The Center for Investigative Reporting, the nonprofit investigative news organization that produces Mother Jones and Reveal, announced several newsroom hires, including the addition of a digital producer to its Washington, D.C., bureau and a handful of editorial fellows and digital engagement fellows. more

Luca Evans arrives at the San Francisco Chronicle from the Denver Post, where he covered the Denver Broncos. more

Christian Villegas has been promoted to news director for Telemundo 39 (KTAZ) in Phoenix, Arizona, and Telemundo 40 (KHRR) in Tucson, Arizona. more

The promotion expands Andrés Rincón’s role as the company closes its fifth successful Upfront cycle. more

“On the one-year anniversary of the Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza that killed our colleagues, we remember their lives and once again call on the Israeli government to provide a full explanation of what happened.” — Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni and AP Executive Editor Julie Pace more

The Atlantic has hired Jessica Goldstein as senior vice president of events, who will work in partnership with managing director for events Evan Smith to lead and produce the magazine’s robust live programs nationwide. She begins with The Atlantic in early September. more

Elena Bergeron, who joined The New York Times in 2019, will help shape its pop music coverage. more

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that Brett Jenkins, executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer, will retire from full-time work at the company effective Oct. 1, at which time he will transition to executive advisor overseeing the completion of several special projects. more

Emily Compagno, who has been the co-host of “Outnumbered” since 2021, joins “The Five” starting Sept. 8. more

When pressed about the Iran war, a CENTCOM press official threatened to put an Intercept reporter on a “list of people to disregard.” more

If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the U.S. Supreme Court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources — a case unsettling press freedom organizations. more

Frequency Forward and the Media Action Center, along with viewers of ABC stations across the country, filed a Motion to Intervene as plaintiffs in Disney and ABC’s lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The groups seek to ensure viewers' First Amendment rights are represented in American Broadcasting Companies v. FCC (Case No. 1:26-cv-2902) and to guarantee the American public has a seat at the table. more

Bryan Walsh has left Vox to join Coefficient Giving as a senior editor and writer, moving from the digital news organization after covering artificial intelligence, science, climate change and other issues shaping the future. more

A federal judge in Minnesota will probe this week whether grounds exist to toss the Justice Department’s case against journalist Don Lemon. It’s the latest example of judges’ growing skepticism of whether the department is behaving ethically behind closed doors in grand jury proceedings. more

The BBC aired a documentary ahead of President Donald Trump's reelection campaign that he claimed sent a "false message" he encouraged Jan. 6 rioters. more

YouTube is racing to catch up to Amazon, which already offers users the chance to subscribe to services like HBO Max from within its app. Netflix is increasingly open to the idea, too. more

Twin Cities PBS announced it will become Minnesota PBS on Sept. 1 with the addition of KSMQ, extending regional and national PBS programming to nearly 350,000 new viewers, including those in Austin, Rochester, Winona and throughout seven southern Minnesota counties.   more

There’s a case to be made that David McCraw is the tip of the spear defending press freedoms under attack in the United States today. McCraw is the lead newsroom lawyer for The New York Times, which is defending itself and the news industry’s freedom from government interference on multiple fronts. more

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing. more