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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 27, 2020 at 12:35 PM

How we covered the death of superstar Kobe Bryant: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   How the media reacted to Kobe's death Fans of Kobe Bryant mourn in front of his image near Staples Center,…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 24, 2020 at 12:35 PM

Legendary reporter Jim Lehrer's death prompts journalists to recall his life and lessons » The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   Why journalists should be like Jim Lehrer Jim Lehrer, shown here moderating a 2008 presidential debate betw…
  Kristen Hare · [email protected]
January 23, 2020 at 1:50 PM

Who’s managing your relationships?

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Last year at a local news conference, I wrote down a quote that’s stuck with me: “Collaboration is really about conflict.” That. Is. So. Real. It’s true with mar…
  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]
January 23, 2020 at 1:34 PM

Who should fix the disinformation problem? — Debunking falsehoods on Mexico border conflict — Coronavirus sparks rampant misinformation

Who should fix the disinformation problem? — Debunking falsehoods on Mexico border conflict — Coronavirus sparks rampant misinformation Who’s “mainly” responsible for curbing disinformation?  Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. A new poll…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 23, 2020 at 12:55 PM

TV numbers show our division over impeachment » The scourge of 'both side-ism' » Is Serial up for sale? » The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   Doing the math on our division (Photo courtesy of Fox News) Where are Americans going for their impeachmen…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 22, 2020 at 12:36 PM

This media diet calls for moderation » A Hillary scoop » Is The Ringer for sale?: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   Your guide to a healthy media diet NBC’s Chuck Todd, left, appearing on the network’s impeachment coverage …
  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]
January 22, 2020 at 12:08 PM

Here's a tool that podcast makers and listeners both need

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 21, 2020 at 12:59 PM

The NYTimes' failure to communicate » Impeachment watch 2020 » A plea for help in Chicago: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. The trouble with two  The front of The New York Times' offices. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) For 59 minutes, it w…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 17, 2020 at 12:37 PM

A conflict of interest gets worse » CNN faces a real hack job » What's right for 'The View'?: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   ESPN analyst strikes out ESPN baseball analyst Jessica Mendoza. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) Good Fr…
  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]
January 16, 2020 at 1:41 PM

Examining the Soleimani threat — Volcano misinformation in the Philippines — Conspiracy theorists run for Congress

Examining the Soleimani threat — Volcano misinformation in the Philippines — Conspiracy theorists run for Congress Stories from Iran are keeping fact-checkers (really) busy Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Was Soleimani an ‘imminent’ th…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 16, 2020 at 12:38 PM

Everyone's got an opinion about the debate » A new nightly newscast » The right kind of break-in: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   Hot takes abound after Tuesday's debate The stage before Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate.  (AP Pho…
  Kristen Hare · [email protected]
January 15, 2020 at 3:06 PM

Back away from the paper.

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Something cool is happening in Little Rock, Arkansas. Subscribers of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette are getting iPads pre-loaded with the paper’s app so they can r…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 15, 2020 at 12:34 PM

A major media misfire in last night's debate » Cutting the press out of the impeachment action » Megyn Kelly and friends react to 'Bombshell': The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   Debate's biggest misfire: a media mistake Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren, left, and Ber…
  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]
January 15, 2020 at 12:06 PM

The next big messaging app isn't popular in the U.S. Plus: A critical new Instagram feature and a browser update you should make ASAP

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 14, 2020 at 12:39 PM

American practically begs for a press briefing » A big lineup change on 'The View' » Debate will feature political reporting rising star: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. Former press secretaries unite  White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Ther…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 13, 2020 at 12:41 PM

Did these hosts become the president's mouthpiece? » How to push back » A new Bob Woodward book?: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   A cautionary tale of two tweets Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) It’s not u…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 10, 2020 at 12:33 PM

The networks we turn to for big news » An imposter reporter's uncharitable lie » Sarah Sanders and the Constitution

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. Rep. Rashida Tlaib D-Mich., speaks during a rally outside of the U.S. Capitol, during a house vote to measure l…
  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]
January 9, 2020 at 1:51 PM

Our Factually forecast — Facebook's deepfake ban — Factnameh's map detective work

