For the first time, normal Twitter users will see the platform’s fact-checking experiment in action. Power users remain skeptical of its impact. more

Lan Nguyen Chaplin will serve in IMC department; Larry DeGaris will run Spiegel Research Center. more

T&R Productions, a company responsible for most of RT America’s programming, is laying off its staff due to "unforeseen business interruption events." more

More than two-thirds of Americans (69 percent) believe disinformation is a major problem in society, up from 63 percent in 2020, new research finds. more

The ratification, with about 80 percent of ballots in favor, makes it the largest tech union in the United States with collective bargaining rights. more

The most recent Newspapers 24/7 research confirms that Canadians are still turning to news media in printed and digital formats. Research from November/December 2021 finds that 86% of Canadians are newspaper readers. more

Acknowledge physical reactions, regain a sense of agency and set clear expectations: Here is how to safeguard your mental health when covering the Ukrainian war. more

Newsroom employees of The Charlotte Observer have formed a union. more

Medill Subscriber Engagement Index finds gold in syndicated content. more

In an incredibly dangerous place for reporters to do their job, press freedom will be critical. The whole world is watching. more

March 1, 2022 - Press associations in four midwestern states are supporting bills that would update their states’ public notice laws. more

A century of Kavanagh newspaper ownership has come to an end. Brian and LeAnne Kavanagh have sold the Shelby Promoter, as well as the Cut Bank Pioneer Press, Browning Glacier Reporter and The Valierian to Jesse Mullen and Lloyd Mullen of Ponderosa Publications, LLC according to John Cribb, Cribb, Cope & Potts who represented the Kavanagh family. The sale was effective March 1. more

Beginning May 1, the Union-Bulletin will publish print editions on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. more

Donna Hall to retire after 35 years with Cox Enterprises and three years as publisher. more

The judge presiding over Sarah Palin’s defamation case against The New York Times said he was unfamiliar with push notifications and didn’t realize news of his decision to toss out the lawsuit would reach jurors deliberating simultaneously. Despite that, he wrote that it didn’t really matter. more

CherryRoad Media Inc. announced today it has purchased nine newspapers from Rust Communications, Inc. The newspapers are published in Arkansas and Missouri. more

News Media Corporation owner John Tompkins recently announced two promotions within the organization. Current NMC chief revenue officer JJ Tompkins has been promoted to company CEO and longtime Brookings Register Publisher Billy McMacken has been named the company’s new chief operating officer. more

Booker Izell, 82, died Feb. 16 after an extended illness. As head of diversity and inclusion, he changed the face of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and its parent company Cox Enterprises. more

A judge has cleared the way for newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises to use a voting system that will ensure two longtime directors are reelected at next month’s annual meeting despite the objections of a hedge fund that is trying to buy the company. more

This is the second of a two-part post. more