Respect for journalists and big tech accountability: News industry’s wishlist for President Joe Biden
After four years of unrelenting verbal abuse from Donald Trump, the US news media is hoping today’s inauguration of President …
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Richard Tofel interview: President of ProPublica on how ‘Trump bump’ helped donor-funded group triple in size
ProPublica, a non-profit investigative news operation that has won six Pulitzer Prizes in its 12-year history, was a major beneficiary…
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How the Seattle Times sold 71,000 digital subscriptions: ‘People just love to read about bridges and tunnels’
How do you persuade 71,000 people to pay for access to your local news website? Frank Blethen, chief executive and…
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Too many polls and not enough local reporters? US media comes under fire (again) for election coverage
The poll results are in, and they don’t look good for the US press. An online survey of 454 Press…
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US election newspaper endorsements: How newspapers turned from red to blue
If presidential elections were won on newspaper endorsements, Joe Biden would be on course for the most resounding victory in…
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Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen J Adler interview: Agency’s US election reporters given flak jackets and gas masks
It’s not uncommon for a global news agency like Reuters to have to kit out its staff with gas masks…
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Axios CEO Jim VandeHei: Digital media’s ‘crap trap’ is gone… now we face a truth crisis
In 2016, between his resignation from Politico and the founding of news startup Axios, Jim VandeHei caused a stir in…
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Andrew Buncombe arrest: Independent’s US correspondent blasts Trump after ‘Alice in Wonderland’ experience
Andrew Buncombe, the journalist arrested while reporting on protests in Seattle, has said President Donald Trump’s anti-press sentiment has contributed…
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