Twitter suspended the accounts of several journalists who cover the social media platform, the latest battle over what can and cannot be said on the site since billionaire Elon Musk took control of it. more

The Center for Media Engagement surveyed people living in news deserts across the U.S. to find out what alternative sources of information allow them to stay informed on local issues. Though some turn to other available news sources like broadcast news and radio, we found that many turn to posts from Facebook pages that share local news. more

The Cassville (Missouri) Democrat has been corporately owned since 2004, and on Jan. 1, 2023, the 151-year-old publication will once again be locally owned. more

Cox Enterprises announces the appointment of Barbara Kennedy Harty, Grace Lieblein and Troy D. Taylor to its board of directors. more

The Associated Press has announced that it will inject additional resources into covering democracy in the U.S. with the goal of helping an increasingly polarized public better understand their government. more

The Supreme Court will resume its pre-pandemic practice of announcing opinions from the bench, the court’s Public Information Office has announced. But although the justices now provide live audio of oral arguments, the opinion announcements will not be livestreamed. more

The boards of directors of the Alliance for Audited Media and BPA Worldwide have unanimously approved a plan for the two companies to merge. The two not-for-profit media auditing organizations are joining forces to increase trust and assurance across media channels through innovative service development. more

The 2023 Pulitzer Prize competition in Journalism is now accepting submissions. This cycle recognizes work published in the 2022 calendar year. All entries must be received by the Jan. 25, 2023 deadline. more

After learning that the Three Rivers Commercial-News intended to cease publication, Mike Wilcox, owner of a local, Southwest Michigan newspaper group, purchased the paper to prevent its demise. He plans to restart publication, this Friday, Dec. 16.   more

Michael Clinton gave the keynote at PR Daily’s Media Relations Awards. more

USA TODAY’s weekly chart of top-selling books is on indefinite hiatus after the newspaper’s parent company, Gannett, laid off the editor in charge of compiling the list that’s closely followed in the publishing industry. more

The Herald Journal (South Logan, Utah) welcomes Andrew Weeks as its new managing editor. more

Mario García: "In 2023, I forecast that perhaps even those newsrooms that have delayed moving to mobile-first strategies will do so. This may require two important actions ..." more

Elon Musk’s Twitter has dissolved its Trust and Safety Council, the advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations that the company formed in 2016 to address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. more

Schurz Communications, Inc. has announced that the board of directors has elected John Reardon as the company’s next president and CEO, effective Feb. 1, 2023. He will succeed Todd F. Schurz, who has served in the role since 2007. more

Twitter has restarted a service dubbed Twitter Blue, where users can pay a monthly fee for a blue checkmark, along with the ability to edit tweets and upload high quality video. Apple users, however, will be charged more. more

Here are 10 ideas to steal and adapt: From audience-focused initiatives to changing internal systems, these original case studies are the most-viewed in 2022 on BetterNews.org. more

A survey of North Carolina newsrooms and journalists, by the UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media in partnership with the NC Local News Workshop at Elon University, found that newsrooms remained largely white, consistent with prior research across the country. more

Kate Gonzales: "On Latina Equal Pay Day, we need to look critically at the aspects of journalism that harm Latinas and others underrepresented in the industry." more

Russia’s war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and rising violence by criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number of journalists killed doing their work in 2022 over the previous year, according to a new report released Friday. more