A survey of publishers by the Alliance for Audited Media showed that 2022, for all its discouraging headlines and disconcerting headaches, wasn’t completely void of positive news and (hopefully) heartening trends. more

Plus: What people expect from podcasts as a form of journalism, improving reporting on suicide saves lives, and the important role of Google Knowledge Panels in cueing confidence in news organizations. more

Twitter is planning to run content sponsorship deals with more than three dozen news outlets, media companies and sports leagues in the first half of this year, according to a schedule of events shared with ad partners and seen by Axios. more

Happy anniversary! more

Peter Baumann, who has served as editor of the Post Independent since late August 2019, was named publisher in December.  more

One of Oregon’s oldest operating newspapers shut down at the end of last week. more

CherryRoad Media has announced the promotion of industry veteran Lee Bachlet to the role of chief operating officer. more

Joel Simon, who has worked tirelessly as a champion of press freedom around the world, will join the Newmark J-School on Feb. 1 as the founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative. more

As the Herald and News bid 2022 farewell and greeted the new year, the staff met its new publisher and said goodbye to the long-standing head of the newspaper. more

As a photojournalist in Texas for the past 18 years, Lisa Krantz has photographed the aftermath of five mass shootings, including the one at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, where 26 were killed, including several children, in a tiny, wooden church near San Antonio.  more

What would greater access provide the American public? The answer depends on who you ask. more

A former intern with the AJC, Taylor Croft will now be reporting on the local news team covering the cities of Marietta, Smyrna, Mableton and Decatur, as well as major news in other small cities in metro Atlanta. more

“Our goal is to discuss retention as often as we discuss acquisition,” says Toby Collodora, senior manager of retention and engagement for the U.S.-based Star Tribune. more

Established social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter differ in key ways from alternative social media sites such as Parler and Truth Social, a recent Pew Research Center study found. more

The entry period for the UF College of Journalism and Communications $25,000 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability will close on Jan. 31. more

Susan Ellis has been named chief financial officer for Wick Communications. more

The GroundTruth Project, home of Report for America and Report for the World, has selected Rob Zeaske as its CEO and president, following a national search launched last summer. Zeaske will step into the role on Jan. 23, a return of sorts as he was the nonprofit’s chief operations officer from 2019-2020. more

In a new case study, the Institute for Nonprofit News spoke with member newsrooms to explore what happens when a newsroom faces a defamation lawsuit, with or without media liability insurance.  more

Mackenzie Warren, a top news executive at the nation’s largest local news publishing company, has been named director of the new Local News Accelerator at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. more

As the platform’s first major publishing partner, USA TODAY’s content will further the platform’s mission by providing Post users with real-time, approachable news that helps empower and educate all audiences about the world around them and promote civil conversation.  more