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October 22, 2019 at 11:43 AM

What does this former star's future hold? | Scientology special delivery | A small shop doing big work: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Something interesting happened Monday at the Poynter Institute, and it has to do with the Church of Scientology. I’ll get to that in the …

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October 21, 2019 at 12:34 PM

The great weekend shows you shouldn't miss, plus McClatchy layoffs: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. Another round of layoffs have hit a major newspaper chain. I’ll get to that in a moment, but first, must-watch Sun…

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October 18, 2019 at 11:35 AM

Observations on USA Today, NBC and newspaper unions: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Happy Friday. Welcome to the end of the week. For today’s Poynter Report, something a little different. Today, here are various random me…

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October 17, 2019 at 1:22 PM

Prepping for a 2020 misinformation deluge — A bundle of fakes in Spain — Several Facebook developments

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October 17, 2019 at 11:37 AM

Imagining a Fox News competitor | Student newspaper refuses prior review | LA Times union deal: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday morning. Let’s dive right into today’s media news, which includes a couple of hot rumors. What would it take to outfox…

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October 16, 2019 at 2:29 PM

How to sustain ‘sustained outrage’

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. A few days after Kate Mishkin accepted a job at the Charleston (West Virginia) Gazette-Mail, that newspaper declared bankruptcy.  Mishkin, then a reporter in southea…

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October 16, 2019 at 11:51 AM

Too many politicians spoil the debate | Ronan Farrow praises NBC journalists | CBS News makes moves: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Wednesday morning. Another Democratic presidential debate is in the books. The next one will be Nov. 20 in Georgia and co-hosted b…

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October 15, 2019 at 12:35 PM

Harassment is about power. Here’s how we can help prevent abuse

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October 15, 2019 at 11:35 AM

Choosing sides in the Ronan Farrow/NBC fight and the latest Matt Lauer accusations: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning. Tonight, the Democratic presidential hopefuls — 12 of them — will hold a debate hosted by CNN and The New York Ti…

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October 15, 2019 at 11:04 AM

More tools for vacation: packing, travel gadgets, and apps for jetlag and skipping airport lines

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October 14, 2019 at 11:59 AM

Shepard Smith's departure is a blow to Fox News | Why 'The View' is stunning | Violent fake video denounced: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. The media world is still buzzing with the surprising announcement on Friday that Shepard Smith was leaving Fox News …

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October 11, 2019 at 2:09 PM

NBC employees demand answers and confront leadership | Ronan Farrow impresses | There's a new daily podcast ... yes, another one: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. It has been a busy week in media and incredibly, not all of it has been about President Trump. Lots of news, notes, t…

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October 10, 2019 at 12:05 PM

Fact-checking impeachment — The latest on deepfake videos — Colombian official resigns over false information

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October 10, 2019 at 11:34 AM

What to make of the Matt Lauer accusations | A new era in Ohio news | My first gig | The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday morning. Let’s dive right in to the multi-layered story rocking the media world. Making sense of the Matt Lauer news For…

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October 9, 2019 at 3:58 PM

Let's get together, yeah, yeah, yeah...

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Have you seen “The Parent Trap?” Of course, I mean the one with Hayley Mills, but the one with Lindsay Lohan will do.  As your quick reminder: These two girls go to …

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October 9, 2019 at 11:33 AM

Journalism 'fixers' coordinate in dangerous areas | Will the NBA choose free speech or profit? | New conservative site launches: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Wednesday morning. There’s quite a sports media controversy brewing and I’ll get to that in a minute. But first, an examination of ov…

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October 8, 2019 at 11:34 AM

The sound of silence is coming from the White House: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning. The media buzz continues to be about who is speaking — or actually, not speaking — on behalf of the president. So le…

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October 8, 2019 at 11:03 AM

Mark this email as unread until your next vacation

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October 7, 2019 at 11:45 AM

Chuck Todd goes off, and it's CNN vs. Fox News: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. Ronan Farrow’s new book is due out soon, but look for excerpts this week, starting with one today. Let’s look back to …

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October 4, 2019 at 11:34 AM

Perfecting a soft approach in the hardest interviews, plus the Trump ad that CNN said 'nope' to: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good morning. It’s the end of another crazy week with talk of impeachment. (That sentence will certainly be written for the next several w…

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October 3, 2019 at 1:38 PM

Separating fact and opinion — Trolls for hire — A misleading map

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October 3, 2019 at 11:44 AM

It's ✅️✅️✅️ these days for fact-checkers, plus Khashoggi's murder anniversary and the Miami Herald might unionize: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday to you and, after a day’s respite, we’re back to impeachment talk. But there’s other media news, too, including a famous mur…

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October 2, 2019 at 2:53 PM

You'll want to print this quote.

