Press as its first vice president of news for digital platforms. more

The Supreme Court wants Biden's thoughts on the controversial First Amendment case. more

Grant Gibbons has been announced as publisher of The Journal, in New Ulm, Minnesota, and The Independent of Marshall. He will be replacing Greg Orear, publisher since 2016. Orear has taken a publishing position with a newspaper group in Missouri. more

The Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit, which a group of states joined, was the fifth against the company since 2020. more

Steve Waldman, co-founder of Report for America, leads new independent nonprofit organization developing non-partisan public policies to strengthen community journalism. more

The AP-Frontline documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” a harrowing retelling of the Russian siege of the city, made its world premiere Friday, Jan. 20, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. more

The American Journalism Project announced its first three new grants of 2023 to nonprofit news organizations that aim to reach new audiences and cover critical issues concerning communities in North Carolina, Fort Worth, Texas and Nebraska. more

The front page of Monday’s Times featured a photo of the shooter dead in his van. more

Local journalism groups representing more than 3,000 local newsrooms have come together to create a new non-profit that aims to save local news through bipartisan public policy initiatives. more

The Supreme Court wants to hear from the Biden administration before deciding whether to consider the validity of laws in Florida and Texas that prohibit social-media platforms from suppressing some posts by users. more

The Associated Press has debuted the inaugural AP Top 25 Movies ranking, an honor roll of films that premiered over the past year. more

On the heels of the closure of the century-old Medford Mail Tribune, EO Media Group announced Friday (Jan. 20), the company’s plans to open a new publication in the city. more

January 20, 2023 - Sarasota County will no longer publish all of its legal advertisements, including those about hearings where the public can speak on new developments and rezonings, in local newspapers, as county commissioners eliminated that mandate on Wednesday. more

An Arizona State University student-led project has developed ideas for local news organization Wick Communications on how to engage the community in deciding how they receive local news, how to better diversify their content and how to alleviate concerns about misinformation. more

Debi Richardson has joined the South Carolina paper as its new graphic designer. more

The cases could significantly affect the power and responsibilities of social media platforms. more

On the heels of announcing the hiring of its new editor in chief, John Anastasi, the Bucks County Herald (Doylestown, Pennsylvania) has tapped newspaper advertising veteran William “Bill” Cotter to serve as its new director of advertising sales. more

As the use of visual data journalism becomes more embedded in day-to-day newsroom operations, there’s a very real danger that those who can’t decipher visual information in the usual way will be left behind. more