The Latest Archives: 2024

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Newsletter archives 2024

DECEMBER

• Dec. 19: 15K job cuts in media, entertainment this year; TIME’s AI chatbot; Funding for public health journalism
• Dec. 18: SCOTUS + TikTok; Gift guide for journalists; Editing with empathy
• Dec. 17: Trump sues Des Moines Register; Refinery29 layoffs; Tips to protect yourself online
• Dec. 16: ABC’s settlement; CNN’s Syria dilemma; Legacy media + TikTok
• Dec. 12: Trump’s VOA director pick; $20M to support local news; Digital safety webinar
• Dec. 11: Senate GOP blocks PRESS Act; Infowars sale rejected; NYT + Tech Guild reach deal
• Dec. 10: Trump on Meet the Press; WaPo tension; PRESS Act update
• Dec. 9 Searching for Austin Tice; Murdoch loses succession battle; New public health reporting fellowship
• Dec. 5: Trump + ‘Meet the Press’; LAT ‘bias meter’; Vox Media layoffs
• Dec. 4: Covering Pete Hegseth; MSNBC chief mulls exit; Digital protections for journalists webinar
• Dec. 3: BuzzFeed’s debt deadline; Forbes walkout; Bluesky verification
• Dec. 2: TelevisaUnivision layoffs; The Verge’s new paywall; Tips for climate solutions reporting

OCTOBER

• Oct. 31: Journalists’ rights at the polls; Deceptive political ads; Comcast explores spinoff
• Oct. 30: Star-Ledger to stop print edition; Covering political violence; Grammys move to Disney
• Oct. 29: Publishers + non-endorsements; Andrea Mitchell’s next move; Building trust with writers
• Oct. 28: Turmoil at LAT, WaPo; Baltimore Sun dissolves features department.; Meta AI deal
• Oct. 24: Local news deserts expanding; LAT editor resigns; Election night coverage
• Oct. 23: Election Night uncertainty; A $500K bribe; CNN team detained
• Oct. 22: AI local news project announced; No LAT endorsement; Trauma-informed interviews
• Oct. 21: The future of media; Hallie Jackson to interview Harris; ‘Massive freeriding’
• Oct. 17: Courting Fox News viewers; Amazon’s election coverage; NBCU’s ‘quiet cuts’
• Oct. 16: Press Forward grants; Harris on FOX News, Trump town hall coverage; Audience engagement + election reporting
• Oct. 10: Milton’s aftermath; Meteorologists + death threats; Internet Archive’s data breach
• Oct. 9: Covering Hurricane Milton; Harris, Trump & podcasts; What’s next for Google search?
• Oct. 8: ‘This is just horrific’; CNN issues debate deadline; OpenAI + Hearst
• Oct. 7: Hurricane misinformation; Harris interview frenzy; October 7 anniversary
• Oct. 3: The price of an interview; Boris Johnson message gaffe; 15 years of ESPN’s ’30 For 30′
• Oct. 2: ABC News layoffs; VP debate ratings; OpenAI’s VC round
• Oct. 1: Missile attack footage; CNN, Reuters paywall; Tonight’s debate moderators; NC journalists + Helene’s aftermath

SEPTEMBER

• Sept. 30: Helene coverage; VP debate prep; New York Post + Eric Adams
• Sept. 26: JD Vance dossier; Smartmatic & Newsmax settle; Public health webinar, tomorrow
• Sept. 25: Harris on MSNBC; Infowars to be auctioned; Covering polls without bias
• Sept. 24: Covering the Trump hack; Journalists + burnout; Publishers on WhatsApp
• Sept. 23: New scrutiny on journalists; WaPo layoffs; Protecting climate journalists
• Sept. 17: First look: Fallen Journalists Memorial; Why journalists stay; Media moves; Networking advice
• Sept. 16: NABJ + Harris interview; TikTok ban pending?; Public health webinar, Sept. 27
• Sept. 12: Covering T Swift’s endorsement; Charter + WBD carriage deal; AI ethics guidelines for documentary
• Sept. 11: Debate ratings; Taylor Swift’s Instagram endorsement; A $10M gift to Arizona PBS
• Sept. 10: Final debate prep; L.A. Local News Initiative; Google’s antitrust trial
• Sept. 9, Debate week prep; DirecTV files FCC complaint; New Business Insider EIC; The Atlantic’s October cover
• Sept. 5: Paramount deal update; Texas Tribune goes local; Disney data leak
• Sept. 4: U.S. sanctions 5 Russian news outlets; Stelter returns to CNN; Covering firearm violence
• Sept. 3: Disney-DirecTV blackout; Introducing Dow Jones’ Leadership Institute; New report on state of journalism; Pitching editors