Our Factually forecast — Facebook's deepfake ban — Factnameh's map detective work Three fact-checking predictions for 2020 Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. The Factually forecast for 2020  Happy New Year! With the start of 2020, we’ve b…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 9, 2020 at 12:38 PM

Kudos and criticism where they're due » The wrong way to handle sponsored content » Rap lyrics lead to conviction: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   TV news deserves a pat on the back (Photo courtesy of NBC News) We’re always so quick to jump on media out…
  Kristen Hare · [email protected]
January 8, 2020 at 5:07 PM

Please accept this digital pat on the back

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Hi! It’s 2020!  I know now is the time to look ahead, but can we pause really quickly and look back at the impact of local news last year? Every year, journalists wr…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 8, 2020 at 12:34 PM

Hedge your bets against an official White House briefing » The forgiveness of audiences » America's best sports writing: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. That's 303 days and counting White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, second from left, listens as Pre…
  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]
January 8, 2020 at 12:07 PM

This tool illuminates the hidden hands of special interest groups in proposed bills

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 7, 2020 at 12:46 PM

All news is local » Meet a 9-year-old detainee » Which veep interview will you watch? The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. All news is local Mourners holding posters of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani attend his funeral ceremony in …
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
January 6, 2020 at 12:40 PM

The critical need for responsible reporting » Fox News' take » What you missed over break: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. The Poynter Report is back. Good morning. Great to talk to you again after a long holiday break. Welcome to 2…
  The Poynter Institute · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 1:11 PM

Help make 2020 the “Year of Facts”

Help make 2020 the “Year of Facts” Support fact-based expression and its role in democracy Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Friends, As we gather tonight with friends and family to ring in the new year — let’s work together to mak…
  Kelly McBride - The Poynter Institute · [email protected]
December 26, 2019 at 1:09 PM

Democracy needs journalism.

Democracy needs journalism. Poynter needs you. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Friends, Poynter launched the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership this year to establish a place where journalists, ethicists and citizens…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 20, 2019 at 12:41 PM

A special Poynter Report: The year in media

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   Good morning and welcome to a special edition of the Poynter Report. Today, I look back at the year in medi…
  Neil Brown - The Poynter Institute · [email protected]
December 19, 2019 at 1:12 PM

Communities need journalism.

Communities need journalism. Support journalists who answer the important questions. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear friends, A free press is essential to our democratic way of life. Independent, factual information enriche…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 19, 2019 at 1:11 PM

Thinking back to those first 'alternative facts' » McClatchy continues cutting Saturday print editions » A Bloomberg exclusive: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   It's a retrospective on 'alternative facts'  (Photo courtesy of NBC News) “Alternative facts.” The first tim…
  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]
December 19, 2019 at 12:56 PM

Reflections on fact-checking in 2019 — AFP unravels a tale of an Iraqi soldier — Facebook's new community reviewers

Reflections on fact-checking in 2019 — AFP unravels a tale of an Iraqi soldier — Facebook's new community reviewers How our fact-checking predictions held up in 2019   Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Reflecting on fact-checking in 2019…
  Kristen Hare · [email protected]
December 18, 2019 at 3:47 PM

It’s the holiday flashback episode

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. In 2000, a few big things happened in my life. I graduated from journalism school, and shortly after that, I moved to Guyana with the Peace Corps. I was terrified. …
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 18, 2019 at 12:36 PM

It's Adam Driver vs. Terry Gross » More bad news at CBS News » Their view of 'The View': The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   Reasonable request or diva drama? Actor Adam Driver. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) A moody actor? A m…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 17, 2019 at 12:53 PM

The impeachment editorials » PolitiFact's Lie of the Year » The feud on 'The View': The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. The relevancy of impeachment editorials President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucc…
  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]
December 17, 2019 at 12:06 PM

Mobile video editing just keeps getting easier

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  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 16, 2019 at 12:44 PM

Megyn Kelly on the truth behind 'Bombshell' » Harvey Weinstein said WHAT? » A juicy NFL scoop inspires: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. 'Sexual harassment ... can leave scars that do not heal' From left: Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and Charlize T…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 13, 2019 at 12:38 PM

