Journalism

Tom Wills retires from WJXT Jacksonville, Fla., after 49 years. Don Alhart says goodbye to WHAM Rochester, N.Y., after coming onboard in 1966.

The new partnerships feature content-sharing agreements with nonprofit outlets based in California (CalMatters), Hawaii (Honolulu Civil Beat), Montana (Montana Free Press), Nebraska (Nebraska Journalism Trust) and South Dakota (South Dakota News Watch).

In January 2021, the Washington Post’s Supreme Court reporter and his editors agreed: The upside-down American flag seen flying outside Justice Samuel Alito’s Virginia home was not, on its own, a story. Earlier this month, that same story broke in The New York Times, which reported that Alito said his wife had raised the flag — a symbol adopted by supporters of former President Donald Trump who believed the election had been stolen from him — amid a neighborhood dispute.

The right-wing cable channel Newsmax denied Friday that it intentionally destroyed or concealed internal emails in an ongoing defamation case filed by voting technology company Smartmatic over the network’s airing of false claims about the 2020 election.

As tech companies race to perfect machines that can already produce humanlike text, summarize long documents and describe images and videos, media companies, including Barry Diller’s IAC, are struggling to figure out where they fit into the new gold rush.

WWL Louisiana, Tegna’s CBS affiliate in New Orleans, aired a series of reports about Lawrence Hecker, an admitted pedophile priest, detailing some of his actions and the archdiocese’s leaders’ reactions to them.

Basketball Hall of Fame legend Bill Walton laughs during a practice session for the NBA All-Star basketball game in Cleveland, Feb. 19, 2022. Walton, who starred for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins before becoming a Basketball Hall of Famer and one of the biggest stars of basketball broadcasting, died Monday, May 27. He was 71. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Media Matters for America, the progressive watchdog journalism organization, underwent a round of layoffs, as its president cited the shifting media landscape as well as its defense against legal action. A spokesperson said that more than a dozen staffers were impacted.

Anderson Cooper humbles Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow, while Lester Holt is the standout in a new THR/Morning Consult poll.

The Washington Post announced plans Wednesday to create new tiers of subscription offerings, in a bid to draw more money from the publication’s readership and to help address a significant revenue shortfall. The company has lost $77 million over the past year, publisher Will Lewis told employees. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

NBC Local (WMAQ) said Season 2 of its LGBTQIA+ discussion series It’s OK to Ask Questions will premiere nationally on Peacock on June 1. The first season appeared locally on NBC Chicago’s FAST channel.

Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, the No. 44 DMA, has the state capital and major metros nearby.

Local TV stations are always looking for new revenue opportunities, but could their archive of documentaries be an untapped goldmine? Here’s how AI can help generate new digital revenue from long-form VOD content, while also providing a better ad experience for viewers.