AUGUST

• Aug. 28: CNN lands first Harris + Walz interview; Guilty verdict in reporter’s murder case; Layoffs at Apple
• Aug. 27: Presidential debate drama continues; The Kelce brothers podcast deal; Venezuelan journalists + AI avatars
• Aug. 26: Reuters safety adviser killed; DNC final ratings; WCBS 880 signs off; How to send a pitch
• Aug. 22: Google’s California deal; Journalist arrests at DNC; Grist/Deep South Today partnership
• Aug. 21: DNC ratings; New AP collaborations; Media moves; A healthy workplace culture
• Aug. 20: DNC coverage continues; Condé Nast + OpenAI; Layoffs at Time Magazine; The case for taking breaks
• Aug. 19: Covering the DNC; New president at ABC News; Minnesota Star Tribune expands; The Onion returns to print
• Aug. 15: VP debate confirmed; WNYC reducing staff; ‘AI reporters’; Pitching tips
• Aug. 14: Biden renews call to #FreeAustinTice; Covering the DNC; Managing stress in your job search
• Aug. 13: DNC to stream on video apps; Paramount TV Studios shutting down; Indie journalists on Substack
• Aug. 12: Trump email hack; NYT to end NY endorsements; Judicial FOIA Expansion Act; NBC’s Olympics boost
• Aug. 8: ABC confirms debate; Oliver Darcy’s newsletter launch; Story structure virtual workshop, Aug. 16
• Aug. 7: President Biden’s next interview; NYT adds 300,000 digital subscribers; Concert for journalist Austin Tice
• Aug. 6: Covering Walz; Layoffs at Axios, buyouts at Tampa Bay Times; RFE/RL journalist on life after Russian prison
• Aug. 5: Bloomberg’s embargo-breaking scoop; Covering the Olympic boxing controversy; Google loses antitrust suit; WaPo image hoax
• Aug. 1: ‘Tears of relief’: U.S. journalists Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva freed in historic U.S.-Russia prisoner swap

JULY

• July 31: Trump at NABJ: ‘Off the rails’; 2 Al Jazeera journalists killed; Using election polling data; Olympics through the photojournalist’s lens
• July 30: Trump at NABJ convention; Norah O’Donnell to exit anchor seat; Election 2024 coverage ‘pure adrenaline’; Improving your financial literacy
• July 25: Murdoch’s battle over Fox empire; Design workshop tomorrow; Associated Press takes down Vance fact-check; Cruz puts NPR in hot seat
• July 24: Americans want more local political news; Latest local newspaper closures; WNYC new media co-host; September presidential debate?
• July 23: The intense Harris-Biden-Trump newscycle; Reporters’ campaign book deal; Media better at spotting deep fakes; Media moves
• July 22: Joe Biden + media coverage; Minnesota journalism gets boost; Hunter Biden drops Fox News lawsuit; Spotlight on the Butler Eagle
• July 18: Election 2024 race upheaval + news interest; Structuring your story webinar Aug. 16; Telemundo on Tik Tok; Dispatches from RNC convention
• July 17: GOP convention + media; ‘Morning Joe’ backlash; Vice presidential debates; Work/life balance strategy
• July 16: Trump assassination attempt + media; Interview tip from investigative reporter; Former DCist staff launch 51st; Media moves
• July 11: POLITICO owner may break apart; Future proofing your organization; Media vs. Biden; TV news salaries rise
• July 10: CNN to reduce staff; Story structure workshop Aug. 16; CBS News’ president to exit; Culture wars inside New York Times
• July 9: White House + media; How USA Today transformed media; Tips for reporting on disabilities during election 2024; Chalkbeat expands to public health
• July 8: Washington Post’s Thompson to lead revamp; Design workshop July 26; Media moves; Russia-based fake news sites

