Research from the Missouri School of Journalism suggests volunteer journalists could bridge the gap created by declining news outlets. more

As newspapers rethink their approach to opinion pages and political endorsements, a fundamental question arises: Is this a necessary evolution to maintain credibility, or are we retreating from journalism’s core mission? more

In a memo to staff on Monday, Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson and White House Editor Nancy Benac announced reporter Michelle Price will join AP’s White House team. more

AP today announced new journalists in the key states of Delaware, Indiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont. The only global news organization with journalists in all 50 states, these additions reaffirm AP’s commitment to state news and its unrivaled U.S. footprint as it focuses on providing digital-first journalism.  more

The Associated Press is asking a federal judge for a second time to immediately restore its access to presidential events, arguing that the Trump White House has doubled down on retaliating against the news outlet for its refusal to follow the president’s executive order that renamed the Gulf of Mexico. more

Community Newspapers, Inc., has promoted Todd Wilson to southeast regional publisher, a position that will oversee all of the company’s Florida newspaper holdings plus the newspaper in St. Marys, Georgia, CNI President Mark W. Major has announced. more

Alex Seitz-Wald was a high-profile NBC News national political reporter for 10 years when he made a dramatic shift in his professional life: He became deputy editor of the Midcoast Villager, a digital-print outlet created from the combination of four coastal Maine community papers and an online site. more

March 3, 2025 - Tollbit, an analytics and licensing platform for publishers and AI companies, has released its first AI User Agent Index, a quarterly report that tracks overall trends in the scraping habits of the AI industry. The report details that the click-through rates for AI chat bots are 95.7% lower than traditional Google search, with a referral rate of just 0.37%.   more

February 28, 2025 - Governments in Colorado would get extra days to fulfill citizen requests for public records under proposed legislation that passed its first committee vote last week. News media would get preferential treatment, which caused one lawmaker to vote against the measure. more

February 28, 2025 - A bill giving the legislature [in New Jersey] more time to deal with the public notices and legal advertisement crisis created after the Star-Ledger and other print newspapers ceased publication on Feb. 2 passed the Senate, 36-0, and now heads to the Assembly. more

“The news is trying lately, at least for those who still read it. That complicates the push to save local journalism. It gets lost in the daily cacophony emanating from Washington, D.C. Yet I believe a root cause of the political chaos is the loss of trusted, robust, local news organizations.” — Brier Dudley, Seattle Times Free Press editor more

The high court found that anti-SLAAP statutes aren't limited to certain kinds of relief. more

The White House said Tuesday that its officials “will decide” which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close — a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf of regular Americans. more

Soraya Membreno, the Institute for Nonprofit News’ chief operating officer, talked with INN’s communications team about the steps she is taking to mitigate legal and financial risks to INN — and what she recommends that all nonprofits do right now. more

A Mississippi city dropped its lawsuit Monday against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local leaders removed by a judge in a case that sparked widespread outrage from First Amendment advocates. more

A federal judge on Monday refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not demonstrated it had suffered any irreparable harm. But he urged the Trump administration to reconsider its two-week-old ban, saying that case law “is uniformly unhelpful to the White House.” more

Cox First Media announces the retirement of Suzanne Klopfenstein, who will be stepping down as publisher on June 30. Over her 32-year career with Cox, she has been instrumental in leading change, driving innovation and serving the community through impactful journalism and helping businesses connect with our audiences. more

Caledo is an AI-powered News Experience Platform designed to help media publishers leverage their editorial content to boost audience engagement and create new revenue streams. READ MORE more

The Lift Our Communities, Advertise Locally (LOCAL) Act would give New York’s small businesses the financial support they need by establishing a first-of-its-kind $10 million tax credit for marketing in local media outlets. more

The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists. more