Latest Journalism News
Columbia Journalism Review editor leaving to encourage news outlets to devote more time to climate
NEW YORK (AP) — Saying that journalism isn't showing enough urgency in covering climate change, the editor of the Columbia Journalism Review is leaving his job to devote his time to try and change that. Kyle Pope, who has been editor and publisher of the magazine and website for...
Book Review: 'Collision of Power' explains the journalism of the Donald Trump era
Martin Baron's “Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos and The Washington Post” is actually a trilogy – an insider’s revealing examination of Jeff Bezos’ stewardship of The Washington Post, a chronicle of how Donald Trump tried mightily to discredit the Post and sink Amazon, and a tense,...
'ABC World News' anchor David Muir chosen for Arizona State University's Cronkite Award
PHOENIX (AP) — David Muir, anchor of “ABC World News Tonight," will be the next recipient of Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, the school announced Tuesday. The managing editor of the nightly newscast, Muir will accept the award in...
Largest US newspaper chain is hiring Taylor Swift and Beyoncé reporters, drawing interest and ire
LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week the United States’ biggest newspaper chain posted to its site two unusual job listings: a Taylor Swift reporter and a Beyoncé reporter. Gannett, which owns more than 200 daily papers, will employ these new hires through USA Today and The Tennessean,...
Pulitzer officials expand eligibility in arts categories, letting some non-US citizens compete
NEW YORK (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize Board has revised its longtime rules on eligibility for many of its arts and letters awards and will now allow those not born in the U.S. and other non-citizens to compete. The board announced Tuesday that permanent residents and those who have...
Donors pledge half a billion dollars to boost the struggling local news industry
NEW YORK (AP) — The MacArthur Foundation is leading a group of donors that have pledged $500 million to help the struggling local news industry, hoping to seed outlets that can make up for those that have closed or been hollowed out over the past two decades. Led by $150 million...
Journalism has seen a substantial rise in philanthropic spending over the past 5 years, a study says
NEW YORK (AP) — There has been a “substantial” increase in philanthropic spending for journalism over the past five years, particularly outlets that serve poor and minority communities, a report issued on Thursday said — but journalists need to tighten ethical rules that govern the new...
Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism professor whose hiring was sabotaged by backlash over her past work promoting diversity. The nation's largest public school agreed to pay Kathleen McElroy and apologized...
Former Charlotte Observer Publisher Rolfe Neill dies at age 90
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rolfe Neill, a longtime newspaperman and editor who led The Charlotte Observer as its publisher when it won a pair of Pulitzer Prizes for public service, died Friday at age 90. Neill, a North Carolina native whose journalism career included two stops in...