JUNE

• June 27: Biden, Trump debate + media; Story structure masterclass; Covering political conventions remotely; ChatGPT’s latest hallucinations
• June 26: Evan’s Russia trial begins; Al Michaels’ AI voice; WIRED launches travel coverage; Fact-checking a war
• June 25: AP’s new local news non-profit; Tips for writing better headlines; MTV’s news site goes dark; Media moves
• June 24: CNN the debate ‘decider’; DNC convention + content creators; Freelancers sue over new rules; What ‘no comment’ means for journalism
• June 20: Washington Post drama continues: Election 2024 headline writing webinar tomorrow; Independent media hustle; Baltimore Banner turns two
• June 18: Bezos backs embattled Washington Post publisher; Sports Illustrated’s new life; Dow Jones reporters get raises; Daily Beast buyouts
• June 17: Washington Post newsroom uproar; Headline writing webinar June 21; High-end outdoors magazines thriving; Evan’s Russia trial date set
• June 13: Russia indicts Evan; Samuel Alito coverage; Potential CNN newsroom changes; The case for paying interns
• June 12: TikTok + the news; Washington Post’s DC coverage; Black women leaving journalism; Media moves
• July 11: Trump media whisperer; Design workshop for journalists; Free transcription + iPhones; CNN signs AP deal
• June 10: Nonprofit news grows; Headline writing webinar; Reporters Without Borders’ Deloire passes away; Newsroom diversity results mixed
• June 5: Climate, election reporters face threats; Friday webinar on media law; AI tools writing fiction; Media moves
• June 4: Business journalist salaries; Headline writing webinar; What’s next for The Washington Post?; Daily Beast’s new editor
• June 3: Washington Post editorial shake up; Tips for LBGTQ+ coverage; Intercept money woes; Trump verdict media coverage

MAY

• May 30: Wall Street Journal shuttering bureaus; Media & law webinar June 7; AI + fake bylines; Media moves
• May 29: Americans + election news; Design skills July workshop; Atlantic, Vox Media OpenAI deals; Journalism conference guide
• May 28: Gates’ gift to The 19th; Headline writing webinar; Daily Beast buyouts; BuzzFeed clash with activist investor
• May 23: Trump’s Evan-Russia claim; Most trusted TV news anchors; Media moves; News network scramble + debates
• May 22: News Corp-OpenAI partnership; Boston public radio layoffs; WaPo’s ‘Build It’ plan; Death of the newspaper editorial?
• May 21: Israel cuts AP’s Gaza live shot; Trump judge coverage; Vox’s next chapter; ‘Part of the solution’ 
• May 20: News + AI hype; Apple News+ a lifeline?; Pay discrimination suit; Media moves; Journalism manners
• May 16: New trainings announced; Meet 2024 NPC scholarship winners; Support NPCJI’s daily newsletter
• May 15: Biden + Trump debates on CNN, ABC; Headline writing webinar June 21; News publishers’ AI alarm; Austin’s newest publication
• May 14: C-SPAN’s new CEO; Media law webinar June 7; Fake science flooding journals; PolitiFact’s Spanish language site
• May 13: AP + AI guidance; LexisNexis training webinar; Uncovering fossil fuel ‘news mirages’; Media moves
• May 9: LAist staff buyouts; Media moves; New York Times’ new AI team; NPC names 5 scholarship winners
• May 8: Philadelphia Inquirer layoffs; Media & the law webinar; Dotdash Meredith union + pay raises; Newspaper focus of new ‘The Office’ series
• May 7: TV news turbulence; Successful investigative reporting tips; Americans’ views of local news; LexisNexis training webinar May 17
• May 6: Pulitzer Prize winners; Conde Nast averts strike; Tips for boosting employee morale; More media coverage of campus protests
• May 2: Gannett hits hiring pause; May 10 webinar on cover trans + LGBTQ issues; Students wary of the media; Daily Beast leadership challenges
• May 1: Journalist arrests + protests; Misinformation impact on election 2024; Effort to preserve Black newspapers; Media moves

