The alarming story fit neatly into baseless talking points about President Joe Biden and the southern border. One problem: It wasn’t true. more

NBC News reports that the Florida Republican governor will announce his candidacy on Twitter tonight during a conversation with owner Elon Musk. more

The American Journalism Project's research team identified nine common themes across every market where they talked to people about local news, that aren’t centered on topics. These similarities include insights to consider as the nonprofit news industry continues to grow. more

A Russian court extended until at least Aug. 30 the pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter deemed by the U.S. to be wrongfully held, after investigators requested more time before his trial. more

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Georgetown University have announced the launch of a new institute to serve as a central hub for the growing network of scholarship that seeks to shape how technology is used to produce, disseminate and access information. more

Several new or expanding outlets are addressing some of political journalism’s long-standing shortcomings: insufficient coverage of state and local government and of people who aren’t white and upper-income; an over-prioritization of elections over policy; a failure to recognize that the courts are a central front in today’s political conflicts. more

CNN has launched CNN Fast, a new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel that offers a fresh way for audiences to watch a range of quick-paced, internationally focused CNN content. more

Many countries are following Australia’s lead to push Google and Facebook to pay for news. The tech companies would rather head them off. more

The former president’s repeated denials that he sexually abused Ms. Carroll “show the depth of his malice” and merit heavy damages, her lawyer wrote. more

Here are some best practices for engaging corporate funders. more

Shutterstock, Inc., a premier partner for transformative brands, digital media and marketing companies, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GIPHY, Inc. from Meta Platforms, Inc. GIPHY is the world’s largest collection of GIFs and stickers that supplies casual conversational content. more

The number of cable subscribers, dropping for years, just took a record-breaking plunge. Sooner or later, it will hurt news channels’ bottom line. more

Social media company TikTok Inc. filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to overturn Montana’s first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights and is based on “unfounded speculation” that the Chinese government could access users’ data. more

The White House also renominated Democratic Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and Republican Commissioner Brendan Carr for new five-year terms. more

Following the depiction from a verified Twitter account, another image showing a building purported to be the White House in black smoke started to circulate on the platform. more

In late January, Emily Davies, a D.C. crime and criminal justice beat reporter for The Washington Post, created @emilydaviesreports, a public Instagram account that offers sources and readers a window into her day-to-day life and process as a reporter — from snapshots of her writing process, to safety gear she uses to cover protests, to strategies she uses to unwind and stave off emotional exhaustion in an often grueling reporting routine. more

The Tri-City Record brings news coverage to the Greater San Juan County region. more

Immediate access to court filings is "the essence of news," as the state's Freedom of Information Council put it, but clerks have been slow to make it happen in the e-filing era. more

The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users’ personal information across the Atlantic by October, the latest salvo in a decadelong case sparked by U.S. cybersnooping fears. more

On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020, Michael Pack met with a career employee to discuss which senior leaders at the agency and the Voice of America should be forced out due to their perceived political beliefs. more