How can newspapers position their media offering to capture a greater share of political spending?  Newspaper readers are known to vote and skew older, versus a younger skewing CTV audience.  Both points are attractive to political media buyers.  But how to create a marketable media package? more

In part citing patient health care privacy law, pro-business groups fought release of the records, which show how many employees from businesses of a certain size contracted COVID-19. more

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has received a $50,000 donation from the Kendeda Fund and 1Earth Fund to expand coverage of climate change in Georgia. The one-year grant, made possible by Journalism Funding Partners, will be used to increase the volume and depth of reporting on how climate change is affecting metro Atlanta and the state. more

Lauren Williams has joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution where she will cover the Atlanta Hawks for the newspaper. more

Jason Cato spent the past 17 years working in Pennsylvania, but he’s a South Carolinian at heart. He became managing editor of The Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) on May 31. more

Journalists are called upon to explain what happened, and sometimes to ask uncomfortable questions in places where many people want to be left alone to grieve. Is it possible to do it better, to co-exist within a moment no one wants to be part of? more

A behavioral scientist explains why it's important for journalists to recognize and reduce the influence of cognitive bias in their work. more

Neil Brown, president of The Poynter Institute, and Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and professor of philosophy at Harvard University, have been elected as co-chairs of the Pulitzer Prize Board. more

Jenny Ernsberger’s new role coincides with Fort Wayne Newspapers assuming ownership June 1 of The News Sun of Kendallville, The Star of Auburn, The Herald Republican of Angola and other KPC publications. more

Ogden Newspapers, through its partnership with Journal Gazette Co. in the Fort Wayne Newspapers company, has purchased KPC Media, according to Randy Cope, Cribb, Cope & Potts, who represented the Witwer family, owner of KPC Media. more

The Pilot in Southern Pines, North Carolina, is providing extensive coverage of the 2022 U.S. Women's Open, being contested this week in Southern Pines.  "No other media property in America covers the Opens with the same depth and passion as The Pilot," says David Woronoff, publisher. more

Beginning Sunday, June 5, both papers will publish an opinion page on Sundays only — with a  focus on the local community. more

Two journalists will join the Business News team at The Associated Press to cover personal finance. more

Gold Hill California Media Inc. has acquired the Grass Valley (California) Union and related titles from Ogden Newspapers. Ogden Newspapers had acquired the group as part of its acquisition of Swift Communications at the end of 2021. more

Gannett announces two distinct business units — Gannett Media and Digital Marketing Solutions — to drive subscription-led strategy. more

Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: If you want to build trust with your readers, you need to let them see you as more than a two-dimensional byline. The Des Moines Register created an entertainment/lifestyle newsletter — authored by a rotation of staffers, filled with personality and authenticity and focused on the things that bring joy — to help bridge the divide between newsroom and reader. more

The Associated Press has released the 56th edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes more than 300 new or revised entries and a new chapter on inclusive storytelling. more

A judge ruled that Sarah Palin failed to introduce “even a speck” of evidence to prove the newspaper defamed her in a 2017 editorial that mistakenly connected her political rhetoric with a mass shooting. more

Maine State Police must turn over additional disciplinary records detailing misconduct by troopers to the state’s two biggest newspapers, a judge ruled. more

A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints. more