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Tampa Bay Times launching Community Reader Panel to engage with the newsroom

In a recent column, Executive Editor Mark Katches wrote: "Our new Tampa Bay Times Community Reader Panel will be made up of people who we will count upon to provide honest feedback about our journalism and to serve as a sounding board for ideas." more

Garland confronts long-building crisis over leak inquiries and journalism

Government leak hunters have been ratcheting up pressure on the ability of journalists to do their jobs for a generation — a push fueled by changing technology and fraught national-security issues that arose after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Now, those tensions have reached an inflection point. more

Lawmakers, taking aim at Big Tech, push sweeping overhaul of antitrust

June 11, 2021 - House lawmakers on Friday introduced sweeping antitrust legislation aimed at restraining the power of Big Tech and staving off corporate consolidation across the economy, in what would be the most ambitious update to monopoly laws in decades.

The bills — five in total — take direct aim at Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google and their grip on online commerce, information and entertainment. The proposals would make it easier to break up businesses that use their dominance in one area to get a stronghold in another, would create new hurdles for acquisitions of nascent rivals, and would empower regulators with more funds to police companies.

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The Washington Post introduces 'Please, Go On,' a new Opinions podcast

Every Friday, Washington Post Opinions columnist James Hohmann will chat with the voices behind the viewpoints. He’ll interview the author of one of the week’s most thought-provoking columns, dissecting arguments and revealing insights from guest contributors with names you know — like Friday's guest, Vice President Kamala Harris — and some you may not. more

Columbia University announces the 105th annual Pulitzer Prizes

Congratulations to the recipients and finalists in the 105th class of Pulitzer Prizes! In addition to the newspapers recognized this year, the Pulitzer board also announced that Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd, would receive a special citation. more

Tom Rosenstiel joins Merrill College as Visiting Professor on the Future of Journalism

Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, will join the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism beginning this fall as the Eleanor Merrill Visiting Professor on the Future of Journalism, Dean Lucy A. Dalglish announced Friday. more

Twitter to add a newsletter 'subscribe' button to profiles for simple sign-ups

Newsletters are coming to a Twitter profile near you. Or, at least the chance to sign up for them is. Twitter is set to continue its ongoing reinvention of the most sacred of social-media spaces — the user profile — in the next few weeks with the addition of a newsletter subscription button. more

Editorial: Legal notices belong in local newspapers

June 10, 2021 - Legislation before the Rhode Island General Assembly would take a swipe at both newspapers and transparency in government — two things that are intrinsically linked. House Bill 6375 and Senate Bill 916 seek to override any state laws that require municipal governments to post notices in print newspapers.

Now legislation would wipe out the entire practice and override nearly 200 state statutes. Replacing the thousands of notices currently posted in the state’s newspapers would be a digital clearinghouse on the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s website. more

Selma Times-Journal offers its buildings for sale

The Selma (Alabama) Times-Journal is putting its Water Avenue buildings at 1014, 1016 and 1018 for sale. This decision comes after moving Times-Journal printing to a regional printing plant in Clanton owned by Tuscaloosa-based Boone Newspapers, Inc., owner of The Times-Journal. more

Murdoch empire pushes Republicans to back tech antitrust bills

Lobbyists for Rupert Murdoch's media companies are appealing to House Republicans to support antitrust bills meant to restrain Big Tech companies, sources tell Axios.  Murdoch's media businesses have aggressively positioned themselves in opposition to the power of tech companies like Facebook and Google. more

Dealing with impostor syndrome in journalism? Here are some tips.

All writers experience moments of self-doubt at some point in their careers. The very activities of writing, proofreading and rewriting facilitate reflection and can induce overthinking, even just as a form of perfectionism. If you’ve ever found yourself, however, questioning the adequacy of your writing skills despite evidence to the contrary, or telling yourself you do not deserve your career achievements, you might be suffering from impostor syndrome.  more

Webinar roundup: Tips and tactics for creating successful newsletters

So, how does one create an effective newsletter? Like nearly everything else in the news industry, there is no one-size-fits-all approach, but there are a number of key factors for success. Two expert speakers taking part in a recent WAN-IFRA webinar described their morning daily newsletters and their major areas of focus. more

‘We’re going to publish’ an oral history of the Pentagon Papers

Interviews for this oral history were conducted in the spring of 2021 by Jennifer Harlan and Brian Gallagher. Neil Sheehan, who died in January 2021, was interviewed in 2015 by Janny Scott. Answers have been edited for length and clarity. This article is part of a special report on the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers. more

Today in media history: A look back at the winners of the 2001 Pulitzers

The 2021 Pulitzer Prizes will be announced Friday at 1 p.m. We thought we'd look back 20 years at the 2001 Pulitzer Prizes for journalism. more

Covid vaccine fact-checks have a problem: Few people are clicking

Fact-checks struggle to compete with disinformation on major social media networks. This is the second installment of a four-part series, to be published at the start of each month, that provides a summary of the key trends and insights on information disorder related to vaccines over the past 30 days. more

CPJ announces leadership transition

The Committee to Protect Journalists has announced that Executive Director Joel Simon has informed the board of directors that he will step down by the end of the year after almost a quarter century at the organization, including 15 years in his current role. more

From journalists, to journalists: Why reporting on Palestine has to change

"As journalists, we are entrusted with a profoundly important mission in a free and democratic society, the power to inform the people and guide the national conversation, from the family dinner table to Capitol Hill. We are calling on journalists to tell the full, contextualized truth without fear or favor, to recognize that obfuscating Israel’s oppression of Palestinians fails this industry’s own objectivity standards." more

Biden revokes ban on TikTok and WeChat

The White House Wednesday rescinded executive orders issued by former President Donald Trump that aimed to ban Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat from operating in the U.S. Instead, President Joe Biden ordered the Commerce Department to study the threats posed by some foreign countries' data collection. more

How The Seattle Times focused on subscriber retention as deliberately as on acquisition

Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: Reduce your subscriber churn by focusing on three key areas: grace period, credit card management and targeted customer communication. more

Guardian Media Group chief executive Annette Thomas to step down

Guardian Media Group today announces that chief executive Annette Thomas, who joined the group in March 2020, has decided to leave the company at the end of June. more
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