The Superior Telegram (Duluth, Minnesota) has launched a grant program to help nonprofit organizations in Superior and Douglas County with advertising and marketing. more

Bipartisan coalitions in the House and Senate pushed through a bill that would impose an agreement between rail companies and their workers. more

Lydia Polgreen: "As local news gathering shrinks, people are spending more time in places likely to deepen partisan divides: on social media or on platforms like Nextdoor, or watching national cable television. A 2019 study in Scientific American found that voters in areas where local news outlets closed were less likely to vote a split ticket, a signal that points to deepening polarization in those communities." more

America's Newspapers is pleased to welcome a new weekly newspaper in Michigan into membership! more

States Newsroom, the nation’s leading network of state-based nonprofit news outlets, has launched the Kentucky Lantern to provide free, high-quality, non-partisan reporting on the crucial issues affecting the Bluegrass State. With the launch of the Kentucky Lantern, States Newsroom now has 31 outlets and provides state news coverage to over 60% of the country. more

Analysis of media organizations and news stories shows underrepresentation across editorial leadership and coverage. more

After Biden blocked Trump’s attempt to change decades-old definitions, we’re basically back to where we started. more

The Tuesday edition of the Carroll Times Herald was the final newspaper published by the Wilson and Burns families, the three-generation local owners of the publication for 93 years. more

The fight against online disinformation is getting a boost thanks to a $3.8 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to support Clemson University’s Media Forensics Hub at the Watt Family Innovation Center. more

In a letter to readers, Jennifer Bertetto, president and CEO of Trib Total Media, writes: "Like you, we’re sick and tired of political attack ads. So, we’re getting rid of them." more

Have newsrooms really transformed as a result of the shift initiated during the pandemic? Has the news industry truly embraced flexible and hybrid working? more

The federal appeals court covering six states rejected an appeal by New Mexico’s court administrator who said clerks should be allowed to withhold access to new court records until they are old news. more

Marny Ridling joins Cox Enterprises as the vice president of Cox Talent Acquisition (CTA), effective Nov. 28. In this role, Ridling will lead all CTA areas, including early career, sourcing, recruitment, candidate experience and third-party search. more

The Columbia Missourian, a digital-first community newspaper based at the Missouri School of Journalism, has partnered with NewsMatch through the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) to raise funds supporting the Missourian’s independent, public-service journalism. more

As the 2022 World Cup kicks off, USA TODAY Sports+ launched interactive Augmented Reality (AR) features for the most dedicated soccer fanatics, including a customizable design for a World Cup Kit and “Make the Save,” an immersive World Cup app. more

The outcomes confirmed anew that election polling is an uneven and high-risk pursuit. more

The Associated Press has fired a reporter and is reviewing its standards on use of anonymous sourcing following an “egregious” error in a story about a fatal missile strike that killed two people in Poland. more

A memorial service for Stephen F. Bentley, former co-publisher of The Lawton (Oklahoma) Constitution, will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. more

Mark Treinen, executive editor of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, will become the editor of The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), editor and publisher Paul Fanlund announced. more

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has appointed Subrina Hudson to the post of business editor. Recently, Hudson led the business desk on an interim basis, less than a year after being named assistant business editor. more