As cuts in federal funding for social programs push foundations to increase their payouts and shift their priorities, one fundraising initiative offers a solution for funders and nonprofits alike. NewsMatch packages the promise of a matching gift with training and tools designed to empower nonprofit newsrooms  to do more than earn the match: it teaches them how to engage  small-dollar donations and major gifts, cultivate investments from local businesses and community foundations and even stand up their own matching gift incentives.  more

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th Anniversary, a three-part national contest series asks students from across the United States to express their vision of the future of American democracy through writing, art and performance. more

Ten alumni will join the 2026 Hall of Achievement class at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University. This is the highest honor Medill bestows on its graduates. more

Peter Conti, Jr. has joined NERUS Strategies in a media industry relations role, further strengthening the company’s connection to media partners nationwide. more

Libraries and local news organizations share more in common than many people realize. Both exist to inform their communities, expand access to knowledge and defend the First Amendment. As the American Library Association prepares for National Library Week this April, ALA President Sam Helmick is urging communities — and the news media — to stand with libraries at a time when book bans and funding challenges are testing those shared values. more

Brendan McCarthy, who has led the Globe's revered Spotlight team since early 2024, joins The New York Times. more

Working closely with colleagues across the business, Rob Gelick will lead the Growth team to drive subscription growth across our product portfolio. more

Noreen Malone is bringing her vision, experience and ambition to the department as it launches new features. more

The American Journalism Project has announced the appointment of Amalie Nash to its board of directors. A veteran newsroom leader with nearly three decades of experience, Nash currently serves as vice president of journalism at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, where she leads national investments in local news. more

The Associated Press said Monday it is offering buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspaper journalism that sustained the company since the mid-1800s. more

Paramount has received signed equity commitments of close to $24 billion from three sovereign-wealth funds led by Saudi Arabia to help back its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to people familiar with the matter. more

Savannah Guthrie returned to the “TODAY” anchor desk Monday, more than two months after her mother disappeared. more

Digital-first nonprofit newsrooms are generating only a fraction of the revenue of the newspaper industry from 20 years ago, and their “earned revenue” through things like subscriptions and memberships make up only about a quarter to a third of their total funding. more

With the global entertainment business reeling during a period of rapid change, there was little enthusiasm on either side for a costly standoff. more

Broadcast employment held steady last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The government’s data shows 334,202 people were working in the broadcast and content creation sector in March, which was 100 more than a month earlier. more

Animosity from the White House has taken on new meaning amid an imminent sale to David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance, fueling anxiety among journalists. more

OpenAI said the deal would help it “create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes A.I. creates.” more

Ten writers have been accepted into this year’s George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. The workshop will take place in Evanston this July. more

AP Elections Operations Director Chad Day has announced that Maya Sweedler has been named international elections manager. more