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Know what the most-watched thing on television is? Football. Specifically, the National Football League. Of the top 50 most-watched television telecasts in 2025, 46 were NFL games — led by […] The post Report: Justice Department investigating America’s favorite sport appeared first on Poynter.

Tucker Carlson’s career is “a good cautionary tale,” says The New Yorker’s Jason Zengerle, author of “Hated By All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative […] The post Q&A: What Tucker Carlson’s path reveals about where journalism is headed appeared first on Poynter.

This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. In October, MSNBC officially split off from NBC […] The post MS NOW is investing in local news and original reporting as it builds a post-NBC identity appeared first on Poynter.

Stephanie Pedersen had already been through two newspaper building moves by the time she got to Tacoma, Washington. In both those other cities, when the newspapers moved to new spaces, […] The post Saving local news also means saving the archives appeared first on Poynter.

For days, President Donald Trump has said the U.S. would attack civilian infrastructure such as power plants in Iran by the evening of April 7 if the warring countries cannot […] The post A Fox News host made a sweeping claim about war crimes. Here’s what the historical record shows appeared first on Poynter.

The ongoing clash between newsrooms and their unions over the implementation of artificial intelligence escalated Wednesday as workers at ProPublica staged a 24-hour strike. The union — which includes roughly […] The post ProPublica’s union staged a 24-hour strike over AI, job protections appeared first on Poynter.

This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Two of the most knowledgeable journalists covering Donald […] The post Leaks reveal the inside story of Trump’s decision to attack Iran appeared first on Poynter.

This article was originally published in the Student Press Report, a national news desk covering student media and journalism education in higher ed. Tomo Chien’s newsletter has served multiple purposes. He’s […] The post Student newspapers still dominate campuses. This newsletter shows what else is possible. appeared first on Poynter.

Some people spent Easter weekend looking for eggs with their families. And some speculated on social media that President Donald Trump’s health had taken a turn for the worse. There […] The post Trump went quiet over Easter weekend. The internet filled in the blanks with AI, old video and rumor appeared first on Poynter.

This column is part of the Indianapolis Public Editor project, a pilot program designed to test whether the presence of a public editor who analyzes local coverage can elevate audience trust […] The post How will the consolidation of Indy TV stations change our city? appeared first on Poynter.

This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. Digital-first nonprofit newsrooms are generating only a fraction of the revenue of the newspaper […] The post Nonprofit newsrooms have grown, but they still generate a fraction of what newspapers once did appeared first on Poynter.

This is The Poynter Report, your daily guide to the news about news. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every weekday. Savannah Guthrie is back to work. On Monday […] The post Savannah Guthrie made a graceful return to NBC’s ‘Today’ show appeared first on Poynter.

New court filings in Utah’s case against Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder, gave way to widespread claims that a bullet analysis exonerates him. Robinson’s lawyers wrote in […] The post Claims that a bullet test cleared the Charlie Kirk suspect are misleading appeared first on Poynter.

Fact-checking organizations reached more people in 2025 even as their finances weakened, according to a new report from the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter. The State of the Fact-Checkers report, […] The post State of the Fact-Checkers: Audiences grow as finances worsen appeared first on Poynter.

When VERA Files lost funding last year, the Manila-based newsroom had no choice but to overhaul its staffing plans. Five reporters left by the end of the year, and nobody […] The post Fact-checkers reached more people in 2025. That didn’t help their finances appeared first on Poynter.

On Feb. 28, the world learned that the United States and Israel had launched wide-ranging attacks on Iranian military and leadership targets. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran had been […] The post Fact-checking is crucial when the news moves this fast appeared first on Poynter.

Was it her mishandling of the Epstein files? Was it her failure to prosecute President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies? Was it her awful performances in front of the media and […] The post Pam Bondi is out as attorney general. Here’s how the media covered it. appeared first on Poynter.

This commentary was published in commemoration of International Fact-Checking Day, held April 2 each year to recognize the work of fact-checkers worldwide. Despite having access to more information than ever, getting […] The post Three ways AI is making reliable information harder to find appeared first on Poynter.

Artificial intelligence company Nota — whose clients include organizations like The Boston Globe and the Institute for Nonprofit News — is scrapping its network of local news sites after learning […] The post An AI company set out to fix news deserts. Instead, it copied local journalists’ work appeared first on Poynter.

An entire local TV newsroom in Indianapolis disappeared overnight. News of layoffs spread on social media Wednesday morning. “If you haven’t heard yet, WRTV was sold yesterday to another owner […] The post A local TV newsroom disappeared overnight. It’s a warning sign for what’s next. appeared first on Poynter.