APRIL

• April 30: Wall Street Journal strike vote; 8 newspapers sue OpenAI; Webinar on elections and disinformation; Trump calls for Evan release
• April 29: Conde Nast union may strike; Biden calls for Evan’s release; White House correspondents dinner coverage; New Yorker succession race
• April 24: CBS’s O’Donnell interviews the Pope; WBUR layoffs; Strategies for responding to misinformation; Media moves
• April 23: KQED buyouts; ‘Catch-and-kill’ + Trump trial; Russia court rejects Evan’s appeal; News literacy webinar
• April 22: Columbia University protests + media coverage; New Voice of America leader; Earth Day reporting tip; White House Correspondents dinner preview
• April 18: Trump trial + reporters; Caitlin Clark gets reporter apology; Covering trans + LGBQT issues webinar; U.S. envoy visits Evan
• April 17: Daily Beast tech mogul coverage; NPR editor resigns; Disinformation & the public webinar; Newsweek leans into AI
• April 16: NPR suspends editor; ‘Fake-news’ -ification of local news; Alden newspapers slam Google; Media moves
• April 15: Daily Beast’s new leaders; Covering the Trump trial; Ethics, trust & journalism webinar; Katie Couric talks about Today years
• April 11: NPR turmoil; Axios shifts strategy; Disinformation + the public webinar; the challenges of reporting in China
• April 10: WSJ layoffs; NPR defends its journalism; Tips for responding to misinformation; Colorado Sun journalist speaks out
• April 9: Print magazine comeback; CBS News rebrand; Reporting in the disinformation age webinar tomorrow; Pulitzer Center + health stories
• April 8: Newsroom strikes under the eclipse; Fact-checking tools; Military Times + Defense News unionize; L.A. Times names executive editor
• April 4: Chicago Public Media layoffs; Hearst launches media unit; Disinformation crisis webinar; Media industry moves
• April 3: News scoops + hedge funds; Ethics in age of disinformation webinar series; Dark money-funded news sites
• April 2: Fighting election deepfakes; Media + perceptions of Israel; Framing disinformation crisis webinar; Newsroom hires
• April 1: Journalists + Air Force One; Gannett CEO’s salary; A fact-checking checklist; Alsu’s detention extended again

MARCH

• March 28: Unpacking NBC’s PR crisis; Marking Evan’s one-year imprisonment; The Atlantic makes a profit; Life magazine’s print revival
• March 27: Read-a-thon for Evan; Newsroom hiring manager advice; Inside Politico; NBC braces for backlash
• March 26: Baltimore bridge news + misinformation; Russia extends Evan’s detention; NBC News fallout continues; Moving meditation class at NPC tomorrow
• March 25: McDaniel hiring + NBC News turmoil; U.S. media bubble split; The struggle to free Evan; Lewis scholarship applications
• March 21: Conde Nast plans more layoffs; Evan’s case, one year later; L.A. Times backtracks on severance; BBC’s AI strategy
• March 20: McClatchy to drop most AP content; Fortune expanding; NPC Career Day March 22; CBS News’ new fact checker
• March 19: Gannett dropping AP; Trump sues ABC + Stephanopoulos; Environmental justice reporting grants; NPC/JI statement on reporter safety in Gaza
• March 18: Sports Illustrated averts shutdown; Emilio wins asylum; NPC Career day March 22; News media + Trump coverage
• March 15: End of Sports Illustrated in print?; FOIA + climate stories; New Houston Landing leaders; Reporter ensnared in AI hoax
• March 14: Hyperlocal journalism rises; FOIA appeals webinar tomorrow; What DCist meant to many; Gannett + ‘advertorial content’
• March 13: Misinformation + disconnect with news; Tips from a ‘FOIA terrorist’; Don Lemon canceled by Elon; Journalism moves
• March 12: 2024 election reporting tips; Media landscape sprouts of hope; NPC Career day March 22; Kate + photo controversy continues
• March 7: Russia + mock U.S. news sites; Colorado Public Radio layoffs; Online safety webinar tomorrow; Fight to free Evan
• March 6: WBUR weighs job cuts; New York Times newsroom fractures; NPC Career Day March 22; CNBC plans TV expansion
• March 5: Young news readers + future of news; C-SPAN co-CEOs stepping down; FOIA appeals webinar March 15; Evan’s parents to join SOTU
• March 4: Joe Biden’s media diet; Christiane Amanpour confronts CNN brass; How to protect yourself online; Learning from shuttered newsrooms

