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The accomplished journalists and media executives will advise Poynter on industry needs and opportunities.
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Opinion | Fox News goes all in on MAGA by adding a Trump to the payroll
The network continues to peddle itself as a legitimate news outlet. Hiring the sitting president’s daughter-in-law makes that claim indefensible.
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What went wrong at the National Trust for Local News?
With a cofounder out as CEO, a big question looms: Is the novel idea of fighting news deserts by buying and remotely running local outlets flawed?
February 6, 2025
A collective open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the IFCN Arabic Coalition
The letter follows Meta’s move to end the fact-checking program in the U.S.
February 6, 2025
Does as little as 10% of USAID go to help people in need? What that claim gets wrong
A report said that just 12.1% of USAID’s 2024 funding went to small local groups — but that’s just one piece of the agency’s overall aid
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February 5, 2025
Tom Brady’s Super Bowl debut in the booth comes with plenty of questions
In the latest episode of ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ Athletic media reporter Richard Deitsch predicts Brady’s future
February 5, 2025
‘Make every word count’ — Roy Peter Clark discusses the power of short writing
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