The business case for diversity has been made time and again. In fact, according to McKinsey, the relationship between ethnic, gender, and cultural diversity and financial outperformance has only grown in the years since the company first outlined its importance. And when it comes to newsrooms, the philosophical, moral and business rational for improving diversity are also evident. more

Aila Boyd has been named editor of The Franklin News-Post (Rocky Mount, Virginia) and Laker magazine. more

The Committee to Protect Journalists caught up with Jane Ferguson via video in the middle of her day yesterday, after she finished reporting on the tense streets and was preparing to submit another nightly feed to PBS. She spoke about how she’s navigating the dangers in Kabul, about the impact of the changes on Afghan journalists, and about the outlook for press freedom in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. more

Ripple Effect Image’s RJI Fellowship project aims to create a cost sharing model for newsrooms to distribute critical information through animation. more

Closer relationships between journalists and academics could bring about a more data-savvy news industry more

Starting today, Twitter is testing a feature that brings Revue newsletters more prominently into the Twitter experience. Some users on web and Android will be able to see writers’ Revue newsletters appear on their profile beneath their follower counts. more

Journalists at three Gannett papers in Central Jersey and the Jersey Shore announced Thursday they are unionizing. The new unit, which is calling itself the APP-MCJ Guild, includes editorial staff at the Asbury Park Press, the Courier News and the Home News Tribune. more

In an historic referendum, an overwhelming majority of The NewsGuild of New York members voted 1,246-559 in support of the first dues increase in the NYGuild’s 88-year history. more

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday took a second shot at alleging Facebook is an illegal monopoly in a new complaint that accuses the social media company of buying up potential competitors or thwarting their access to the platform. more

Mid-Atlantic Media, a growing media company centered in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. corridor and publisher of Baltimore’s Child, the Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore Style, Consumer’s Eye Magazine, Frederick’s Child, Home Services Magazine, MetroKids, Montgomery Magazine, Washington Family and Washington Jewish Week, has gone live with Layout-8000 from Software Consulting Services. more

Throughout her career, licensed clinical psychologist Stephanie A. Sacks has committed to working with people who are underserved, including those without access to resources or who have chronic mental illness. So when she heard about a new program from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma that would connect trained therapists to help journalists work through trauma, Sacks felt compelled to help. more

Fox News has required its employees to upload their vaccination statuses into a company database. While the network's hosts and guests have promoted vaccines in the past, they have also pushed doubts about the vaccines' safety. more

An American photojournalist who captured iconic images of what it means to be Black during a pandemic and protests over racial injustice in the U.S. is being honored with an award.   more

Juliet Eilperin has been named deputy climate and environment editor for The Washington Post. In her new role, Eilperin will oversee coverage of the struggle to manage a changing climate, with a special focus on efforts — in Washington and around the world — to transform our fossil fuel-dependent economy and rein in greenhouse gas emissions. more

The Freedom Clock tracking the captivity of award-winning journalist Austin Tice digitally struck nine years at noon on Saturday. The National Press Club, which set up the clock in its lobby last summer, moved it Saturday to the 14th Street sidewalk in front of the Club entrance to raise public awareness about Tice’s plight. more

The Laramie Boomerang and Rawlins Times welcomes Greg Johnson, a veteran Wyoming journalist, as managing editor for the publications. more

Recently, The New York Times published a story profiling a welter of financial conflicts of interest in the work of former Times journalist William Laurence, described as “a bold accumulator of outside pay from the government agencies he covered.” more

Amid rising concerns over misinformation online — including surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, especially vaccines — Americans are now a bit more open to the idea of the U.S. government taking steps to restrict false information online. And a majority of the public continues to favor technology companies taking such action, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. more

Like most news organizations, the team at Wick Communications is always on the hunt for new ways to grow reader revenue. When Reilly Kneedler, digital audience editor at Wick, learned that TownNews was seeking beta testers for their revamped audience development platform — iQ Audience+ — he was eager to see what it could do. more

A robust customer relationship management (CRM) system can help optimize your media organization’s marketing and sales efforts by fine-tuning touch points throughout your customer lifecycle. The tool can have a powerful impact on streamlining your sales processes, improving your ability to retain customers, and ultimately, on increasing your revenue and profits. more