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1 day ago | poynter.org | Louis Jacobson

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with scientists on for years. Kennedy held an April 16 press conference pegged to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that found the prevalence of autism rising to 1 in 31 among 8-year-olds, the latest in a series of increases in recent decades.

2 days ago | poynter.org | Liam Scott

This article is part of The Poynter 50, a series reflecting on 50 moments and people that shaped journalism over the past half-century — and continue to influence its future. As Poynter celebrates its 50th anniversary, we examine how the media landscape has evolved and what it means for the next era of news. The walk from his Federal Communications Commission office to the commission meeting room felt particularly long for Dennis Patrick on Aug. 4, 1987.

3 days ago | poynter.org | Amaris Castillo

When Bernice Rabideaux was five years old, she and her four siblings were herded into a large black car. It was 1930. Their nookomis (“grandmother” in the Ojibwe language) said they would be staying with the sisters because there weren’t enough “eats” at her house for everyone. They were driven a few miles away to a Catholic-run school on the Bad River reservation in Wisconsin.

6 days ago | poynter.org | Jon Greenberg

Investigative reporter John Diedrich has pulled off the journalistic equivalent of a country-pop crossover hit. His series on guns for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has won awards from places like the National Press Foundation and the Society of Professional Journalists — and also made him a regular guest with podcasters who celebrate the Second Amendment. In “Behind the Gun,” Diedrich tackled gun suicide and accidental shootings. The project checks all the boxes of our multimedia expectations.

1 week ago | poynter.org | Angela Fu |TyLisa Johnson |Amaris Castillo |Ren LaForme

By Angela Fu, media business reporter On Tuesday, the for-profit Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, reported it would convert to a nonprofit. Hours later, the nonprofit Houston Landing had its own announcement: It would shut down after less than two years of operation. The diverging announcements reiterated a central truth in the news business — nonprofit status is not a silver bullet.