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poynter.org > business-work > 2026 > philadelphia-student-press-association

Student journalists are often on their own. I built a network to change that.

2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (914+ words) This article was originally published in the Student Press Report, a national news desk covering student media and journalism education in higher ed." I started to notice the pattern during my time at The Clerk, Haverford College's independent student newspaper....

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poynter.org > tech-tools > 2026 > how-to-use-ai-journalism-education

Journalism students are more skeptical of AI than you might think

2+ hour, 31+ min ago  (771+ words) My colleagues and I are engaged in the convoluted, ever-shifting process of figuring out how to use artificial intelligence in journalism in ways that are both productive and ethical. Somewhere between "Let students use AI to write their stories" and…...

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poynter.org > commentary > 2026 > brendan-carr-mission-accomplished-press-war

The FCC chair is openly cheering the weakening of the press

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (936+ words) President Donald Trump has made no secret of the fact that he detests the press, and for the past 10 years has waged a full-scale assault on it. He has used fascist tactics, such as calling the media "fake news" and…...

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poynter.org > news-release > 2026 > asus-cronkite-school-and-poynter-institute-launch-training-collaboration-to-support-journalists-and-media-professionals

ASU’s Cronkite School and Poynter Institute launch training collaboration to support journalists and media professionals

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (378+ words) ST. PETERSBURG, Florida(March 30, 2026) " Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Poynter Institute have launched a new collaboration to expand professional development opportunities for journalists and media professionals nationwide. The collaboration brings together two…...

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poynter.org > tech-tools > 2026 > how-to-start-using-ai-journalism

AI advice from journalists who stopped talking and started building

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (404+ words) Of the 440 applications Texas Tribune chief product officer Darla Cameron received for an AI engineering role, 90% were junk. Many appeared to be written using the very tools candidates were supposed to understand. "Here's a short response that'll work for this,…...

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poynter.org > business-work > 2026 > why-are-journalists-arrested-protests-rights

When covering a protest leads to arrest, what protections do journalists really have?

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1159+ words) In April 2024, Sanchez was covering a pro-Palestine protest at the University of Texas at Austin. Footage soon appeared online showing police officers pushing him to the ground while he was holding his camera. He was detained and charged with criminal…...

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poynter.org > news-release > 2026 > mediawise-launches-teen-creator-network-social-media-video-tiktok

MediaWise launches Teen Creator Network with $300,000 grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (543+ words) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (March 23, 2026)" " Today's teens are not just scrolling through the news. They are explaining it, reacting to it and sharing it with their peers on social media. Across platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, young creators are breaking…...

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poynter.org > business-work > 2026 > cbs-news-layoffs-cuts-news-radio

CBS News cuts radio division amid layoffs

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (554+ words) CBS News executives informed staff Friday that they were eliminating CBS News Radio as part of broader layoffs at the company." Roughly 6% of staff, or nearly 60 individuals, were affected, according to The New York Post. The cuts come as editor-in-chief…...

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poynter.org > business-work > 2026 > voa-usagm-cuts-layoffs-funding-lawsuits-trump-press-freedom

A year after Trump administration cuts, Voice of America and its sister outlets are mostly shadows of their former selves

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1731+ words) Begum Donmez Ersoz was in the hospital for high blood pressure, 29 weeks pregnant with twins, when she got her first termination letter from Voice of America. "It was the scariest time and the hardest time of my life," Donmez Ersoz…...

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poynter.org > commentary > 2026 > pete-hegseth-attacks-media-trump-pearl-harbor-iran

The Trump administration can’t stop complaining about the media

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (859+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had another combative press conference on Thursday, this time calling the media "dishonest" and saying they had Trump Derangement Syndrome. Since the start of the war, more than a dozen American service members have been killed....