WV News has announced it is acquiring the Pomeroy Daily Sentinel and Gallipolis Daily Tribune in Ohio and the Point Pleasant Register in West Virginia from AIM Media Midwest. more

Lee Zion, 54, knows he could be tortured or killed but said he’s "not afraid of dying." more

Independent journalist Tina-Desiree Berg was standing on a sidewalk filming the arrest of an abortion rights protester in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night when a police officer hit her on the side of the head. more

The largest U.S. newspaper circulations fell 12% in the year to March 2022, new figures obtained by Press Gazette show. more

The news came as no surprise, but it was nevertheless emotionally overwhelming, incredibly impactful and expectedly divisive. more

Staffers will take part in making collective decisions about the organization, from hiring and compensation to developing the budget, along with their journalistic work. more

The House Appropriations Committee on Friday advanced a bill that includes language that would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from penalizing broadcasters from running ads for cannabis in states in which it has been made legal. more

The U.S. has lost a quarter of its local newsrooms, and without those, communities suffer. But experts have ways we can stem the flow. more

Covering a complex topic that spans laws, beliefs and lived experience requires nuance and context. more

The Professional Freedom & Responsibility Committee of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has announced the 2022 First Amendment Award winner: Steven Waldman, president and co-founder of Report for America. more

Geoff Thompson, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Media Production, Management and Technology lecturer, has been named the new Associate Director of Sports Journalism and Communication beginning Aug. 15. more

As laws in the United States continue to undergo massive change, one in particular — the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which transfers the right to abortion from federal to state governments — may prompt people to move away from Google and Bing as they rethink privacy. more

The Supreme Court made huge headlines on Friday with its decision to end the constitutional right to abortion. But the decision was also unusual because it was already known. more

Statistical significance is a highly technical, nuanced mathematical concept. Journalists who cover academic research should have a basic understanding of what it represents and the controversy surrounding it. more

Alejandro de Onís has been appointed Knight’s vice president for communications and digital strategy. Roshell R. Rinkins was appointed Knight’s vice president for grants administration and chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer. more

Twitter continues to step up the introduction of tools and services that advertisers can use to create engagement and plan performance. more

The threats to democracy are everywhere now. A new guidebook tries to show reporters the right way to cover them. more

With his vast investment in The Washington Post’s digital publishing technology, the Amazon founder could soon control the backbone of most large American newspapers. more

Keith Lawrence, business and entertainment reporter with the Owensboro (Kentucky) Messenger-Inquirer, has announced plans to retire — after 50 years and five-and-a-half months at the paper. more

The Legal Support Fund will help cover the costs fact-checkers ensue while facing unlawful charges. more