Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications welcomes seven inductees into its Hall of Achievement for 2021. As the school marks its Centennial, the honorees represent the highest levels of achievement among the school’s alumni. more

Last week, the Pulitzer Prizes recognized the 105th class of journalists winning awards for reporting on some of the most important issues of our time: the pandemic, racial inequity and the integrity of elections. more

Last year, hate crimes against Asian communities in the U.S. rose by 145%. In 2020, calls for racial justice also swept the world following the killing of George Floyd. With hate crimes against certain communities on the rise, and citizens becoming more aware of such incidents, journalists have been tasked with reporting on them more than before.  more

On Saturday, Politico media reporter Jack Shafer wrote a column arguing that the primary challenge facing local newsrooms is not supply, but demand. “It’s not that nobody wants to read local news; it’s just that not enough people do to make it a viable business,” Shafer wrote. more

Announcement from Executive Features Editor Liz Seymour, Features Deputy Editor David Malitz, Features Deputy Editor Mitch Rubin and Senior Editor for Style Hank Stuever: We are thrilled to announce that Renae Merle will be joining Features as an assignment editor on the Style GA team. more

Matt Clary, a longtime member of the newsroom staff, has been named the next editor of the Valley News in West Lebanon, New Hampshire. Publisher Dan McClory announced the news in a memo to employees on Tuesday. His appointment takes effect July 4. more

Despite the chaos and uncertainty of 2020, it was a year of journalistic and financial growth for the nonprofit news industry, leaders said at the Institute for Nonprofit News’ annual conference last week. On Tuesday, INN released its annual report with more details. more

Carrie Budoff Brown is leaving Politico and heading to NBC News, where she’ll work on expanding the reach and impact of the “Meet the Press” brand as its senior vice president. more

Five antitrust laws proposed in the United States aim to aggressively rein in the market power of “big tech” companies and change the way they do business. The set of bills, introduced on June 11, targets the enormous economic power wielded by the likes of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google (owned by parent company Alphabet). more

In this segment of “E&P Reports” Publisher Mike Blinder interviews Max Kabat Owner/Publisher of The Big Bend Sentinel on how starting a restaurant/ bar/ coffeehouse in their lobby helps fund local journalism and brings the community to them. more

David Dennis Jr., a freelance journalist, educator and commentator based in Atlanta, Ga., has joined The Undefeated full-time as a senior writer covering music for the culture vertical of the ESPN multimedia content initiative on sports, race and culture. A frequent contributor to The Undefeated, Dennis will also write long- and short-form pieces on other topics at the intersection of race, culture and sports. more

An 18-month Tampa Bay Times investigation recently exposed the lead dangers at a Florida factory owned by the Gopher Resource. At the factory, workers recycle about 50,000 old car batteries a day by extracting the lead, melting it in furnaces and reforging it into new blocks, according to the Times. more

News organizations face many headaches. Usually, these revolve around weighing up priorities and making difficult decisions. At FT Live’s Future of News event last week, three editors at major news organizations discussed how they have had to rethink their publications' revenue models. more

To say it is difficult to win a Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s most prestigious award, would be an understatement. Each year, judges sift through more than 2,500 entries in 14 categories to award 21 prizes. But winning a Pulitzer is even harder if you’re a freelancer. more

"Storm Lake," from directors Beth Levison and Jerry Risius, follows the Cullens, Iowa's most impressive journalism family. For more than 30 years, Art Cullen, brother John, son Tom, wife Delores and sister-in-law Mary — plus Art's dog, Peach the newshound — have published The Storm Lake Times, a small-town, twice-weekly newspaper that covers critically important local issues and serves as the glue that holds the community together. But, against the backdrop of a collapsing journalism ecosystem and a crushing pandemic, how can the paper avoid the fate of so many other newspapers? more

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the US’s top enforcer of labor rights, just expanded its complaint against Google to include three more fired Google workers. Those former employees say the company retaliated against them for protesting its work with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). more

In less than six months, McClatchy Newspapers converted nearly 40% of public notices to a DIY automated process powered by iPublish Media Solutions. After launching iPublish Media‘s AdPortal Public Notices, all print notices are now being created and purchased using AdPortal’s self-service workflow. more

Government leak hunters have been ratcheting up pressure on the ability of journalists to do their jobs for a generation—a push fueled by changing technology and fraught national-security issues that arose after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Now, those tensions have reached an inflection point. more

House lawmakers on Friday introduced sweeping antitrust legislation aimed at restraining the power of Big Tech and staving off corporate consolidation across the economy, in what would be the most … more

Around every corner is a new digital media marketing option: OTT, audio/podcasting, CCT, video, and more. These new marketing technology ideas are awesome, but as salespeople, we often have new marketing solutions dropped on us and we are expected to work our sales magic. more