Kristen Hare · [email protected]

October 2, 2019 at 2:53 PM

You'll want to print this quote.

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. A few weeks ago, my editor and I sat in a Detroit hotel room for a run-through of a presentation. She brought snacks. And White Claws. Barbara Allen and I had planne…

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October 2, 2019 at 11:34 AM

Inside a deeply disturbing NYTimes story, plus a great local investigation and cuts in Pittsburgh: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good morning. Today, we take a break from impeachment stories to take you behind the scenes of an important but appalling story from The N…

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  The Cohort, The Poynter Institute · [email protected]

October 1, 2019 at 12:27 PM

How seven women got some of the most in-demand roles in media

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

October 1, 2019 at 11:49 AM

The credible journalism problem at Fox News, plus Breitbart's strange ad and a fired reporter feels abandoned: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning, and happy October. The impeachment story continues to dominate the news, and likely will for weeks (months?) to come.…

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  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]

October 1, 2019 at 11:04 AM

The first tool of the next digital era is here

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September 30, 2019 at 11:41 AM

The cost of Giuliani's must-see TV, plus a sportswriter's big save and DeNiro's f-bombs: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good morning. It was a busy Sunday morning on the news shows, including one of the greatest actors of all time giving a speech that sounde…

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September 27, 2019 at 12:09 PM

Did The New York Times do the right thing in its whistleblower coverage?: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. What a week. And you get the feeling that phrase — what a week — will be repeated over and over and over again i…

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  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]

September 26, 2019 at 1:11 PM

The money behind misinformation — Collaboration at UNGA — A law on medicine gets a check-up from Factcheck.org

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 26, 2019 at 11:53 AM

A retroactive scoop, plus a master class on engaging readers in the digital age: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday morning. Veteran journalist Dan Rather had my favorite tweet on Wednesday. He wrote: “This story is moving faster than a…

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  Kristen Hare · [email protected]

September 25, 2019 at 2:02 PM

Breaking: There’s no magic bullet

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. In 2007, Hurricane Matthew dumped four feet of water into downtown Whiteville, North Carolina.  In 2018, Hurricane Florence brought another 23 inches of rain there …

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 25, 2019 at 11:38 AM

Impeachment, and how to cover it; plus Vox buys New York Media and Showtime snags 'Vice': The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   This is either a historic moment in our country, or just another day in the presidency of Donald Trump. It all settles around one thin…

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September 24, 2019 at 12:00 PM

NYTimes publisher: Time to fight for ideals, plus the dogged pursuit of a Michael Vick follow-up and a Fox News apology: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning. This morning’s Poynter Report takes you behind the scenes of a superb piece of journalism in The Washington Pos…

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September 23, 2019 at 11:34 AM

This whistleblower story is every journalism junkie's dream, plus Bill Belichick and Wyoming are both cool on the media: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, right, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the Youth Climat…

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  Neil Brown, The Poynter Institute · [email protected]

September 21, 2019 at 12:04 PM

Join us for an evening with Candi Carter — executive producer of “The View”

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 20, 2019 at 11:37 AM

A former Fox News anchor, now working for CNN, spills on the differences between the two networks, plus CNN will host another town hall

  Have you ever wanted the inside scoop on the differences between Fox News and CNN? One person qualified to answer that question is featured in today’s Poynter Report.   Good Friday morning. The week ends with blockbuster reports from The Washington Post and…

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  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]

September 19, 2019 at 1:02 PM

Disinformation and the lack of outrage — The NYT exposes a Chinese Twitter campaign — Full Fact makes use of Facebook's ad library

Disinformation and the lack of outrage — The NYT exposes a Chinese Twitter campaign — Full Fact makes use of Facebook's ad library Can disinformation stir U.S. voters to action?    Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Where’s the outrage (ab…

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 19, 2019 at 11:35 AM

Corey Lewandowski provides a maddening CNN interview, plus great reporting about mental health and a dustup at Fox Sports

  It was an interview so outlandish that you almost can’t believe it was real. Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said some job-dropping things while being interviewed by CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on “New Day.”   Good Thursday morning. I’m going to ta…

