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Gretchen A. Peck
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Writer, Editor, Photographer. Contributing Editor to Editor & Publisher magazine.
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R. Bruce Dold, Chicago Tribune Publisher and Pulitzer Winner, Dies at 70
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December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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NY TIMES: Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.

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Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos
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December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow Among 2025 Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Political Journalism Honorees variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety
Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow Among 2025 Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Political Journalism Honorees
Jon Stewart, Rachel Maddow are among the 2025 Walter Cronkite Awards for Excellence in Political Journalism winners.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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I wouldn't be quick to shrug off the Trump Administration's seizure of Venezuela's oil tanker. Fights over—and thefts of—precious resources are often accelerants to war.

#venezuela #gasandoil #TrumpAdministration #threatofwar
December 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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QUICK READ: 50 States, 50 Fixes: How local climate solutions are resonating across America

#NYTimes #climate #localnews

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50 States, 50 Fixes: How local climate solutions are resonating across America - Editor and Publisher
The New York Times’ climate desk set out to prove that meaningful climate action is happening in every corner of the country — red states, blue states and everywhere in between. In its ambitious “50 S...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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VTDigger joins forces with FRONTLINE to investigate the aftermath of Vermont’s severe flooding

#vermont #localnews #climate #flooding #FRONTLINE

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VTDigger joins forces with FRONTLINE to investigate the aftermath of Vermont’s severe flooding - VTDigger
Emma Cotton, who has served as VTDigger’s environmental reporter before becoming a senior editor, will lead the project’s reporting.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Per AP: New York Times, after Trump post, says it won’t be deterred from writing about his health

#Trump #FirstAmendment #NYTimes

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New York Times, after Trump post, says it won't be deterred from writing about his health
The New York Times and President Donald Trump are fighting again. The news outlet said Wednesday it won't be deterred by Trump's “false and inflammatory language” from writing about the 79-year-old pr...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Reynolds Journalism Institute and Local Media Consortium launch News Media Help Desk for local newsroom sustainability

Hub provides journalists with vital resources and Digital On-Demand Services

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Reynolds Journalism Institute and Local Media Consortium launch News Media Help Desk for local newsroom sustainability - Editor and Publisher
The Reynolds Journalism Institute, in partnership with the Local Media Consortium, announced the launch of the News Media Help Desk, a centralized hub to provide local newsrooms with access to essenti...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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CJR is out with a new Journalism 2050 issue, looking at where the wind is blowing the media industry and habits of news consumption. Check it out: www.cjr.org/the-journali...
The Journalism 2050 Issue
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December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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On this week's E&P Reports: Half of U.S. teens think journalists make up quotes and do favors for sources, new report finds.

E&P Publisher Mike Blinder explores the disconnect with Peter Adams, senior vp of research and design, News Literacy Project.

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Half of U.S. teens think journalists make up quotes and do favors for sources, new report finds - Editor and Publisher
If you think young people aren’t paying attention to the news, think again — they are, and they have thoughts. A new study reveals just how skeptical today’s teens are about the press, and the results...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Spokane newspaper reveals deadline for nonprofit switch

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Spokane newspaper reveals deadline for nonprofit switch - America's Newspapers
Plans to transfer The Spokesman-Review to a nonprofit are going slower than some expected but a surge of Tuesday donations helped. The transfer is now expected to happen “in the first half of 2026,” a...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Charges Filed in the Case of the Missing FOIA Data
Following a Bloomberg News investigation in May, twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter were charged with computer crimes related to the theft of government data and destruction of databases.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Business Insider announces AI pilot

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Business Insider announces AI pilot - Editor and Publisher
Business Insider has been experimenting with AI, finding ways to harness it to be more efficient and effective. On Dec. 4, Business Insider kicked off a new pilot phase for one of these experiments: u...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Nonprofit led by veteran journalist David Greene to acquire LNP | LancasterOnline
Editor’s note: This story was reported and edited by independent journalists commissioned by LNP | LancasterOnline. Jeff Hawkes, a veteran reporter and columnist who retired from LNP | LancasterOnline...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI for copying Times journalism to deliver it to Perplexity’s customers without permission or compensation.

#nytimes #perplexityai #artificialintelligence #copyright

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The Times Sues Perplexity AI | The New York Times Company
Today, The New York Times filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI for copying Times journalism to deliver it to Perplexity’s customers without permission or compensation.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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USA TODAY Co. and Meta Announce Multi-Year AI Licensing Partnership

#USAToday #Meta #ArtificialIntelligence #newsmedia

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USA TODAY Co. and Meta Announce Multi-Year AI Licensing Partnership
USA TODAY Co., Inc. (NYSE: TDAY), announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Meta to access new and archival content from USA TODAY, more than 200 USA TODAY Network local publications and the n...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Maurice DuBois, ‘CBS Evening News’ co-anchor, is leaving the network | CNN Business share.google/vETsJssaqTbW...
Maurice DuBois, ‘CBS Evening News’ co-anchor, is leaving the network | CNN Business
The “CBS Evening News” needs a new anchor — and soon.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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#SPJ #TrumpAdministration #FirstAmendment #journalism
SPJ urges White House to take down ‘media offenders’ webpage
Society of Professional Journalists, improving and protecting journalism since 1909
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December 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights

The lawsuit said the Defense Department’s new set of rules for journalists “violates the Constitution’s guarantees of due process, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.”

#DoD #Pentagon #journalism

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New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Andy Pergam named executive director of ASU’s Knight Center for the Future of News

#newsmedia #journalism #sustainablenews #ASU #Cronkite

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Andy Pergam named executive director of ASU’s Knight Center for the Future of News | ASU News
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University has named longtime media innovator Andy Pergam as the new executive director of the Knight Center for the Fu...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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E&P: Inside NENPA’s First Amendment Collaborative

#NENPA #FirstAmendment #PressFreedom

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Inside NENPA’s First Amendment Collaborative: Training journalists and engaging communities on press freedom - Editor and Publisher
Last May, the New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) launched its First Amendment Collaborative, a regional initiative uniting newsrooms to report on threats to press freedom and offer trai...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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In conversation with INMA: A global perspective on what news publishers must do next

#inma #newsmedia #artificialintelligence

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A global perspective on what news publishers must do next - Editor and Publisher
Robert Whitehead believes the news industry is entering a make-or-break era defined by AI disruption, collapsing platform traffic and growing public distrust. In a conversation with E&P, he said gener...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life

Text by Kurt Streeter
Visuals by Ruth Fremson

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How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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"Any journalist will tell you. Sometimes you hear something so quotable that you can see the words in print in real time, right before your eyes. The room changes when deep truths are being spoken, when raw honesty is in the air."—Cameron Crowe, "The Uncool: A Memoir"

#memoir #journalism #70srock
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Print meets broadcast: Spotlight PA/Nexstar partnership expands investigative reach

by Bob Sillick for Editor & Publisher

#localnews #investigativereporting #SpotlightPA #Nexstar #Pennsylvania

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Print meets broadcast: Spotlight PA/Nexstar partnership expands investigative reach - Editor and Publisher
As digital disruption collapses old print–radio–TV silos, local collaborations like the one between Spotlight PA and Nexstar’s five Pennsylvania stations show how journalism can adapt. Led by Christop...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM