‘Readers Want Us to Stand for Something’ The Plain Dealer decides to make an endorsement. Plus: Handing Trump a win, and cataloguing his family’s corruption. October 30, 2026 By Susie Banikarim
Who Wins, Who Sues, Who Pays the Price October 29, 2026 By Klaudia Jaźwińska and Aisvarya Chandrasekar The Tow Center’s updated AI deals tracker reveals a complex landscape with striking geographic inequities.
Magazines Are Back, and They’re Newsletters October 29, 2026 By Megan Greenwell Preeya Goenka on Beehiiv’s growing media portfolio.
Investigative Sports Reporting Kicks Up October 28, 2026 By Amos Barshad Sports desks are disappearing. But some creative, patient journalists are uncovering major scandals.
India’s Crackdown on the Press October 28, 2026 By Riddhi Setty Fatima Khan, an independent journalist from New Delhi, says press freedom is diminishing in India—but she has hope for Gen Z.
Putin’s Least Favorite Norwegian Newsroom October 27, 2026 By Daniel Shailer A team of Russian journalists cover their country from exile.
How the BBC Is Fighting Back October 26, 2026 By Jem Bartholomew Britain’s public service broadcaster is aggressively defending itself against Donald Trump in Florida. Can it use the legal process to break news?
A Truth-Teller at Newsmax October 23, 2026 By Bill Grueskin “My role is to report on what’s unfolding here and explain what decisions made in Washington actually mean for the people living through this war,” Shelby Wilder says from Kyiv. Plus: Biases and absurdities.
How Big Tech Unleashed a New Wave of Misogyny Against Journalists October 22, 2026 By Emily Bell and Heather Chaplin Women journalists are facing rising levels of abuse.
AI Can’t Really ‘Go Rogue’ October 22, 2026 By Anika Collier Navaroli How journalists writing about AI can avoid hyping the supposed humanity of machines.
Not a Ron Burgundy Situation October 21, 2026 By Kyle Paoletta Jacob Soboroff, MS Now, and reinventing the TV newsmagazine.
The Matter of Kansas October 21, 2026 By Ivan L. Nagy Clay Wirestone on why local opinion writing is more important than ever.
An Election Uncovered October 20, 2026 By Marcos Colón Tapajós de Fato, a small outlet in Brazil, has stopped covering elections “as a matter of survival.”
What Is a White House Press Secretary For? October 19, 2026 By Jem Bartholomew Katie Zacharia was out after five days. Where that leaves the role—and the White House Correspondents’ Association—is uncertain.
ABC’s Botched Cleanup October 16, 2026 By Susie Banikarim A lesson in how not to handle a mistake. Plus: Finding Roger Marshall, and change-making reporting on sexual assault in San Francisco.
The Case of the ‘Magic Number’ October 15, 2026 By Amos Barshad CBS News and the death count in Gaza.
