Having determined that reader regularity is the most important factor in getting people to pay for news, Medill Spiegel Research Center Director Edward Malthouse sees trouble on the local-journalism horizon based on newly collected data. more

Writing about Santa is delicate. Here’s advice from 5 journalists about how to cover Saint Nick while being sensitive to children. more

The incredible story of Makazole Mapimpi, the first South African to score in a Rugby World Cup Final. Against almost impossible personal odds, Makazole succeeded, a triumph of the human spirit. more

How a group of ambitious kids from Laguna Beach High School in California are digging wells in Kenya. more

14-year-old Heman Bekele awarded the 3M Young Scientist Award for developing a soap that activates skin cells to fight cancer. more

The life of best-selling author Isabelle Allende is a mission to bring relief to the suffering and a call to join the effort. more

The Class of 2024 to be be inducted into the United States Basketball Writers Association’s Hall of Fame during the NCAA Men’s Final Four weekend in April in Glendale, Arizona, includes Bob Baptist of The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Donna Ditota of The (Syracuse, New York) Post-Standard, Chris Dortch of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and Terry Hutchens, who was hired as the inaugural Indiana University beat writer for CNHI Sports Indiana in 2016 and spent three years serving readers across the nation in that role. more

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor and former Journalism Department chair, is retiring at the end of this year after a 12-year tenure at the College. Wanta will pursue a Fulbright Scholar Award at the University of Wroclaw in Poland and write a book on international sports. more

December 18, 2023 - Navigating the fast-paced world of local news can be a constant battle against tight deadlines and limited resources. But what if there was a way to boost your productivity and free up your team to focus on what matters most: impactful, community-based journalism? more

Joy Sewing, a Houston native and veteran journalist, is taking on a new role as a news columnist. Chronicle readers have come to know Sewing for her takes on people — especially people of color — and cultural topics that make the city tick.  more

America’s largest newspaper company under nonprofit ownership, the Philadelphia Inquirer has a staff of more than 200 journalists, which dwarfs those of metro newsrooms owned by national chains now controlled by investment funds: Gannett, Lee, Alden and McClatchy. more

Kelsey Russell, a 23-year-old TikToker in New York, is on a mission to pull off what media executives have struggled to do for decades: Persuade young people to buy newspapers. more

A key constituent is coming around to support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act in Congress. The NewsGuild-CWA labor union is warming to the JCPA now that it may include more specificity about supporting newsroom jobs. more

Before the digital age, most newsrooms kept physical copies of archives, as did local libraries. Now, in the digital media world, with changing story formats, technology tools, the rise of AI and frequent media ownership changes, digital preservation of local news stories is a challenge. more

The Associated Press, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Conversation have announced funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help the news organizations cover philanthropies and charities and their impact on society.  more

James Briggs, an award-winning former IndyStar metro columnist, is returning to the newspaper as opinion and community engagement editor, where he'll oversee all opinion content. more

Mark J. Rochester has been tapped as the next executive editor at the Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune, where he will lead newsroom operations with a focus on watchdog journalism. more

Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: How to create a regional keepsake that drives revenue toward your newsroom. more

Amy Dalrymple to lead States Newsroom’s North Dakota outlet. more

December 13, 2023 - News-publishing giant Axel Springer has inked a multiyear licensing deal with AI pioneer OpenAI, a significant milestone as media companies push for compensation for the use of their content in AI tools.  more