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  Kristen Hare · [email protected]

September 18, 2019 at 3:08 PM

Laissez les local news rouler

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Last week in New Orleans, I saw: The French Quarter  Bourbon Street (it was 7 in the morning and I was on a walk, but it counts) And the power of local journal…

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 18, 2019 at 11:37 AM

Remembering Cokie Roberts, a writer's NYT/Kavanaugh confession and 'The Daily' hits 1 billion: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Wednesday morning. Thanks for reading, and we start today with the passing of an iconic journalist. 'A constant over 40 years' C…

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  The Cohort, The Poynter Institute · [email protected]

September 17, 2019 at 1:06 PM

Reaching the most elusive audience of them all — teenagers

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 17, 2019 at 11:38 AM

NYTimes-Kavanaugh saga continues while McClatchy languishes and Edward Snowden wants to come home: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning. The New York Times-Brett Kavanaugh story continued to dominate the media news Monday, so we’ll start there. It wa…

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  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]

September 17, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Data journalism solves big problems, but it’s an organizational mess. Not for much longer.

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 16, 2019 at 11:35 AM

NYTimes struggles around new Kavanaugh allegations, while 'She Said' authors continue to shine and Rush Limbaugh gets judgy: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. A new book about Brett Kavanaugh will be released Tuesday, and it's already at the center of a controversy. Buryi…

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  Tom Jones, The Poynter Institute · [email protected]

September 13, 2019 at 4:15 PM

See college basketball legend Dick Vitale 🏀

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September 13, 2019 at 12:00 PM

ABC was the real debate winner, plus the trouble with a sportswriter's Twitter rant and a media critic's mea culpa: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. Another Democratic debate is in the books and it might have been the most productive of this year’s sessions. ABC had …

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  Kristen Hare · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 12:41 PM

#HotLocalPaperSummer

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. There’s always some tension when young journalists come into established newsrooms for summer internships and fellowships. They’re unjaded, which is refreshing, but …

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 11:50 AM

Fact-checkers gear up for tonight's debate, plus the end of the line for The Express and pink ponies in the news: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday morning. We start today by getting you ready for tonight’s Democratic presidential debate. Just the facts, please, in to…

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  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 11:05 AM

New terms to describe online deception — Facebook makes its own deepfakes — Fact-checking fakery in Kashmir

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September 11, 2019 at 12:12 PM

NBC News says Washington Post is casting stones, plus newspaper execs lobby in D.C. and taco 'bout a journalism dream job: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   The Tribute in Light rises above the lower Manhattan skyline Tuesday in New York. Wednesday marks the 18th anniversary of the terror atta…

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September 10, 2019 at 11:45 AM

I didn't hear him, Billy Bush says of famous Trump expletive, plus another Weinstein victim goes public and a jaw-dropper from 'Frontline': The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good morning and happy Tuesday. “CBS This Morning” has a big interview today, so let’s start there. Billy Bush to Gayle King: I didn't h…

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  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]

September 10, 2019 at 11:03 AM

Peel back the layers of Twitter with this freshly updated tool

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 9, 2019 at 11:37 AM

They wrote the book on the #MeToo story, plus Sarah Sanders' 'Fox & Friends' debut and Steve Kroft retires: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday. Let’s dive right in with a more detailed look at one of the biggest news stories in recent history. The story that started…

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 6, 2019 at 11:35 AM

Chuck Todd on what makes 'Meet the Press' No. 1, plus CNN's climate special and The Atlantic makes us pay: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. I promise you a SharpieGate-free newsletter. Well, except for one brief Twitter exchange about it. It just seems like…

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  Tom Jones, The Poynter Institute · [email protected]

September 5, 2019 at 8:56 PM

See college basketball legend Dick Vitale 🏀

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  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]

September 5, 2019 at 1:11 PM

A new front in the war on disinformation — A report on "source hacking" — Lead Stories exposes a clickbait scam

A new front in the war on disinformation —  A report on "source hacking" — Lead Stories exposes a clickbait scam The U.S. Defense Department is going after disinformation. Here are 3 questions about what they’re proposing. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. …

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 5, 2019 at 11:39 AM

An exclusive interview with the only anchor to tour the Bahamas; plus the Arizona Republic's union tiffs and a sports reporter's happy ending: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday to you. Hurricane Dorian hovers just off the East Coast, having left behind a disaster in the Bahamas. That’s where we start …

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 4, 2019 at 11:36 AM

Joe Biden’s slip-ups get called ‘gaffes.’ Should we be calling them something else? Plus, Whoopi Goldberg defends Trump. Kind of.