FEBRUARY

• February 29: Cable news braces for pay cuts; Marshall Project newsroom unionizes; Sunshine week free webinars; New York Times leak investigation
• February 28: WAMU seeks home for DCist; Shutdown of Center for Public Integrity?; Most profitable Substack newsletters: Media moves
• February 27: Sports Illustrated’s owners throw a party; Kara Swisher’s warning to media; Career Day at NPC
• February 26: Gannett’s 2024 priorities; New media hires; Preventing online harassment webinar; Photojournalists share Ukrainians’ war stories
• February 22: Vice & Engadget layoffs; Instagram’s rise as a news site; IndyStar & Signal Ohio expand; State of the Local News report
• February 21: BuzzFeed layoffs; Local news expansions; New FOIA Appeals webinar; How Evan remains in ‘good spirits’
• February 20: Top U.S. newspaper circulations; Houston Landing staffers unionize; Webinar on privacy protections for journalists
• February 15: ESPN’s emotional coverage of shooting; NY Magazine writer victim of scam; More media layoffs
• February 14: ABC News shakeup; Geraldo joins NewsNation; Moving meditation class at NPC on Feb. 28; Journalists’ love stories
• February 13: CBS News cuts; Severance for laid off Messenger staff?; New York Magazine expanding; Press Forward’s new leader
• February 12: Slate’s 2023 profits; SiriusXM job cuts; Tips for covering firearm violence; Turmoil at Rolling Stone
• February 8: AI + fake news and elections; Falling TV news salaries; Rethinking coverage of gun violence webinar tomorrow
• February 7: Media vs. Tech; GoFundMe for Messenger staff; Tucker faces backlash; Tips for overcoming career setbacks
• February 6: NPR’s Wertheimer retires; Tucker to interview Putin; Reframing firearm violence news coverage; Most popular news podcasts
• February 5: CNN shakeup; Newsrooms embracing AI; Newspaper for the disabled relaunched; Tips for audio editing
• February 1: Over 500 journalists lost jobs in January; Career Fair at NPC on March 22; Mother Jones merger; Texas State journalist impact

JANUARY

• January 31: The Messenger to close; Strike at Tribune papers; Reframing coverage of firearm violence; Avoiding job search scams
• January 30: WSJ, TechCrunch layoffs; Suitors for Sports Illustrated?; How to cover election polls; NYT’s AI team
• January 29: Latino journalist cuts threaten coverage; Court extends Evan’s detention; Death of the DC bureau?; Successful mentoring in journalism
• January 25: ‘A week from hell in media’; LA Times’ interim editor; Business journalism layoffs; Rise of the TikTok news anchor
• January 24: CNN, MSNBC fact-check Trump; New NPR CEO; Texas Tribune staff unionize; Reframing thinking after a layoff
• January 23: Conde Nast employee walkout; L.A. Times cuts 20% of staff; The 19th News Network launches; Firearm violence coverage webinar Feb. 9
• January 22: L.A. Times turmoil; Gallup survey + journalists; Trump bars NBC reporter: Covering 2024 election polls webinar, Jan. 26
• January 18: L.A. Times layoffs loom; U.S. Ambassador visits Evan; Allbritton’s newest DC publication; Webinar on reframing firearm violence
• January 17: CNN newsroom shake up; How Evan is coping; USA Today to leave HQ; Trump threatens CNN, NBC
• January 16: Media + Iowa election call; Baltimore Sun sold; Inside the Messenger’s big bet; Katy Tur on election disinformation
• January 11: NBC News layoffs; Putin targeting journalists’ hotels; ESPN + fake names; Preventing burnout class at NPC
• January 10: AI + journalism debate; ESPN network power shift; Managing stress workshop on Friday; Global risk of misinformation
• January 9: he Messenger’s next moves?; LA Times’ Merida steps down; Webinar on election 2024 polls; Washington Post staff changes
• January 8: Business Insider’s clash over plagiarism; NPCJI FOIA case advances; Preventing burnout in journalism
• January 4: Evan’s release from Russia prison ‘complicated’; Covering the Iowa school shooting; New election 2024 webinar on polling
• January 3: The Messenger running out of money?; CQ Roll Call Guild forms; Pitching advice from Washingtonian editor