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Maine newspaper publisher buys building to house titles

Bucking the trend of newspapers selling off real estate, Reade Brower, publisher of The Courier-Gazette, Camden Herald, Republican Journal and Free Press, is buying a two-story building in Camden, Maine. 

Trump Media, Reddit surge despite questionable profit prospects, taking on the ‘meme stock’ mantle

Reddit and Trump Media are the first notable social media companies to begin trading publicly in the last five years. They’re also, thanks to the rabid reception among investors coupled with the companies’ fuzzy profit outlooks, the latest meme stocks.

How they did it: The New York Times exposes migrant child labor exploitation across 50 states

Journalist Hannah Dreier discusses her investigative series, the database of unaccompanied migrant children she created and how other journalists can use it in their own reporting.

Baltimore’s mayor asked journalists to stop airing footage of the Key Bridge collapse. Should they?

What responsibilities do news organizations have when showing dramatic images of disasters?

NBC News parts with Ronna McDaniel following internal backlash

Ronna McDaniel, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, was ousted by NBC News as a paid contributor after vocal protests from the network’s staff over her hiring.

Russian court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention

A Russian court extended the detention of Evan Gershkovich by three months, almost a year to the day since The Wall Street Journal reporter became the first U.S. journalist to be detained there on an allegation of espionage since the end of the Cold War. 

Evidence sift prompts August trial date in case of murdered journalist

Despite initially resisting a trial delay, Robert Telles softened his stance after revelations of a preexisting bribery probe. He's changed his mind again and wants to go to trial as soon as possible.

Truth Social faces harsh reality as a public company

Truth Social — the Trump-owned social media platform that started trading March 26 — currently has far fewer users and less income than any social network that has gone public before.

Foreign state ownership ban could cover news websites as well as papers and magazines

UNITED KINGDOM - A ban on foreign powers owning U.K. newspapers and magazines, prompted by concern over the gulf state-backed takeover of the Telegraph, may be extended to online news websites, the government has said.

Guidelines for transforming crime coverage

Crime reporting is getting a makeover in many newsrooms. The axiom, “If it bleeds, it leads,” is being reshaped into public safety journalism. 

War correspondent Jane Ferguson pulls back the curtain on her career covering global conflicts

Jane Ferguson's first book, published this past July and titled "No Ordinary Assignment," is an intimate memoir into the personal and professional challenges in becoming and being a war correspondent. It’s her way of pulling back the curtain on TV news and what it really means to cover war well.

Gannett reduces debt at a discount

Gannett is repurchasing approximately $13 million of 6% first lien notes due on Nov. 1, 2026, for roughly $12 million, the company announced on Tuesday. 

NAB wants FCC to collect data on successful retrans deals

Collecting data when retransmission consent disputes lead to signal blackouts on cable and satellite TV systems is only a half measure, according to the National Association of Broadcasters.

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In a month that Gannett announced it is dropping its expensive Associated Press service, it has also parted company with three high-level news executives.
James Shield, an award-winning journalist, will lead the NYT Audio app’s anchor morning news program.
Laura Sanicola is joining Barron's as an energy beat writer who will spearhead a new Energy Insider newsletter for investors.
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A new study gives clues as to why anger is so pervasive in political discussions on social media.
A prominent Tunisian journalist was put under pre-trial detention on a judge’s order after a Tuesday hearing in which he dangled the prospect of publishing reporting on corruption and the misuse of public funds by several ministers and public institutions.
A prominent journalist in Belarus was designated a political prisoner on Tuesday by the country’s leading human rights group following his conviction on charges widely seen as part of an ongoing crackdown on dissent.
Ronna McDaniel is exploring legal options if NBC moves to terminate her contributor deal, two sources familiar told Axios, after Puck News reported Tuesday the network was planning to do so.
Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company jumped nearly 50% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, boosting the value of Trump’s large holdings in the company as well as the smaller stakes of fans who purchased shares as a show of support for the former president.
Another crack in the foundation of American journalism appeared last week, adding to concerns about citizens becoming less and less informed. Two of the nation’s largest newspaper publishers, Gannett and McClatchy, disclosed they are curtailing use of The Associated Press.
When Chicago-area obstetrician-gynecologist Fabio Ortega pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two patients as they lay on his exam table, a reporter covering the case wondered how his abuse within a prominent health system was allowed to drag on.
Florida will have one of the country’s most restrictive social media bans for minors — if it withstands expected legal challenges — under a bill signed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday.
The International Fact-Checking Network will unveil its State of the Fact-Checkers Report for 2023 in a webinar that brings into focus the characteristics and makeup of the fact-checking community, and those fact-checkers’ views of the current challenges in promoting information integrity.
The Long Beach Media Guild announced Friday that at least 60% of the bargaining unit received layoff notices shortly after newsroom employees moved to unionize and went on strike to protest the impending cuts.
The Associated Press and The Texas Tribune have announced a content sharing agreement, in which both organizations will benefit from each other’s journalism.
The FT has released its first generative AI feature for subscribers. The tool, available in beta, allows users to ask any question and receive a curated response using FT content published over the last two decades. 
Former "Meet the Press" host Chuck Todd criticized NBC mid-show Sunday after the network hired Ronna McDaniel, former chair of the Republican National Committee, as a political analyst.
The University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC)  and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced the establishment of the Knight Sunshine Fund at the University of Florida, an endowment of $575,000 to help expand the reach and impact of Sunshine Week and increase public awareness of the importance of open government.
Given the potential for journalists to inform life-saving policy interventions that have been seen in countries such as Australia, experts say it is crucial that investigative and data reporters think carefully about the definition of “mass shooting,” and about the local and international datasets they use — so that they can be consistent and transparent to audiences to retain credibility and impact. Even more important: investigative and data reporters must not lose sight of the victims — the lives lost or ruined — and on any enabling policies that contributed to the massacre.
This April, the third cohort of the GNI Fundamentals Lab for INN Members will begin training in audience development, reader revenue and sponsor advertising thanks to a partnership between the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and the Google News Initiative (GNI).
ICFJ Knight Fellow Laura Zommer, cofounder of the fact-checking organizations, Chequeado and Factchequeado, kicked off this year’s Empowering the Truth Summit, run under ICFJ’s Disarming Disinformation program, with a discussion about how journalists can build networks to reach larger audiences and create more impact.
Plus: What investment ownership has done to local news, the credibility of photos on social media vs. news sites, and Republicans in Congress share far more low-quality news than ordinary people do.
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