Local News Day is a national day of action to celebrate and strengthen trusted local news and information. Modeled after movements like Giving Tuesday, it inspires millions of people to reconnect with their local outlets through subscriptions, support and engagement. more

In this year’s Tomorrow’s News Trailblazers package, E&P Editor-in-Chief Robin Blinder spotlights a new class of rising media professionals whose ideas, resilience and creativity are helping redefine the future of journalism. Drawn from newsrooms, audience teams, revenue operations and editorial leadership roles across the industry, this year’s honorees reflect the many ways the next generation is already shaping what comes next. more

Fresh perspectives drive innovation in the news media industry.  If you want some different ideas and unique views, dig into our “E&P 2026 Tomorrow’s News Trailblazers” salute. The 28 news media professionals in this class of Trailblazers run the gamut of reporters, photographers, audience pros, revenue specialists, editors and even a public relations expert. What I find refreshing is the thread throughout most of the Trailblazers’ words of wisdom. more

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a new podcast that he says will begin “a new era of radical transparency in government,” according to a teaser video first obtained by The Associated Press. more

Two of the most knowledgeable journalists covering Donald Trump and the presidency are coming out with a book that is sure to be chock-full of juicy details from the White House. more

Anat Rubin, an investigative reporter for CalMatters, is the recipient of the 2026 John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism from Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. She is honored for “The Man Who Unsolved a Murder” published by CalMatters. more

For decades, subscription bureaus quietly ran the back offices of newspapers and magazines, processing payments, managing renewals and keeping circulation moving. But as reader revenue becomes the backbone of modern publishing, many publishers are discovering that the very systems designed to manage subscriptions may now be holding them back. Legacy infrastructure built for a print era often struggles to support today’s digital subscription strategies, limiting growth, insight and experimentation. At Old Queen Street Media, the publisher of The Spectator and UnHerd, that realization sparked a decision to rebuild the technology behind its subscription business from the ground up. more

Paramount President Jeff Shell will leave the company Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. He is also expected to resign from the company’s board of directors, a person with knowledge of the matter said. more

The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation (NABLF) has announced the appointment of Valari Dobson Staab, chairman of NBCUniversal Local, and Todd Hartman, executive vice president of Kalil & Co., Inc., to its board of directors. more

The National Association of Broadcasters announced that Carrie Healey has been named vice president of communications. She will serve as NAB’s primary spokesperson and media relations strategist to advance broadcasters’ policy priorities before Congress and the Federal Communications Commission. more

The Center Square is announcing that veteran journalist Ford Turner has joined its newsroom as Pennsylvania state capitol reporter, covering state government, policy and politics from Harrisburg. more

Weeks after teasing a “bigger,” “bolder” chapter of TikTok in the United States, the social media company's North American and global brands and agency business head Khartoon Weiss has announced that she will be leaving to “pursue a new opportunity.” more

His best-received book explored the state’s infatuation with voter initiatives, which were sometimes pushed with anti-immigrant fervor. more

ProPublica journalists walked off the job on Wednesday, for 24 hours, after more than two years of negotiations that failed to yield a deal for a union contract. more

President Donald Trump took time out from his war with Iran on Monday night (April 6) to call out two Fox News personalities, Jessica Tarlov and Shannon Bream. more

American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad streetcorner last week, was released Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. more

Li Goldstein is joining The New York Times to edit and assist with strategy for the team’s five newsletters. more

With the launch of ICEtracking.org late last month from Evident Media, journalists have a new resource that parses and organizes a wide range of information about mass detentions. more

Jeremy White has a new role on Graphics as senior staff editor for visual innovation. more