The budget passed in California this week includes $25 million worth of help for local news, which will be distributed via UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism starting next year. more

CherryRoad Media is buying The Millbury-Sutton Chronicle, The Grafton News, The Landmark in Holden and the Leominster Champion from Gannett. more

In a memo to staff, AP Education Reporting Network Director Chrissie Thompson announced three additions to the network aimed at deepening education coverage by the AP and across the news industry. more

It may be just part of the daily news cycle to you and your audience, but to your interviewees it could be a major or traumatic moment they are reliving. Active listening is the key to better stories and better treatment of sources. more

Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles was arrested on suspicion of murder Wednesday evening in the fatal stabbing of Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German, whose investigation of the politician contributed to his primary election loss in June. more

It’s not just the paper’s connection to the community that has helped it transition to nonprofit status, it’s also the other trailblazers in Colorado’s nonprofit journalism that have helped the Crestone organizers believe they can do it. more

Reporters at Mississippi Today — a local nonprofit outlet that was founded in 2016 — have been working to keep residents updated on the city’s complex, constantly evolving water crisis even as they deal with the consequences of the failing system themselves. more

Authorities served search warrants Wednesday morning in connection with the slaying of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, Las Vegas police said. more

Jeffrey M. Hayden, an accomplished newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of The Norman (Oklahoma) Transcript, effective immediately. more

Elon Musk will be able to include new evidence from a Twitter whistleblower as he fights to get out of his $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, but Musk won’t be able to delay a high-stakes October trial over the dispute, a judge ruled Wednesday. more

Police on Tuesday released a photo of a vehicle that could have been used by a possible suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Las Vegas newspaper’s investigator reporter. more

The challenges to cutting back to a weekly print edition are several. But there are real benefits, too. more

In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Vice President and Head of Global Newsgathering Paul Haven and Middle East News Director Karin Laub announced key appointments for news leaders in two important sub-regions. more

SCS is excited to announce that its longtime director of sales, Phil Curtolo, has been promoted to vice president of sales. more

America's Newspapers is honored to welcome four new Solutions Partners into membership. more

Paxton Media Group has acquired the Cleveland (Tennessee) Daily Banner, the Herald-Citizen (Cookeville, Tennessee), The Daily Tribune News (Cartersville, Georgia), The Chatsworth (Georgia) Times and the Daily Mountain Eagle (Jasper, Alabama). more

Black Press Media Group has announced the retirement of long time President and CEO Rick O’Connor. more

Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German, one of Nevada’s most accomplished and trusted journalists, was found dead with stab wounds outside his home Saturday morning. more

A group of Nobel peace prize winners have called on governments to adopt a technology action plan to tackle the “existential threat” to democracies posed by online disinformation, hate speech and abuse. more

At a time of national cries for transparency, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is rolling out plans to reduce questions and interactions with local media. more