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The NewsLab is operated by the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation in the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi. We work to advance journalistic standards, media literacy and professional training.

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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 6h
The prestigious journalism school at Columbia University announces it is pausing admissions for its M.A. degree program to reevaluate the curriculum.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 12h
White House drops CNN from the press pool covering President Trump’s trip to Texas and Oklahoma, a move that comes after a federal judge blocked the administration’s effort to more tightly control the media outlets that have access to the president. www.washingtonsun.com/media/white-...
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DoJ files a complaint of judicial misconduct against federal judges in Minnesota for speaking to the New York Times about immigration cases. www.justice.gov/sites/defaul...
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"College radio is uniquely positioned at the nexus of free speech, student activities, and federal oversight and interference." prismreports.org/2026/09/29/c...
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College radio stations are disappearing
Cleveland State University’s recent transfer of its radio station’s broadcast license to a conglomerate is the latest blow to independent student media
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SCMP - Hong Kong national security police have arrested two people, including the founder of online media outlet Boom News, on suspicion of “incitement by spreading disinformation.” www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
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Boom News founder Tang Ho-wing, 1 other arrested by national security police
Journalist whose online news outlet has 60,000 Instagram followers arrested on suspicion of ‘incitement by spreading disinformation’.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, recently fired by the Pentagon, is named E&P's News Executive of the Year. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/edit...
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Editor & Publisher (E&P) names Stars and Stripes’ Max D. Lederer, Jr. ‘News Executive of the Year’ - Editor and Publisher
Max D. Lederer, Jr. is Editor & Publisher’s 2026 News Executive of the Year. Lederer is the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes, where he spent more than three decades in leadership roles, includ...
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Forbidden Stories and UC Berkeley Journalism announce launch of a flagship, cross-border investigative lab amid mounting threats to press freedom in the United States. journalism.berkeley.edu/announce-for...
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Forbidden Stories and UC Berkeley Journalism join forces to launch a flagship, cross-border investigative lab and respond to mounting threats to press freedom in the U.S.
UC Berkeley Journalism offers a two-year Master of Journalism (MJ) degree and a summer minor, preparing students for careers in journalism.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's World News Day. worldnewsday.org/frequently-a...
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Frequently Asked Questions - World News Day
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
After 120 years, Fort Worth Star-Telegram editors have had enough of your letters. www.star-telegram.com/opinion/lett...
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What that Sydney Sweeney ad is really about — and it isn’t female athletes | Opinion
Star-Telegram readers weigh in on a racy sports-betting ad, Republicans who won’t debate, the national debt and more. | Opinion
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
America @ 250: Due Diligence today explores the women of the American Revolution who: 🖋️ Shaped political thought through writing 🏛️ Influenced the highest offices in the new nation 💰 Raised vital funds for the Continental Army 🕵️‍♀️ Gathered intelligence newsguy.substack.com/p/remember-t...
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Remember the Ladies
Mercy Otis Warren, Phillis Wheatley and Elizabeth Willing Powel helped shaped a nation that excluded them from formal political power.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One today as part of the news outlet's duties covering the president on behalf of major TV networks. www.cnn.com/2026/09/25/politi...
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White House bars CNN from covering Trump on behalf of major TV networks as he travels to Tennessee | CNN Politics
The White House is barring CNN from flying on Air Force One on Saturday as part of the news outlet’s duties covering the president on behalf of major television networks.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The only reason to put 20 to 60 times the money into an investigative report than what it would earn naturally is if they are getting cash from somewhere else. The most obvious culprit would be a company that directly financially benefits from the fallout." sgcarney.substack.com/p/theres-a-d...
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There’s a Disturbing New Trend on YouTube
Big Media and Private Equity are Taking Over the Platform
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Network cameras have resumed shooting and distributing video of President Trump, one day after CNN — one of the five members of the White House TV pool — had its press access reinstated by a court order. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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White House TV pool resumes coverage of Trump after CNN regains access
Networks banded together to suspend coverage after CNN was banned from the White House. CNN’s access was restored by a judge Thursday morning.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BBC about to be literally decimated. www.upday.com/uk/uknews/2000-...
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2,000 BBC jobs face the axe as £500m cost cuts trigger warning of a doom spiral | The latest National and International News - upday News
The BBC faces severe warnings of an inescapable "doom spiral" as a major cost-cutting drive triggers widespread job losses and the scaling back of television and radio services. Under a plan to save £500 million, the broadcaster is eliminating up to 2,000 roles — around 10 percent of its workforce — while battling low staff morale and mounting threats of strike action. | The latest National and International News - upday News
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Trump administration has complied with a federal judge's order to restore White House access to three media ​outlets he had banned but litigation is not over. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Why the court fight over the White House media ban isn't over
Here is what ‌to know about the next steps in the lawsuit filed by the three media outlets.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Update from the White House press room:
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today's Trump–Xi meeting is being boycotted by US TV networks in the White House pool—and it won't reach hundreds of millions of people in 100+ countries who once relied on the Voice of America, according to #SaveVOA. savevoa.com/
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Federal judge orders White House to restore credentials for CNN, MSNOW and Politico journalists. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico
Judge orders Trump administration to restore White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In a court filing, President Trump characterizes CNN, MSNOW and Politico as national security threats. www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f4...
