The opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympics has been one for the books. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games — and despite the presence of heavy rain in Paris — …

Two seasons after the NFL reopened teams’ locker rooms to reporters following the coronavirus pandemic, player leaders would like to modify the locker-room access given to media members for privacy reasons.

Word In Black’s owners and publishers tell why Harris has the leadership experience we need for a free, prosperous, and more just future. This is Word in Black's first-ever political endorsement.

Carpenter Media Group (CMG) and News Media Corporation (NMC) announced today plans for CMG to manage NMC with an option to acquire, according to John Cribb, Cribb, Cope & Potts who assisted NMC and the Tompkins family in structuring the agreement. Longtime NMC leaders J.J. Tompkins and Billy McMacken will assume leadership roles with CMG, and the transition will begin immediately.

The Marshall Project is launching a new initiative called Investigate This! to empower criminal justice journalism in local communities.

With local news publications vanishing and cities becoming news deserts, changes may need to be made to avoid extinction. In some cases, collaboration with outside non-media entities could be a new lifeline. A project between Deloitte and nine Black-owned local publishers could start a new trend.

The Society of Environmental Journalists provides multiple support channels for those trying to tell the story of the changing climate. Current Executive Director Aparna Mukherjee says: “SEJ is here to make sure that we are putting resources into the hands of individual journalists and supporting the news outlets that are trying to do more with less.”

We all know this story. Public media’s traditional programming has a waning appeal to younger audiences (part of the largest generation in U.S. history). Finances are a mess, station operators and networks face accusations of political bias, NPR has a revolving door of senior leadership, and activists in Congress are calling for defunding us. Are these today’s headlines? Nope. Try 50 years ago.