News Media This Week May 14, 2021 Blog Post
Before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol building, before the countless recounts, there was election ̶n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ week — the week many eyes were on souped-up map magisters John King…
News Media This Week: April 30, 2021 Blog Post
Have you ever had a conversation with a friend or colleague about how personal finance should be a required course in high school or earlier? It’s a useful and practically…
News Media This Week: April 16, 2021 Blog Post
The national news media leadership changes we’ve been waiting for are finally starting to take shape, with CBS News, Reuters ($), and ABC News making announcements; and Patrick Soon-Shiong saying…
News Media This Week: April 9, 2021 Blog Post
This week, The 19th* (to which this writer has donated), made an interesting change to its values statement. As reported by Poynter, the nonprofit newsroom dropped the word “nonpartisan” as an…
News Media This Week: April 2, 2021 Blog Post
Movers & Shakers, from news media leaders to political beat reporters and on-air correspondents, are what media-spend decisionmakers and PR pros should pay attention to this week. NPR has big…
News Media This Week: March 26, 2021 Blog Post
Only 35% of journalists in a Business Wire survey said there is job security in the news industry for the next five years. While not laying out the parameters of the…
News Media This Week: March 12, 2021 Blog Post
Save your work. Index your sources. Learn the freelance business. There are more pillars of being a good journalist but these three things are what every reporter should keep top…
News Media This Week: March 5, 2021 Blog Post
Infrastructure week! A strong piece of actionable reporting comes from Punchbowl News, which was on the scene as President Joe Biden met with House Republicans and Democrats. Punchbowl reports that Biden…
News Media This Week: Feb. 26, 2021 Blog Post
Relatively speaking, February has been a much more stable month than January, allowing us to home in on political/D.C./vaccine rollout Movers & Shakers. Though it’s worth mentioning Texas was 4…
News Media This Week: Feb. 19, 2021 Blog Post
Beyond political Movers & Shakers and some big media acquisitions, local journalism is once again showing its value, not just for private/public sector accountability but for critical, on-the-ground community news….
News Media This Week: Feb. 12, 2021 Blog Post
We’re keeping an eye on news media legislation coming out of Australia, where Google and Facebook have been dominating the news cycle. Microsoft Corp. says there should be U.S. adoption of…
News Media This Week: Feb. 5, 2021 Blog Post
Thematic news coverage advances with COVID-19 vaccine rollout and immigration reform. For those gathering political intelligence, train your eyes away from Myanmar aerobics to our Movers & Shakers and a few…
News Media This Week: Jan. 29, 2021 Blog Post
If anyone was shorting a news blizzard in January, they lost out big. Starting with the insurrection at the Capitol Building leading to former President Donald Trump’s impeachment, to President…
News Media This Week: Jan. 22, 2021 Blog Post
Let’s start with a tweet of images by Dallas News Reporter Jesus Jiménez that encapsulates the political stage’s transition from chaos to normalcy in just a few short weeks in…
News Media This Week: Jan. 15, 2021 Blog Post
Actionable news awards this week go to former CISA Director Chris Krebs, who wants to partner up in the battle against misinformation, and to Popular Information Writer Judd Legum, whose…
News Media This Week: Jan. 8, 2021 Blog Post
Earlier in the week, this briefing was touted as shaping up to be a straight Movers & Shakers column because of the New Year spike in changes, including the launch…
News Media This Week: Jan. 1, 2021 Blog Post
Whether its mergers and acquisitions or federal spending and policy drives, the big money stories coalesce around three sectors: healthcare, energy and technology. That number gets significantly bigger when you…
News Media This Week: Facebook Antitrust & Dealbook D.C Policy Project Ideas Blog Post
Is the Facebook saga coming to Disney+? All news media eyes are on Washington, as the Federal Trade Commission (see the Bureau of Competition), and 48 states and districts filed…
News Media This Week: Nov. 20, 2020 Blog Post
What’s even better than a thought piece about the importance of journalism? Shout-outs from people of power and influence such as Hillary Clinton and Federal Reserve Bank of New York leader…
News Media This Week: Nov. 13, 2020 Blog Post
Coverage of the presidential election continues as lawsuits play out. Although ballots in question have been far fewer than margins of victory, Technology Reporter Jack Nicas of The New York…