  Presidential hopeful Joe Biden is known to slip up and say the wrong thing. Are these instances gaffes? Or maybe we should just call them what they are: lies.   Good morning. Back in May, The New York Times called ABC’s “The View” the most important politica…

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  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]

September 4, 2019 at 11:02 AM

Tools to bookmark for hurricanes and other natural disasters

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  The Cohort, The Poynter Institute · [email protected]

September 3, 2019 at 1:08 PM

Care about the future of journalism? Maybe you should teach it

Care about the future of journalism? Maybe you should teach it Featuring Christina Leonard, professor of practice at Arizona State University  View The Cohort in your browser. Christina Leonard is a professor of practice at Arizona State University and executi…

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

September 3, 2019 at 11:35 AM

President Trump's Twitter didn't take Labor Day off, plus a reporter's White House lawsuit after a Rose Garden exchange

  Trump went on a Twitter rampage on Labor Day morning, ripping into the press and renewing his familiar chant of “fake news.”   Welcome to fall. Well, not officially, but Labor Day always feels like the end of summer. Hurricane Dorian remains the dominant ne…

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August 30, 2019 at 12:02 PM

The dangers of ignoring journalistic standards, plus Trump cozies back up to Fox News — sorta — while he's ignored elsewhere: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. Enjoy the long Labor Day weekend. The Poynter Report will return Tuesday morning … assuming Hurricane Dorian doesn’t …

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  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 1:54 PM

Fact-checking news as it breaks — YouTube comes under pressure — A hurricane idea bombs

Fact-checking news as it breaks — YouTube comes under pressure — A hurricane idea bombs How breaking news can contribute to online subterfuge  Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The toxic mix of breaking news and misinformation It’s now a…

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 11:42 AM

The Trump vs. Fox News tiff, the candidate who had a reporter removed, and the year's best dog story: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Greetings from Florida, where we are anxiously awaiting to see where Hurricane Dorian is headed. While we wait, here’s the latest media ne…

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  Kristen Hare · [email protected]

August 28, 2019 at 2:54 PM

Be brave. Also patient.

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Chet Hardin had been at Metroland, Albany’s alt-weekly, for a month when he started working on a story that he’d stay with for 13 years. He knew, when he first learn…

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

August 28, 2019 at 11:51 AM

Trump is all talk — for real — plus a bizarre bedbug beef and a first-rate apology: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Must be the dog days of August. Folks are fired up today. Good Wednesday to you. Some are upset with a New York Times writer, while a New …

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

August 27, 2019 at 11:37 AM

Journalists: We deserve scrutiny; Bernie Sanders opposes consolidation; and Sarah Sanders: governor of Arkansas?

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good morning. We continue to decipher the blockbuster report that said supporters of President Donald Trump have hatched a plan to go afte…

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  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]

August 27, 2019 at 11:04 AM

Read this before your next tweet

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

August 26, 2019 at 11:41 AM

The operation to discredit journalists, plus a bodyguard goes too far and the media's Luck runs out: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. Let’s dive right into a blockbuster media story published Sunday by The New York Times. 'Aggressive operation': dis…

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]

August 23, 2019 at 11:36 AM

Sarah Sanders joins Fox News, while NAHJ brushes them off, and Verlander throws a brushback: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Happy Friday. Shocking news to start the day. That’s sarcasm. There’s nothing shocking about the big media news to close out the week. …

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  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]

August 22, 2019 at 1:31 PM

The science of sharing — Twitter's blocks Beijing-backed accounts — Agência Lupa calls out a video hoax

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