Blurry sights, muffled sound. Covering the R. Kelly trial on a monitor in another room of the courthouse isn’t exactly ideal access, but we make do. more

Report for America is accepting applications through Sept. 30 from news organizations interested in hosting journalists in their newsrooms.  View recording of a webinar with full details! more

In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal contractors — in an all-out effort to curb the surging COVID-19 delta variant. The expansive rules mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for the virus weekly, affecting about 80 million Americans. more

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will move the printing of its daily newspaper to The Gainesville Times’ print facility in Hall County, AJC Publisher Donna Hall announced today. Consequently, the AJC will close its Gwinnett County print production plant in early 2022. more

America's Newspapers is honored to welcome PressReader as a new Solutions Partners. more

As the world commemorates the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, revisit Pulitzer-winning coverage of the day and its legacy. more

Earlier this summer Twitter gave up on Fleets, which it launched less than a year ago — but the company is making other significant changes that may be important for media organizations in the near future. Most are currently in the testing stage. more

Rather than assign a tentative date, Microsoft said it will give employees a 30-day transition period, offering advance notice of an eventual reopening. more

A new RISJ report finds that it is not the shouty Twitterati but the disengaged public who struggles to connect with and trust the media. more

Children are quick to recognize unfairness. When someone is teasing, bullying or accusing another, kids see it clearly. Words can hurt. Opinions can hurt. Conflicts often mix up facts and … more

Google’s delay in phasing out third-party cookies until the end of 2023 offers a temporary relief to news publishers, but many still need to find alternatives. more

The following is guidance on terminology that is often misused in relation to 9/11 and its aftermath. more

The Cascadia Daily News is the name of a new daily online/weekly print newspaper, set to debut in January in Bellingham, Washington. more

Podcasts and social audio apps like Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces often dominate when newsrooms think about audio storytelling, but they’re far from the only players in town. Here are three other apps to consider, and some of the ways in which journalists can deploy them. more

Small publishers interviewed by the Medill Local News Initiative emphasized that it’s not a choice between print and digital. In fact, they say, the logical choice is both. more

The Portland Press Herald reported Tuesday that a judge wrote Friday that Dr. Thomas Franchini should be considered a public figure and that under free speech protections in the Constitution, he does not have the right to “any recovery in the absence of proof of actual malice.” more

We sought to go from being a publication that covers the African American community to transforming our newsroom into one that tells stories for and with Black residents. Our goal was to grow relationships and trust, increase the number of African American voices on our platforms and continuously work to reflect the community demographics in our newsroom. more

Australia’s highest court on Wednesday made a landmark ruling that media outlets are “publishers” of allegedly defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages. more

Long-time SCS customer Lee Enterprises, based in Davenport, Iowa, has selected SCS/ClassPag to automate the pagination of its classified pages across legacy Lee publications in 26 states. This includes The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Times of Northwest Indiana and the Lincoln Journal-Star. more

So far this year, Creative Circle Media Solutions has helped local newspapers in 14 communities redesign their papers as they transition to local ownership. The company is also helping re-launch papers that have folded, assisting entrepreneurs who are launching new media outlets and helping local publishers stay in business during the pandemic. more