2023 will belong to the optimist, the engineers and the can-do spirit. Cynicism and doubt only leave bitter tastes and bleak futures, and if you stay there, you may be unable to recoup. The second half of 2022 was tumultuous and left too many highly talented individuals unemployed on both the content and revenue side of media. Therefore, do whatever possible to stop this cycle and not take the losses and learnings from last year in vain.

Serving as a forum for personal and professional networking is a benefit of social media, but its global reach and popularity have resulted in the posting of information — often described as “news” — from less-than-transparent and unverifiable sources. To make it easier for the public to recognize trustworthy journalism, Reporters Without Borders created the Journalism Trust Initiative (JTI) in 2019.

Despite what many believe about printing, it is not a dying practice. The printing industry continues to experience growth in other areas, such as advertising. The Global Commercial Printing Market is projected to be worth $484.22 billion by 2027, a nearly 12% increase from 2021.

Nonprofit news collaborations deepen investigative work, amplify quality journalism and connect for-profit news organizations to new funding streams. Lisa Yanick Litwiller, director of audience at the Center for Public Integrity, said collaborations give journalists the resources for the deep work that drew many journalists to the industry in the first place.

A group of New York City journalists was growing weary of seeing their beloved alternative news outlets losing their edge as they fell into the hands of hedge funds and billionaire investors. So they took a knife to propriety and started their own worker-owned publication.

CNN begins the new year a leaner news media company. This past year saw resignations, layoffs, the promise and peril of CNN+, as well as a number of programming changes. At the same time, CNN rose to the formidable challenge of covering war — a complicated, expensive, messy, dangerous, yet essential endeavor.

Teddy bears on the moon. A cat wearing VR headsets. Homer Simpson in “The Blair Witch Project.” It’s time for journalists to have a serious discussion about how good artificial intelligence has become at creating an image for just about any idea imaginable.

A democracy can’t function and flourish without educated and informed citizens. KSPS, the public television station in Spokane, Washington; the Spokane Area League of Women Voters (LWV); and the Spokane Public Schools created Civics Bowl, a quiz show of competing high school students, to promote responsible citizenship.

About a decade ago, Peter Laufer, Ph.D., was in Italy enjoying a leisurely lunch with a publisher. They were making plans for an Italian translation of a book he’d written, “The Dangerous World of Butterflies,” when their discussion turned to the plight of news and the public’s changing news consumption habits. Where they sat, they weren’t far from where the “slow food movement” was born — for which quality ingredients and their provenance from farm to table are valued above speed and cost-efficiency. Laufer conceived of a similar concept applied to newsgathering, what he called “slow news.”

It’s a new year and time for media, agencies and local advertisers to digest the many competing forecasts for 2023 ad spending. There will be sales quotas; agencies will create pitches; and local advertisers will search for the most effective media mix. However they may approach these tasks, the universal forecast is: Digital advertising will continue to gain on legacy media and become an even more dominant force.

Previously, Gannett journalists moderated online comment spaces. "Changes in staffing" have made that difficult.

Former Clark County administrator Robert Telles' lawyer told a judge he would not be ready to mount a defense by the April trial date.

"I’m not yet ready to concede. Before the Register-Guard lets out its last gasp, donating it to the UO could serve the corporate monster’s public image, our local public university and — most important, of course — our community. Our fragile democracy depends on a vibrant free press. Eugene, along with similar underserved markets across the country, needs and deserves a potent daily." — Peter Laufer, Ph.D, James Wallace Chair Professor of Journalism at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication

The authors write: “In this vision, the community librarian facilitating conversations around authoritative, trusted digital news is as celebrated as the dogged reporter pursuing a scoop.”

The essential role of media is to report without fear or favor. And this applies to the international media — as well as the Ukrainian press.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has dropped his appeal of the dismissal of his 2022 lawsuit against news publisher Insider, according to a filing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

The school’s Technology and Social Change Project, which published research on COVID misinformation and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, will end in 2024.

Data from SEO experts Sistrix reveals big losses for news domains in organic search in 2022.

Karine Jean-Pierre, eight months into her tenure as White House press secretary, has frustrated reporters with her inability to shed light on the classified documents probe, raising doubts about her own access. Others say her wariness is wise.

“Inside Story” brings news, interviews and profiles into U.S. prisons and jails.

More than 1,000 current and retired news media workers and others represented by the NewsGuild-CWA sent a letter Wednesday to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette journalists who are crossing the picket line during the ongoing strike at the paper, urging those journalists to “uphold the values of holding power accountable and minimizing harm” by joining their colleagues on strike.

Houston Landing is an independent nonprofit news organization devoted to public service journalism; it is digital-only and nonpartisan.

Emma Tucker has never been afraid to move outside her comfort zone. The new editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal remembers how as a teenager she left the small town of Lewes in East Sussex to further her education in New Mexico before spending time teaching in Bogota.

