Commentary

Homeland Security is using lie detector tests to hunt for leaks to the press

It may be the first time a federal agency has used polygraphs to question employees specifically about leaks to the media

March 10, 2025

Tom Jones

Opinion | A message to grumpy veteran journalists: The kids are working hard and deserve your support

Retired journalists know, in their hearts of hearts, that they were lucky to be working for newspapers at a time of prosperity

March 10, 2025

Roy Peter Clark

Opinion | MSNBC’s new hire will bring aboard 100 journalists ahead of an upcoming shift

Scott Matthews, MSNBC’s new senior vice president of newsgathering, is expected to hire field producers, correspondents, photographers and more

March 7, 2025

Tom Jones

Opinion | A New York Times podcast missed a valuable opportunity in an episode about a rape trial in France

‘The Daily’ has discussed the larger societal context of rape cases before, making this omission more surprising

March 7, 2025

Lisa Thalhamer

Opinion | Disney and ABC News cuts include the shutdown of FiveThirtyEight

The data-driven site, founded by Nate Silver in 2008, gained prominence for its near-perfect forecast of Barack Obama’s victory that year

March 6, 2025

Tom Jones

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Opinion | What we can learn from the botched Vanity Fair interview with Megan Thee Stallion

If news outlets are going to elevate influencers like Giggly Squad’s Hannah Berner to red carpet interviewers, they must properly prepare them.

March 6, 2025

TyLisa Johnson

Opinion | Trump’s speech caps another busy day in media

One out-of-the-box name in media is floating his name as a Democratic nominee for president and says, ‘I can beat them all.’

March 5, 2025

Tom Jones

Opinion | Is Bezos’s new editorial mission for The Washington Post already bombing?

The Post’s new focus on ‘personal liberties and free markets’ made an inauspicious debut with milquetoast Trump/Zelenskyy commentary

March 4, 2025

Rick Edmonds

In a nation of news deserts, are there news rainforests, too? If so, where?

Even idealistic digital startups tend to head where the money is.

March 4, 2025

Rick Edmonds

Opinion | Introducing The Poynter 50, a yearlong look at consequential people and events that shaped 50 years of media

Some moments changed everything. Others flew under the radar. But all 50 shaped the journalism we know today — and where it’s headed.

March 3, 2025

Tom Jones

Homeland Security is using lie detector tests to hunt for leaks to the press

Opinion | A message to grumpy veteran journalists: The kids are working hard and deserve your support

Opinion | MSNBC’s new hire will bring aboard 100 journalists ahead of an upcoming shift

Opinion | A New York Times podcast missed a valuable opportunity in an episode about a rape trial in France

Opinion | Disney and ABC News cuts include the shutdown of FiveThirtyEight

Start your day informed and inspired.

Opinion | What we can learn from the botched Vanity Fair interview with Megan Thee Stallion

Opinion | Trump’s speech caps another busy day in media

Opinion | Is Bezos’s new editorial mission for The Washington Post already bombing?

In a nation of news deserts, are there news rainforests, too? If so, where?

Opinion | Introducing The Poynter 50, a yearlong look at consequential people and events that shaped 50 years of media

Start your day informed and inspired.

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