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. A few weeks ago, my editor and I sat in a Detroit hotel room for a run-through of a presentation. She brought snacks. And White Claws. Barbara Allen and I had planne…

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October 2, 2019 at 11:34 AM

Inside a deeply disturbing NYTimes story, plus a great local investigation and cuts in Pittsburgh: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good morning. Today, we take a break from impeachment stories to take you behind the scenes of an important but appalling story from The N…

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October 1, 2019 at 12:27 PM

How seven women got some of the most in-demand roles in media

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October 1, 2019 at 11:49 AM

The credible journalism problem at Fox News, plus Breitbart's strange ad and a fired reporter feels abandoned: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning, and happy October. The impeachment story continues to dominate the news, and likely will for weeks (months?) to come.…

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October 1, 2019 at 11:04 AM

The first tool of the next digital era is here

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September 30, 2019 at 11:41 AM

The cost of Giuliani's must-see TV, plus a sportswriter's big save and DeNiro's f-bombs: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good morning. It was a busy Sunday morning on the news shows, including one of the greatest actors of all time giving a speech that sounde…

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September 27, 2019 at 12:09 PM

Did The New York Times do the right thing in its whistleblower coverage?: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. What a week. And you get the feeling that phrase — what a week — will be repeated over and over and over again i…

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September 26, 2019 at 1:11 PM

The money behind misinformation — Collaboration at UNGA — A law on medicine gets a check-up from Factcheck.org

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September 26, 2019 at 11:53 AM

A retroactive scoop, plus a master class on engaging readers in the digital age: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday morning. Veteran journalist Dan Rather had my favorite tweet on Wednesday. He wrote: “This story is moving faster than a…

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September 25, 2019 at 2:02 PM

Breaking: There’s no magic bullet

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. In 2007, Hurricane Matthew dumped four feet of water into downtown Whiteville, North Carolina.  In 2018, Hurricane Florence brought another 23 inches of rain there …

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September 25, 2019 at 11:38 AM

Impeachment, and how to cover it; plus Vox buys New York Media and Showtime snags 'Vice': The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   This is either a historic moment in our country, or just another day in the presidency of Donald Trump. It all settles around one thin…

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September 24, 2019 at 12:00 PM

NYTimes publisher: Time to fight for ideals, plus the dogged pursuit of a Michael Vick follow-up and a Fox News apology: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning. This morning’s Poynter Report takes you behind the scenes of a superb piece of journalism in The Washington Pos…

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September 23, 2019 at 11:34 AM

This whistleblower story is every journalism junkie's dream, plus Bill Belichick and Wyoming are both cool on the media: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, right, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the Youth Climat…

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September 21, 2019 at 12:04 PM

Join us for an evening with Candi Carter — executive producer of “The View”

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September 20, 2019 at 11:37 AM

A former Fox News anchor, now working for CNN, spills on the differences between the two networks, plus CNN will host another town hall

  Have you ever wanted the inside scoop on the differences between Fox News and CNN? One person qualified to answer that question is featured in today’s Poynter Report.   Good Friday morning. The week ends with blockbuster reports from The Washington Post and…

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September 19, 2019 at 1:02 PM

Disinformation and the lack of outrage — The NYT exposes a Chinese Twitter campaign — Full Fact makes use of Facebook's ad library

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September 19, 2019 at 11:35 AM

Corey Lewandowski provides a maddening CNN interview, plus great reporting about mental health and a dustup at Fox Sports

  It was an interview so outlandish that you almost can’t believe it was real. Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said some job-dropping things while being interviewed by CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on “New Day.”   Good Thursday morning. I’m going to ta…

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September 18, 2019 at 3:08 PM

Laissez les local news rouler

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Last week in New Orleans, I saw: The French Quarter  Bourbon Street (it was 7 in the morning and I was on a walk, but it counts) And the power of local journal…

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September 18, 2019 at 11:37 AM

Remembering Cokie Roberts, a writer's NYT/Kavanaugh confession and 'The Daily' hits 1 billion: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Wednesday morning. Thanks for reading, and we start today with the passing of an iconic journalist. 'A constant over 40 years' C…

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September 17, 2019 at 1:06 PM

Reaching the most elusive audience of them all — teenagers

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September 17, 2019 at 11:38 AM

NYTimes-Kavanaugh saga continues while McClatchy languishes and Edward Snowden wants to come home: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Tuesday morning. The New York Times-Brett Kavanaugh story continued to dominate the media news Monday, so we’ll start there. It wa…

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September 17, 2019 at 11:05 AM

Data journalism solves big problems, but it’s an organizational mess. Not for much longer.

Poynter's Try This! — Tools for Journalism The Associated Press is coming for you and your lack of consistency. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  Your weekly, bite-sized dose of tools, tips and ideas for digital journalism. Kindly supported by the Amer…

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September 16, 2019 at 11:35 AM

NYTimes struggles around new Kavanaugh allegations, while 'She Said' authors continue to shine and Rush Limbaugh gets judgy: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Monday morning. A new book about Brett Kavanaugh will be released Tuesday, and it's already at the center of a controversy. Buryi…

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September 13, 2019 at 4:15 PM

See college basketball legend Dick Vitale 🏀

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September 13, 2019 at 12:00 PM

ABC was the real debate winner, plus the trouble with a sportswriter's Twitter rant and a media critic's mea culpa: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Friday morning. Another Democratic debate is in the books and it might have been the most productive of this year’s sessions. ABC had …

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September 12, 2019 at 12:41 PM

#HotLocalPaperSummer

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. There’s always some tension when young journalists come into established newsrooms for summer internships and fellowships. They’re unjaded, which is refreshing, but …

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September 12, 2019 at 11:50 AM

Fact-checkers gear up for tonight's debate, plus the end of the line for The Express and pink ponies in the news: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday.   Good Thursday morning. We start today by getting you ready for tonight’s Democratic presidential debate. Just the facts, please, in to…

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September 12, 2019 at 11:05 AM

New terms to describe online deception — Facebook makes its own deepfakes — Fact-checking fakery in Kashmir

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