The next time you find yourself leisurely browsing the shelves at your local independent bookstore, ask yourself how that store is still in business. Haven’t those little indie stores faced massive existential threats — multiple times? And yet they persist. Take a good look around, because that little store might just hold some answers about...
We know the beats before we hear them. The crime stories that permeate our phones, laptops, TVs, and radios repeat the same narratives so many time. Every day of our lives, we can expect to see images of police tape outstretched, red and blue lights flashing, sirens blaring, officers inspecting a crime scene. We can...
The actor has previously admitted he had stipulations to continue working in the industry.
Agreement with South American bloc is a chance to bolster free trade
The ChatGPT integration with Apple devices is officially live. Users can now invoke ChatGPT through Siri and other Apple Intelligence tools.
There are pivotal, life-altering moments when access to trusted information and expert analysis is critical. Cast your mind back to 2020, when news of a deadly coronavirus was all-consuming, and we needed to know: Am I safe? Are my loved ones safe? Why did this happen? How long will this last? Almost overnight, it seemed...
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I’ve spent a lot of time over the past year surrounded by cancer patients. Also, being one. I was at the beginning of my journalism career when a cancer diagnosis knocked me off center. I’m in my early 20s, and none of my ailments are immediately obvious, which is why I’ve been adamant online and...
In 2025, we won’t just read the news — we’ll talk to it, and it will talk back. News will transform from something we passively consume to something we actively experience through voice-first AI that turns text into conversation and readers into participants. I’m talking about unleashing the most powerful form of human communication —...
In the spring of 2017, during the first 100 days of Donald Trump 1.0, I taught a class called Media and Policy Processes. We focused on the media’s role not only in covering policymaking, but also actively participating: helping government actors signal their positions and preferences to other policymakers, shifting and reflecting public opinion that...
Chhattisgarh's BJP government will release its one-year report card. BJP president JP Nadda will release it in Raipur on December 13. MP Manoj Tiwari proudly displayed a 'Best Dad Ever' badge. He received it from his daughter's playschool. NCP's Sunetra Pawar got the 11 Janpath bungalow. Her neighbors are Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar.
The narrative around the news business has felt static for years. We’re caught in the grips of an ongoing “mediapocalypse,” characterized by buyouts, layoffs, and shuttered newsrooms. No one can deny that the environment is challenging. But the emphasis of the story too often obscures a trend that should be the source of real optimism:...
During economic downturns, people seek small comforts to offset broader hardships — what Estée Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder dubbed the “Lipstick Effect” 25 years ago. In 2025, I predict we’ll see a similar pattern in news consumption: an embrace of human-curated content as comfort food for our algorithm-weary minds. This comfort-seeking behavior parallels trends in...
In 2025 — and beyond — we will discover, once again, that the transformative new shiny gizmos we put to work in newsrooms are just the beginning of a long, continuous journey to improving journalism and society. In the past couple of years, newsrooms have been flooded with offers for new state-of-the-art software solutions that...
It’s Thanksgiving Day, 2022. Nearly everyone in the U.S. is commemorating the holiday. Most are gathering with friends and family, some for the first time since the start of the COVID pandemic, combatting a rising epidemic of loneliness and alienation plaguing every community in the country. When they turn on NPR’s morning news roundup, they’re...
Deputy Chief Constable Bobby Singleton condemned the incidents and said the true figure was probably higher.
The decision by the European Federation of Journalists, the largest such organization in Europe, to stop posting on Twitter as of January 20, 2025, signals a broader media shift towards social media and news sharing alternatives. “The EFJ considers that it can no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed...
A four-part docuseries will give "Saturday Night Live" fans a glimpse into how the show is made, just in time for the comedy's 50th anniversary.
Thousands of users reported problems with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in the US, UK, Australia and parts of Asia and South America.