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Mike Canan

@mikecanan.bsky.social
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Senior Director of Journalism Strategies at the Scripps Howard Fund. Former editor, news director at WCPO. Former managing editor at TCPalm/Treasure Coast Newspapers. Co-founder and board member of PF Flyers Baseball Club and coach.

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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Collision course: Animals killed on Canada’s railways: projects.thenarwhal.ca/collision-co...
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The hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The Narwhal
Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
How a Beautiful Summer Day on Lake Tahoe Suddenly Turned Deadly www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Lack of Local News Tied to Government Secrecy, New Report Says localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...
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Lack of Local News Tied to Government Secrecy, New Report Says
The loss of local news is linked with increased government secrecy, according to a new study conducted by the Brechner Center for the Advancement of the First Amendment at the University of Florida.
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Politico @politico.com · 28/08/2025
The newly ousted director of the CDC refused to fire top agency leaders or approve changes to vaccines from RFK Jr.’s hand-picked panel of advisers.
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Monarez refused to fire top CDC leaders, ‘rubber-stamp’ vaccine changes, confidante says
The former CDC director was ousted late Wednesday after refusing to resign despite pressure from Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Google’s AI Overviews are killing traffic to news sites.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/analysis/tra...
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Traffic Apocalypse
Google’s AI Overviews are killing click-throughs to news sites.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Americans still have faith in local news − but few are willing to pay for it theconversation.com/americans-st...
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Americans still have faith in local news − but few are willing to pay for it
When American readers follow local news, it can help reduce political polarization and also make them more likely to vote in local elections.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
How to stand your ground, in three (not so easy) steps open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
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How to stand your ground, in three (not so easy) steps
On dueling commencement talks, NPR's new lawsuit and and a warning about Paramount's 'possible bribe'
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Columbia keeps 'investigating' student journalists covering pro-Palestine protests.! 🦋 www.cjr.org/news/columbi...
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Columbia Keeps ‘Investigating’ Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests
Reporters on campus say it’s a threat to press freedom.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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"The Bully's Pulpit: Trump v. The First Amendment" | Knight First Amendment Institute
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Congrats to the Howard Centers and @AP on winning First Place and Best in Show in the Headliner Awards for the category Online Investigative Reporting for Digital Partnerships with Other news Outlets www.headlinerawards.org/2025-online/
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2025 – Online | National Headliner Awards
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Oregon lawmakers to decide whether big tech should pay to support local journalism www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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Oregon lawmakers to decide whether big tech should pay to support local journalism
Companies including Google and Meta could be required to pay millions to online Oregon news outlets.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The four-day newsroom? How a bold schedule shift could ease burnout and boost retention rjionline.org/news/the-fou...
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The four-day newsroom? How a bold schedule shift could ease burnout and boost retention
As burnout continues to challenge morale and staff retention in newsrooms nationwide, the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s research indicates that journalists widely support greater flexibility in thei...
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
How billionaires and powerful law firms are working to restrict libel protections and silence the press reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-bil...
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How billionaires and powerful law firms are working to restrict libel protections and silence the press in Trump’s America
A new book by ‘New York Times’ journalist David Enrich exposes the campaign to overturn a precious legal precedent that protects investigative journalism.
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The E.W. Scripps Company @ewscrippsco.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The Scripps Howard Fund and Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) are adding a fall cohort to the Nonprofit Newsroom #Internship Program. Get more details, access the Q & A registration and find the application link here: scripps.com/wp-content/u... @mikecanan.bsky.social @inn.org #journalism
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Your weather app could miss the next big storm. Blame Elon Musk and DOGE. open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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Your weather app could miss the next big storm. Blame Elon Musk and DOGE.
I talked to legendary TV meteorologist Tom Skilling who warns that targeting the National Weather Service puts us all in jeopardy.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/02/2025
From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. nyti.ms/40Z3Z4i
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Department of Education rescinds Title IX guidance that NIL payments must be proportionate
How Title IX would factor into schools' revenue-sharing decisions has been a lingering question.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Trump’s Declaration Allows Musk’s Efficiency Team to Skirt Open Records Laws www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
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Trump’s Declaration Allows Musk’s Efficiency Team to Skirt Open Records Laws
Government watchdog groups say they will challenge the Trump administration’s decision to put the initiative under the Presidential Records Act, which shields its work from public disclosure.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Fantastic story by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University if Maryland www.npr.org/2025/02/03/g...
