The Philadelphia Inquirer hadn’t written much about suburbs like Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, and Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for years. Now it is revisiting those communities — with an assist from AI.  more

State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence. more

Savannah Guthrie made an off-camera appearance Thursday at NBC’s “Today” show studios to thank colleagues for their support since her mother Nancy went missing from her Arizona home a month ago. more

Rick Boone, a former managing editor for television stations in the Northwest and beyond, has been named news director for the combined newsroom operation of NCWLIFE-TV and The Wenatchee World newspaper. more

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is expanding its Local Legal Initiative to Louisiana, Mississippi, Minnesota and Michigan — nearly doubling the size of the program and adding four new attorneys who will provide journalists and news organizations across each state with legal support to pursue enterprise and investigative stories in their communities. more

Unionized journalists at the Anchorage Daily News have ratified a two-year first contract with the paper’s owner Ryan Binkly. This marks the first union contract at an Alaska news publication.  more

A Trump-appointed judge seemed doubtful about NewsGuard’s argument that an expansive subpoena, which the FTC chairman explicitly stated was in response to its work, was chilling its First Amendment speech. more

I.C. Murrell has been named editor of The Pine Bluff Commercial. He will replace Byron Tate, who is leaving the Commercial to be managing editor of Arkansas Times magazine in Little Rock. more

In the newly created role, based in Los Angeles, Tucker DeSaulnier will be responsible for leading Ankler Media’s social newsroom, spearheading creative social campaigns and driving partnerships across editorial, events, video and podcasts through YouTube, Instagram, Linkedin and other platforms. more

A 2005 UFCJC Telecommunication graduate, Harrison Hove returned in 2017 and has since served as news manager, lecturer, associate chair, director of the Summer Media Institute and interim director of the Innovation News Center. more

Ethan Magoc has been named director of the Innovation News Center (INC) in the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC). Since May 2025, Magoc has served as interim director, providing steady, thoughtful leadership while advancing several strategic priorities for the INC. more

On picking winners, letting things die and the need for consolidation of both newsrooms and intermediaries ... more

Cumulus Media has filed for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as the broadcaster entered into a prepackaged restructuring support agreement that will eliminate roughly $600 million in debt. more

Hosted by award-winning journalist Pavla Holcová, this series features personal in-depth conversations with top European reporters on the failures, challenges, drama and absurdities behind some of their biggest investigations. more

Shawna Thomas, who has guided CBS News’ morning program through several major transitions since joining as executive producer in 2021, is making one of her own. more

A new national training initiative is helping newsrooms rethink how they serve immigrant communities — by listening first and reporting second. Led by New York-based nonprofit Documented and supported by the Knight Foundation, the program trains outlets to embed community feedback directly into editorial and product decisions. Rather than building content for audiences, participating newsrooms are learning to co-create it with them. The goal: more relevant journalism, stronger trust and sustainable engagement with underserved communities. more

Yeganeh Torbati joins the International desk, bringing her experience covering the region to a story in full flight. more

“CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King signed a new deal with CBS News, according to people familiar with the matter, securing a high-profile network talent during a dramatic shake-up of the news organization.  more

ProPublica announced Tuesday that Molly Hensley-Clancy has been hired as a higher education reporter on the national desk. She starts on March 16. more