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NYTimes Communications @nytimespr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“The New York Times will continue to withhold publication or distribution of images captured as part of the White House still photography pool, in support of the media organizations that President Trump has targeted with a ban. We’ll maintain this policy until a court has the chance to hear arguments on the legal claims filed by those media organizations. We remain committed to covering the president and his administration with thorough, unflinching news reporting.

Alongside the broadcast outlets that have suspended their video pool coverage of the president, The Times’s decision recognizes that barring these media outlets is unequal treatment and punitive retaliation for simply reporting the news.”

 — Charlie Stadtlander, a spokesperson for The New York Times
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Three major wire services, NY Times and Washington Post among news organization that are not publishing any photos of today's POTUS event until 00:00 EDT in a show of support for CNN, MSNOW and Politico, which were banned by the White House.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
White House launches “Trump TV” after the president barred reporters and photographers from three news outlets. www.whitehouse.gov/live/
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Live News
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Three news organizations whose journalists have been banned from the White House are suing President Trump and three top advisers, calling the abrupt lockout a “direct assault on the First Amendment.”
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Studiously impartial C-SPAN calls for the Trump administration to immediately restore White House access to the journalists of CNN, MSNOW and Politico.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"You have the right to remain silent..." On our latest episode of 'America at 250: Due Diligence," we explore the fascinating history of Ernesto Miranda’s confession, his landmark appeal and the case's lasting legacy. newsguy.substack.com/p/you-have-t...
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent
The complex legacy of Ernesto Miranda
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Today’s action revoking access for journalists from CNN, POLITICO, and MSNOW violates the First Amendment. The implications extend beyond these organizations: a standard used to exclude one news outlet because of its coverage could be applied to any outlet in the future.” - WHCA
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
President Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White ‌House in his latest move to crack down on the independent press. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House
President Donald Trump said on Friday he was banning three major news ​outlets -- CNN, MS NOW and Politico -- from the White ‌House, in his latest move to crack down on the independent press.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"I don't understand how any journalist could refuse to use AI tools…that have the potential to make us better," Politico's global editor-in-chief, Jonathan Greenberger tells #ISOJ2026.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Betting sites Polymarket and Kalshi have successfully positioned themselves as new media organizations, writes Kate Knibbs for Wired. www.wired.com/story/predic...
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Polymarket’s Next Bet? It Can Also Be a Media Company
The legal battle over whether prediction markets are a form of gambling has overshadowed something else entirely: They’re already a new form of media.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Russian media, operating almost entirely from abroad, face a twofold challenge: getting information out of Russia safely, then getting it back in. www.cjr.org/analysis/kee...
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Keeping journalism in Russia’s orbit.
Guerrilla reporters, data journalism, and VPNs.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Former Stars and Stripes publisher says the Pentagon used accusations of insubordination to justify firing three of the newspaper's staffers when the real reason, he believes, was critical reporting that angered military leaders. www.stripes.com/theaters/asia...
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Former Stars and Stripes publisher says critical coverage was ‘underlying cause’ of staff firings
The Pentagon fired three Stars and Stripes staffers for alleged insubordination, but the outlet’s former publisher believes the real reason was based on reporting.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Staff at France's public radio broadcaster are on a two-day strike over the appointment of a commentator whom unions accuse of promoting far-right ideas ahead of next spring's presidential election. www.france24.com/en/france/20...
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Radio France staff strike over appointment of far-right weekly editor
Staff at public broadcaster Radio France began a two-day strike on Sunday over the appointment of Charles Sapin, deputy editor-in-chief at far-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles. Unions accuse Sapin of pr...
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why is America still voting on whether to abolish forced labor in the 21st century? That's the question discussed on the latest episode of the Jordan Center's nationally syndicated radio show and podcast, America at 250: Due Diligence. newsguy.substack.com/p/the-160-ye...
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The 160-Year Fight to Actually Eliminate Forced Labor in America
An exception written into the Constitution in 1865 fueled decades of racial control. Today, the battle to strike that language is finally reaching state ballots.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
NYT - President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...
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How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech (Gift Article)
President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why is America still voting on whether to abolish forced labor in the 21st century? That's the question discussed on the latest episode of the Jordan Center's nationally syndicated radio show and podcast, America at 250: Due Diligence. newsguy.substack.com/p/the-160-ye...
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The 160-Year Fight to Actually Eliminate Forced Labor in America
An exception written into the Constitution in 1865 fueled decades of racial control. Today, the battle to strike that language is finally reaching state ballots.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
McClatchy, the newspaper chain that owns The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and 28 other newspapers, axes journalists in its newsrooms across the country. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/b...
