Charles Edward “Ed” Barber, also known as “Mr. Alligator” or “Uncle Ed,” died March 29 at 86 years old.  more

Christopher Turpin succeeds Rupert Allman — who departed the program last year — and brings to the position more than 24 years of experience at NPR. more

Chico Harlan, a versatile journalist who’s reported from 50 countries, is the team’s new global climate reporter. more

Anna, a keen observer of New York with a demonstrated flair for writing, joins the Metro desk. more

FBI director Kash Patel has sued The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick over a story that alleged Patel has “alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.” more

In this episode of E&P Reports, we examine one of the most consequential local news stories in the country — the near-collapse and sudden reinvention of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — through separate interviews with two key voices: Andrew Conte, a leading local news advocate and managing director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, and Bob Cohn, president and CEO of The Baltimore Banner and The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, the organization now stepping in to lead the paper’s future. more

Rosie Swash will join WIRED on May 5 as deputy editor in London. Most recently, she has been an editor at Mill Media, an award-winning subscription news platform focused on high-quality local coverage. more

States Newsroom has announced the hiring of veteran Kentucky reporter and editor Linda Blackford as editor in chief of Kentucky Lantern, the state’s leading government-focused nonprofit news outlet. Blackford fills the editor role as the Lantern’s founding editor, Jamie Lucke, retires after a distinguished career in journalism that has spanned more than 40 years and four states. more

Alexandra Kanik has joined the Hearst DevHub — Hearst Newspapers’ editorial engineering, data-visual storytelling and AI development team — as the deputy data director focused on cross-market, scalable initiatives and newsroom coordination. more

The Houston Chronicle has named Caroline Ghisolfi as its new data editor, a role in which she will lead one of the newsroom’s most innovative and impactful reporting teams. more

Jody Hamblett, director of University of Tennessee news/talk and NPR affiliate WUOT (91.9) Knoxville and adult alternative “90.3 The Rock” WUTK, has left the stations after three years in the position. According to a UT spokesperson, Hamblett left to be closer to family in South Carolina. more

The judge said the two television companies could not combine operations while an antitrust lawsuit proceeded. Nexstar said its deal was already done. more

Across 30 states, college reporters are covering statehouse journalism gaps — and the experience is changing their lives. more

A president who relishes attacking the news media is set to break his boycott of an event celebrating the news media. What could go wrong? more

TikTok has exploded as a source of news for young people, and its rise offers key insights for news organizations looking to adapt to changing audience habits. New research from Kaia Tran, MA ’25, highlights how to create news content that resonates with TikTok users. more

Citing its recent settlements with Dentsu, Publicis and WPP over alleged ad boycotts, the Federal Trade Commission has dropped its demand for information from news ratings service NewsGuard. more

The Rhode Island Foundation, home to the newly launched Press Forward Rhode Island, is building on a broader movement across the Press Forward network to frame local news as a civic health issue. more

The FAA dropped the drone restrictions after RCFP attorneys sued the agency on behalf of photojournalist Rob Levine. more

The podcasting industry has been embracing video to a degree where audio-only shows are becoming the exception rather than the norm. The shift is eliciting strong opinions. While some say video is boosting podcasts’ appeal and making shows easier to discover on social media, others feel that their beloved medium is neglecting them as it caters to another audience. more