“Between the Lines,” a five-part miniseries from The Athletic, explores what it means to be Black in the N.F.L. The first episode premieres on Feb. 14.

Tom Brady is expected to head to the booth as the highest-paid TV analyst in the history of the game … even though he has never announced before.

Cox Communications has acquired New York-based Logicworks, a professional and managed cloud services company.

Here are a few key facts about Gettr and its users, based on a study by the Pew Research Center.

The Aiken (South Carolina) Standard is making changes to its distribution and printing.

A top European Union official told Elon Musk that Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for a new law aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content, adding pressure on the company to ensure it complies.

Whether you are investigating the immigration system or activities of federal criminal and civil courts, TRAC has done the FOIA work to obtain data that can bolster your reporting.

The Economist and PressReader have announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to further broaden the publication’s digital distribution and increase group subscriptions. The continued and deepened partnership helps PressReader carry out its mission to empower and enrich curious minds by bringing a universe of quality content within reach.

Doorfront Direct, the nation’s largest independent magazine and catalog delivery network, celebrates its five-year anniversary on Dec. 5.

In October 2022, Seawave Corporation, publisher of the Cape May County Herald in Rio Grande, New Jersey, signed a contract with SCS to implement the Community Advertising System to standardize and modernize its advertising and production workflows.

We're proud to announce that Column is now a certified B Corporation. Our certification establishes us amongst a small subset of public benefit corporations officially certified by the B Lab, a global nonprofit network committed to making all businesses a force for good. In our most recent blog, Melissa Theiss, head of people at Column, explains our certification, what a B Corp Score means and how we're committed to making an impact.

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, the trading platform for journalism — Journexx — is launching its final test phase before opening its doors to the entire publishing industry.

Each year Editor & Publisher Magazine (E&P) and the Local Media Consortium (LMC) recognize companies that have done the impossible through successful innovation, implementing cost savings or developing new programs that have generated considerable increases in revenue or audience.

We need your help in recognizing the next generation of news publishing leaders,. We’re talking about people who are young, bright, and capable of tackling whatever the changing news media climate throws at them. Please help us by nominating a news publishing up-and-comer (or yourself) for our “25 Under 35” feature story that will appear in our February 2023 issue.

It's going to be a rough year for local advertising in 2023. Borrell is forecasting that growth will be at a near-standstill, held back by a combination of economic pressures and a dramatic reshaping of the type of businesses now operating in each market. Borrell will unveil its forecasts and describe the change in business composition during a 45-minute webinar at 11 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Nov. 17. The webinar is free.

Mediahuis, an international media group with a range of powerful brands and activities in many European countries and Ireland's leading print and digital media publisher, reaches millions …

Pat Dorsey, who most recently was publisher of the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, has been named publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican. Dorsey will succeed Tom Cross, who announced his retirement on Wednesday.

Maeve Reston is joining The Washington Post as a national political reporter, drawing from her extensive experience covering five presidential campaigns.

The Washington Post has announced a new role on the foreign desk for Mary Beth Sheridan.

Kevin Sieff will take on a new assignment with The Washington Post as an international investigative correspondent focusing on sports. He has been the paper's Mexico City bureau chief since 2018.

The Economist Group has announced the appointment of Nada Arnot as executive vice president of marketing for The Economist. Arnot will shepherd the brand through its next phase of expansion, driving market presence and helping the publisher grow its consumer and corporate subscriptions worldwide.

Dani Blum has been promoted to reporter for the Well desk, and Alisha Haridasani Gupta is joining Well full time.

The program will recruit cultural critics from underrepresented backgrounds to write for the Culture section of The New York Times.

In a memo to staff on Wednesday, U.S. News Director Josh Hoffner announced several promotions and hires across the United States.

Anumita Kaur has joined The Washington Post’s General Assignment desk, where she will cover breaking news and write of-the-moment features.

ABC News President Kim Godwin has announced that Britt Clennett is now a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong.

Previously at The Korea Herald, Brolley Genster will be a staff editor based in Seoul.

In 1973, she was the first woman hired by The New York Times to be a full-time staff photographer.

Witty and contrarian, he was the longtime editor and later publisher of The Nation and wrote an acclaimed book about the Hollywood blacklisting era.

Virgil Shipley, a longtime photographer and reporter for the Mount Vernon (Ohio) News, has died.

She was well known in the San Francisco area for focusing on subjects like racism, sexism and drugs, in columns that sometimes angered sports stars.

John Lampson, 86, a native of Jefferson and Ashtabula County, died Saturday, Jan. 14, in his apartment in Mentor, Ohio, with his wife Marilyn by his side, following a brief illness. Lampson served as president and publisher of Gazette Newspapers from 1985 to 2005, later becoming the publisher emeritus, which he served until his death.