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McClatchy Makes Deep Job Cuts to Newspapers Around the Country (Gift Article)
The owner of The Miami Herald said subscriber interest did not support its current level of investment. One employee called the layoffs a “blood bath.”
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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
RIP Roger Simon. A brilliant writer, an astute observer, a kind soul. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/r...
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Roger Simon, a leading political writer including for the Tribune, dies at 78
Along with being a long-time columnist for the Sun-Times, he was White House correspondent for the Tribune and pioneered political writing at Politico.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For generations, Stars and Stripes has served American military families. That work must continue. And it must remain editorially independent, writes the newspaper's recently fired editor. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Inside Story of What Happened at Stars and Stripes
For generations, the newspaper has served American military families. That work must continue. And it must remain editorially independent.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Scott Kraft (Los Angeles Times), who has served as president of the Overseas Press Club of America for 4 years, has passed the gavel to Sandra Stevenson (Education Week). In the middle is Patricia Kranz, retiring after 12 years as OPC’s executive director and will be succeeded by Lauren Walsh.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The American Journalism Project releases its 2026 Impact Report, which it says tells a clear story: Nonprofit local news has moved beyond proof of concept and has established itself as a pillar of the revitalization of local news. theajp.org/wp-content/u...
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Scott Carney proposes an idea “that flips the script on venture capital business model, builds financial equity for authors and allows readers to access creative work for free.” sgcarney.substack.com/p/reimaginin...
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Reimagining the Creative Economy
What if subscriptions were free and readers could choose to invest in writer equity?
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Toledo Blade's owners want to sell the 191-year-old newspaper and are threatening to shut it down completely at the end of this year if no buyer is found. www.toledoblade.com/local/city/2...
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Possible final edition of Blade announced; company explores sale
Block Communications has announced its intention to explore a sale of The Blade’s assets, which, if unsuccessful, will result in the final edition of the ...
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
One Founding Father gave us the phrase "We the People," then died on the run from creditors. Another drafted the Bill of Rights, yet barely is mentioned in history books. Why did history erase them? Answers in our latest episode of America at 250: Due Diligence. newsguy.substack.com/p/the-framer...
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The Framers History Forgot
James Wilson gave us "We the People" before dying on the run from creditors. Roger Sherman drafted the Bill of Rights. Why don't we know their names?
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
One Founding Father gave us the phrase "We the People," then died on the run from creditors. Another drafted the Bill of Rights, yet barely is mentioned in history books. Why did history erase them? Answers in our latest episode of America at 250: Due Diligence. newsguy.substack.com/p/the-framer...
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The Framers History Forgot
James Wilson gave us "We the People" before dying on the run from creditors. Roger Sherman drafted the Bill of Rights. Why don't we know their names?
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As authors wait for their cut of the largest copyright settlement in US history some are accusing the publishers of their books of trying to squeeze them out of a percentage of the payout. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/b...
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Authors Wrangle With Publishers Over $1.5 Billion Anthropic A.I. Settlement (Gift Article)
The tech giant must pay $3,000 per pirated book that it used to train its chatbot. Many authors fear they could lose funds to others in the book business.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A federal judge refused today to block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to maintain its editorial independence. apnews.com/article/star...
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Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview
A federal judge has refused block the Pentagon from firing three Stars and Stripes staff members who claim they were illegally disciplined for speaking out about the military news outlet’s need to mai...
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Early in her career, Gloria Steinem was best known as a freelance journalist, including work for Esquire and Cosmopolitan magazines.
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
By Dec. 6 in Michigan, the end of print at The Ann Arbor News, The Bay City Times, The Flint Journal, The Grand Rapids Press, Jackson Citizen Patriot, Kalamazoo Gazette, Muskegon Chronicle and The Saginaw News. www.mlive.com/news/2026/09...
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MLive announces full turn into digital formats, will end printed editions in December
The Michigan news organization will print and home-deliver its final printed editions on Sunday, Dec. 6, and the publications will continue afterward in online formats.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
(AP) — The Trump administration is wading into a legal fight between OpenAI and the New York Times, backing the ChatGPT-maker’s argument in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology by ingesting and processing millions of news articles. apnews.com/article/just...
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Trump administration backs OpenAI in New York Times' copyright case over training of chatbots
The Trump administration is backing OpenAI over the New York Times in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology using millions of news articles.
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NewsLab @thenewslab.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Society of Professional Journalists is revising its Code of Ethics for the first time since 2014. The update addresses challenges like artificial intelligence, the rise of independent journalists, and an erosion of public trust in media. www.bozemandailychronicle.com/wire/busines...
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For a century, journalists have had a voluntary ethics code. Editors are giving it an AI-era reboot
The Society of Professional Journalists is revising its Code of Ethics for the first time since 2014. The update addresses challenges like artificial intelligence, the rise of independent journalists,...
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