Precisely 180 years ago, a handful of New York news executives looking to save money on coverage had an idea. Today, it is called The Associated Press.

Hundreds of former or retired journalists and eight press freedom groups have called on the White House Correspondents’ Association to stand up against the Trump administration’s recent attacks on the...

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CNN founder and television pioneer Ted Turner has died at age 87. The network says he died Wednesday, citing a news release from Turner Enterprises.

Photographer Ann Hermes is fascinated by things that evoke a time gone by, or about to pass into history.

Both President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are calling on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comic joked last week that the first lady had “the glow of an expectant widow.”

More often than not, big stories happen out of the sight of journalists. Not so this weekend, when a shooting forced the postponement of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner — an annual ...

A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside a high-profile journalists’ dinner attended by President Donald Trump and multiple senior U.S. leaders.

Things looked bleak for media in Pittsburgh until a stunning turnaround. Weeks before the city's dominant newspaper was due to close, a sale has kept it alive.

During a contentious era, one of journalism's leading figures says he's concerned about news outlets that may be losing their moral compass.

Owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down.

A media deal is offering a peek into a future where journalists have more than just a one-way conversation with the people following the news.

Cracks continue to appear in the pillars upholding our democratic institutions including colleges and universities. Our 8th annual #SpeechMatters conference will look at challenges to the First Amendm...

The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspaper journalism that sustained the company...

Breakout Nashville singer Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is breaking genre barriers and topping multiple charts.

Writer's block is the fear of any creative person, and it struck rock singer and songwriter Courtney Barnett hard as she made her new album.

A judge this week ruled that Voice of America's employees — and the news organization itself — get back to work. Whether that actually happens is anybody's guess.

CBS News says it's shutting down its radio news service after nearly a century of operation as part of a round of layoffs at the company.

President Donald Trump and his team are increasing the pressure on journalists to cover the war in the Middle East the way the administration wants.

A company that evaluates news outlets and websites to see which produce reliable journalism says it's under attack by the Trump administration.

The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job.

Through its social media feed, the White House has sent out a series of pumped-up videos that mix real Iran war explosions with movie action heroes, video game footage and sports heroes.

Fox News has apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony as part of its coverage.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has drawn negative attention for his comment that the press has emphasized casualties in the Iran war because it wants to make President Donald Trump look bad.

Some of the sharpest criticism President Donald Trump has faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures more accustomed to singing his praises.

The Trump administration took more than 48 hours to make any live, public communication with the American people about why it had decided to go to war with Iran.

Shortly after it became known that Paramount was the apparent victor in the competition to buy CNN's parent company, network president Mark Thompson was compelled to send his staff a note to calm down...

Journalists at the investigative outlet ProPublica have pledged to strike if negotiations for a contract don't take a turn — in what is believed would be the first such job action in the news industry...

As a moment of political theater, President Donald Trump set a trap for Democrats while challenging them in his State of the Union address to sit or stand in signifying their belief in the primary rol...

Professional journalists sifting through the trove of documents released in the Epstein files have some help — a cadre of citizen journalists or sleuths who have become obsessed with the material.

Bad Bunny delivered a historic performance at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show that brought Puerto Rican culture and history to the fore.

It's frequently a challenge for a news organization to cover a story that involves itself, or one of its employees.

The Washington Post is laying off one-third of its staff in the newsroom and other departments, a brutal blow at one of journalism’s most legendary brands.

With the eyes of a nation upon it, the Minnesota immigration enforcement effort has tested a local newsroom in the midst of a digital transformation — and it hasn't left the local journalists overmatc...

There's a lot more to The New York Times than its news stories, and that's by design. The success of ancillary products on its website — Games, the Wirecutter product recommendations, mounds of recipe...

Press freedom advocates are concerned this week's raid on a Washington Post journalist's home will deter reporting on government actions and silence whistleblowers.

The Defense Department says it is revamping the military newspaper Stars and Stripes to focus on “reporting for our warfighters” and eliminate woke distractions.

“There's nothing wrong with making people happy,” says singer John Mellencamp, and that's the guiding philosophy of the concert tour he's planning this summer.

Five years after video of George Floyd's killing on a Minneapolis street, video of another law enforcement action in the northern city is central to another American debate.

Nobody could accuse CBS News' Tony Dokoupil of participating in a soft launch. His first days as “CBS Evening News” anchor put more focus on that role than there has been in years.

News organizations got a rare “thank you” from the Trump administration for not putting its military action in Venezuela in jeopardy by reporting on it before it happened.

By most measures, 2025 was a rough year for those who care about freedom of the press. It's likely to be the deadliest year on record for journalists and media workers across the world.

Hours before airtime on Sunday, CBS News' “60 Minutes” held a planned story on President Donald Trump's deportation policy at the order of the network's new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss.