Sarah Bartlett, dean of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, has announced that after two decades at CUNY, she will retire next June following the end of the academic year. By that time, she will have served nearly nine years as dean of the journalism school. more

The Wausau (Wisconsin) Daily Herald property has been sold, but the newspaper will continue reporting news in and about the Wausau area. more

The Desert Sun in Palm Springs, California, has gained two new staff members: Nicole Kottmann as features editor and Andy Abeyta as a photojournalist.  more

The Pentagon blasted Politico for a story published early Monday morning, saying the article endangered the lives of Americans conducting extraction missions in Afghanistan.  more

Facebook plans to announce that it will de-emphasize political posts and current events content in the News Feed based on negative user feedback, Axios has learned. more

There is a crucial role for our community in the weeks and months to come when attention turns from emergency evacuation to finding host countries for those forced to flee — especially when it comes to securing meaningful work for the hundreds, likely thousands, of displaced journalists forced into exile by the dramatic resurgence of the Taliban. more

The Tampa Bay Times will get a $21 million cash infusion after selling its former printing plant and the 27 acres it sits on in a deal announced Tuesday. more

“Our first appreciation is that this is Katrina redux,” said Peter Kovacs, editor of The Advocate and The Times-Picayune in Louisiana. “The federal levees held but most everything else failed. There is no power in New Orleans or Jefferson Parish and almost none in Baton Rouge.” more

In his new role with the Reno Gazette Journal, Ed Komenda says he wants to focus on the stories that are not being told. "Whether it’s documenting the housing crisis or holding powerful people accountable or illustrating the human experience in hard times, the goal is always to do journalism with real impact that readers can’t find anywhere else." more

Despite a long and varied career, for many of us, the death of Ed Asner on Sunday at age 91 reminded us of the loss of a fictional recreation that, perhaps for the first time in the mass media, reflected the complex reality of our profession. more

A newspaper reporter said he was punched in the face while covering an anti-mask event near Traverse City, Michigan. The Grand Traverse County sheriff’s office is investigating. more

In just five years, the percentage of Republicans with at least some trust in national news organizations has been cut in half — dropping from 70% in 2016 to 35% this year. This decline is fueling the continued widening of the partisan gap in trust of the media. more

The Pulitzer Prize Board has issued a special citation "to honor the women and men of Afghanistan who have dedicated themselves at great personal risk to create and support journalism that has chronicled decades of life and war. From staff and freelance correspondents to interpreters to drivers to hosts, courageous Afghan residents helped produce Pulitzer-winning and Pulitzer-worthy images and stories that have contributed to a wider understanding of profoundly tragic and complicated circumstances." more

Here are some points to consider for others who may seek to nudge their news organizations in the direction of antiracism. more

Houston Chronicle Publisher John McKeon said Thursday that he will be retiring, capping a more than 40-year career in the newspaper business. McKeon, who has been the Chronicle’s publisher since 2015, will stay on with the company while a search is conducted for his successor. The search is expected to take several months. more

In announcing his plans to retire, Rodney Mahone, McClatchy's Georgia market president and corporate vice president of in-market sales across the company’s 30 markets, said: “It’s time to take a break after almost 32 years. Both of our kids are now in college, and my wife and I would like to spend more time with each other and our parents that are in town as well.” more

Apple is launching a new program that will allow subscription news organizations that participate in the Apple News app and meet certain requirements to lower their commission rate to 15% on qualifying in-app purchases taking place inside their apps on the App Store. more

It’s that time of the never-ending electoral cycle when clients, ad agencies, friends and Wall Street ask us how much we think is going to be spent on political advertising — and what platforms are going to get the most action. more

The Postal Service will raise postage rates on Aug. 29, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition by National Newspaper Association, News Media Alliance and others to put a hold on it. more

In a memo to teams on Tuesday, the National Football League said that on game days, non-team-affiliated media will not be permitted in locker rooms. more