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Q&A: Antonia Hylton on balancing field reporting with her new role as co-host of MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend: Primetime’

1 week ago | poynter.org | Tom Jones |Angela Fu |Rick Edmonds

Antonia Hylton is 32 years old, but already has an extensive and impressive career in journalism. The MSNBC correspondent was one of the driving forces behind NBC News’ “Southlake” podcast, the compelling story of Southlake, Texas, a suburb that became the epicenter of the growing national crusade against critical race theory. The pod was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Audio Reporting in 2022. She has won an Emmy. She has won an Edward R.
Pete Hegseth’s latest excuse is much of the same: It’s the media’s fault

3 weeks ago | poynter.org | Tom Jones |Rick Edmonds

In late March, The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg published an extraordinary story. Goldberg revealed that Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, texted American plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen to top U.S. intelligence and military officials. But, stunningly, included in that insecure text chain was Goldberg himself. It was an unimaginable breach of security to text someone outside of security clearance. And what was Hegseth’s response?
Spokane’s Spokesman-Review is going nonprofit - Poynter

1 month ago | poynter.org | Rick Edmonds

In joining a growing wave of nonprofit conversions, the family-owned paper aims to preserve community journalism — and keep it out of corporate hands
As the US deadline for TikTok looms, Trump says he wants to keep it alive

1 month ago | poynter.org | Tom Jones |Rick Edmonds

Here we are again, with the clock ticking down on TikTok. Saturday is the deadline for the social media company to either be sold by its Chinese owner, ByteDance, or face a ban in the U.S. — something that fewer and fewer people, including President Donald Trump, seem to want. The U.S. government fears the Chinese government could force ByteDance to hand over data that would compromise U.S. users. TikTok has said it has not shared U.S. data with the Chinese government and would never do so.
A pioneer in nonprofit investigative journalism hits the end of its life cycle

1 month ago | poynter.org | Rick Edmonds |Tom Jones

To open up today’s Poynter Report, I turn it over to Rick Edmonds, Poynter’s media business analyst. Here’s Rick’s report on the Center for Public Integrity. The Center for Public Integrity, one of the earliest nonprofits built to tackle big investigative projects, is shutting down. The grim details of trouble with finances and management over the last two years were detailed in an article Tuesday by Sewell Chan, executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review.
AP argues its White House ban has hurt coverage, chilled the press

1 month ago | poynter.org | Angela Fu |Rick Edmonds |Tom Jones

The battle between the Trump administration and the press continued this week, including Thursday’s court hearing involving The Associated Press and the White House over press access. So let’s start today’s newsletter there. My colleague, Angela Fu, reports on Thursday’s news. Associated Press journalists told a federal judge Thursday that the White House’s ban on the outlet has hampered its coverage and led to a chilling effect among other outlets, the AP and CNN reported.
Buyouts at the Sun-Times shrink the newsroom — and the dream - Poynter

1 month ago | poynter.org | Tom Jones |Rick Edmonds |Alex Mahadevan

Good morning. Today’s Poynter Report is not totally Donald Trump-free, but we will not be leading the newsletter with the president, as we have for much of the past two months since his return to the White House. We lead today, unfortunately, with some more grim media news. But it’s important media news. So for this lead item, I turn it over to someone who can best explain what’s going on — Rick Edmonds, Poynter’s media business analyst.
Opinion | Buyouts at the Sun-Times shrink the newsroom — and the dream - Editor and Publisher

1 month ago | editorandpublisher.com | Tom Jones |Rick Edmonds |Alex Mahadevan

Posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 9:36 am The financially troubled Chicago Sun-Times announced Tuesday that it is shedding 23 newsroom employees through buyouts, more than 20% of staff.
Is Bezos’s new editorial mission for The Washington Post already bombing?

2 months ago | poynter.org | Rick Edmonds |Angela Fu |Tom Jones |Ren LaForme

Just two days after owner Jeff Bezos declared that Washington Post editorials would henceforth focus on “personal liberties and free markets,” the new way of doing things faced a tough stress test. It was an inauspicious debut. The Oval Office blowup that ended with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy being shown the White House door was the sort of big and totally unexpected news that demanded comment.
A fired Gannett editor has started her own digital news site

Jan 10, 2025 | poynter.org | Rick Edmonds

Sarah Leach, the Gannett community group editor fired last May for talking with me about an internal company issue, has taken the route of many other editors who lost their jobs at legacy newspaper organizations. In mid-December, with the backing of local sponsors, she launched her own site, the Ottawa News Network. Ottawa is Leach’s home county, with a population of 300,000. It includes Holland, Michigan, population: 35,000.