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Two years after derailment, toxic chemicals still roll through East Palestine
Two years after derailment, toxic chemicals still roll through East Palestine.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Great piece on @ChristinaSumi's AI leadership at Scripps www.adweek.com/tvspy/ai-may...
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Will AI Be A Benevolent Helper Or An Evil Overlord for Scripps?
This week I had a conversation with Scripps’ VP of emerging technology operations, Christina Hartman about AI.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
How Facebook groups are replacing shuttered rural newsrooms www.rmpbs.org/blogs/commun...
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Reposting vs. reporting: How Facebook groups are replacing shuttered rural newsrooms | Rocky Mountain PBS
As small newsrooms close in rural Colorado, citizen journalists are gathering together to keep the flow of local news and information alive.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Inside a network of AI-generated newsletters targeting “small town America” www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/insi...
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Inside a network of AI-generated newsletters targeting “small town America”
Good Daily, which operates in 47 states and 355 towns and cities across the U.S., is run by one person.
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Supporting Voces Internship of Idaho has been one of the smartest decisions I’ve made in my current job and one of the most rewarding parts of my career. niemanreports.org/voces-intern...
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How Voces Internship is Bringing More Latinos Into Newsrooms
Voces Internship of Idaho, an internship program, is bringing more Latinos into newsrooms
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/01/2025
Steve Bannon called Elon Musk a “truly evil person” in an interview with an Italian newspaper. The comments deepened hostilities between the two men who have been influential advisers to President-elect Trump.
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Elon Musk Is an ‘Evil Person,’ Steve Bannon Says
The comments highlighted rifts within the U.S. right wing and between two men who have been influential advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump.
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Craig Silverman @craigsilverman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
It’s remarkable that Zuck said “the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S." He not only ended the partnership, he threw US fact checkers under the bus.
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The E.W. Scripps Company @ewscrippsco.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#Journalists: The Scripps Howard Fund is now accepting entries for the 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards. The awards will offer $140,000 in prize money in 12 categories. Learn more and find a link to submit an entry: scripps.com/fund/news/sc... @mikecanan.bsky.social
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Scripps Howard Fund accepting entries for the 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards - Scripps
The 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards, one of the nation’s most prestigious American journalism competitions, will offer $140,000 in prize money in 12 categories. The Scripps Howard Fund will be a...
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
We are proud to support this! City Limits to Launch Internship for Emerging Hispanic and Latino Journalists citylimits.org/2024/11/26/c...
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City Limits to Launch Internship for Emerging Hispanic and Latino Journalists
Grant support from the Scripps Howard Fund will allow City Limits to host interns for three semesters beginning in the summer of 2025, who will produce stories and investigations for the Spanish/Engli...
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
@sarabethb.bsky.social is right. There are positive signs when it comes to local news. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-...
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The rebirth of local news
"There's an old adage in the news business that journalists only cover the planes that crash. But in this case, we need to cover the planes that are taking off."
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
How moral injury is impacting the news industry and what you can do about it americanpressinstitute.org/how-moral-in...
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How moral injury is impacting the news industry and what you can do about it - American Press Institute
Imagine you’re a reporter covering an influx of immigrants in your town. They’re hungry and have nowhere to go. They’re barely surviving. But you did nothing to help them. After all, it’s not your job...
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
We are excited to offer grants to community colleges and regional branch universities to support experiential journalism learning! scripps-howard-fund-offers-journalism-grant-for-community-colleges_dec15-1.pdf
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
I love the concept of comparing news organizations to independent bookstores. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/taki...
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Taking lessons from independent bookstores
"It was never about the size of inventory and the pricing. It isn't about the transaction. Independent bookstores are about relationships and community."
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Nancy Lane @nancylanelma.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Bill to protect journalists blocked by Senate Republicans www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/p...
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Senate GOP blocks bill to protect journalists after Trump opposes it | CNN Politics
Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an effort by Democrats to pass a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law – a move that comes in the wake of President-el...
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Mike Canan @mikecanan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Brendan Carr, Soon To Be FCC Chair, Says Commission Will Back Local TV Stations “Even If That’s In Conflict” With Broadcast Networks deadline.com/2024/12/fcc-...
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Brendan Carr, Soon To Be FCC Chair, Says Commission Will Back Local TV Stations “Even If That’s In Conflict” With Broadcast Networks
Brendan Carr, poised to become FCC chair, said the commission will back local TV stations "even if that's in conflict with the interests of national broadcast networks."
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