Chris Wallace stands up for the First Amendment » The president gets trolled » Debates are stacking up: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   Annnnnd in this corner, wearing red, white and blue ... Chris Wallace! Then-President-elect Donald Trump poses…
  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]
December 12, 2019 at 1:28 PM

Anti-vaxxers' new ploys — A Big Pharma ad gets dissected — IFCN's new code of principles

Anti-vaxxers' new ploys — A Big Pharma ad gets dissected — IFCN's new code of principles Anti-vaxxers adopt new manipulation tactics to spread misinformation Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Anti-vaxxers are adopting new tactics In May,…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 12, 2019 at 12:55 PM

Did Time choose the right Person of the Year? » Fox News is still tops » Sinclair seems to change direction: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. Thinking on Time's Person of the Year Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. (AP Photo/Paul White) Let’s get …
  Kristen Hare · [email protected]
December 11, 2019 at 2:02 PM

The reports of local news’ demise ...

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. This time last year, I was working on a project that asked if 2008 to 2018 was the hardest decade journalism had experienced. Shortly after that project published, …
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 11, 2019 at 12:41 PM

'Violated' on live TV » How the Post got 'The Afghanistan Papers' » Look who's suing Fox News: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. 'He helped himself to a part of my body'  TV reporter Alex Bozarjian being interviewed Tuesday on "CBS This Morn…
  Katy Byron - The Poynter Institute · [email protected]
December 11, 2019 at 12:06 PM

The next generation of American voters is counting on you!

The next generation of American voters is counting on you! Help first-time voters and teenagers tell fact from fiction online. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Poynter Supporter, The ability to tell fact from fiction online…
  The Cohort, The Poynter Institute · [email protected]
December 10, 2019 at 1:13 PM

Three things I learned from spending the day with Katie Couric

Three things I learned from spending the day with Katie Couric Featuring Katie Couric, journalist and media entrepreneur View The Cohort in your browser. Last month, Katie Couric received the Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement at our annual fundraising gala…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 10, 2019 at 12:57 PM

What Hollywood gets wrong about journalism, again » Shepard Smith has a replacement » Objectified on live TV: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. The irony of 'Richard Jewell' Director Clint Eastwood attends the premier of his movie, “Richard Jewell,” in …
  Ren LaForme | Poynter · [email protected]
December 10, 2019 at 12:04 PM

Online investigation tools, tips to fix Wi-Fi problems and how to search Instagram

Poynter's Try This! — Tools for Journalism This week in Try This! — Digital Tools for Jouranlism. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  read online Your weekly, bite-sized dose of tools, tips and ideas for digital journalism. Kindly supported by the American…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 9, 2019 at 12:21 PM

The newsman's face says it all » Mike Bloomberg doesn't back down » Who will be Time magazine's Person of the Year? » The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser.   A picture's worth a thousand words “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd (left) at the exact moment Sen. Ted C…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 6, 2019 at 12:39 PM

Gannett layoffs begin » A new Pulitzer category » Must-read stories for the weekend: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. The axe is starting to fall at Gannett (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Ugh. We knew this was coming. The post Gannett-G…
  Poynter & American Press Institute · [email protected]
December 5, 2019 at 1:52 PM

An ecological approach to misinformation — Facebook's disclaimer in Singapore — Sorting out poll numbers in Brazil

An ecological approach to misinformation — Facebook's disclaimer in Singapore — Sorting out poll numbers in Brazil Taking an ecological approach to misinformation Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Why 'facts won't save us' Whitney Philli…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 5, 2019 at 12:46 PM

Now is a great time to be proud of American media — here's why: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. Why we should be proud of American media Andrea Mitchell, right, was part of NBC News’ coverage of Wednesday’s i…
  Kristen Hare · [email protected]
December 4, 2019 at 2:05 PM

Small town news isn’t small.

Poynter General Newsletter View email in your browser. Hello from Poland! I’m in Warsaw for a media conference, and asked my friend and local journalist Sara K. Baranowski to take over Local Edition this week. Sara’s con…
  Tom Jones | Poynter · [email protected]
December 4, 2019 at 12:48 PM

How the media saw Kamala Harris' exit coming » The best movie journalists » Moving to DC looks good on CBS: The Poynter Report

  The Poynter Report with Tom Jones breaks down and delivers the most important stories about the media every weekday. View email in your browser. The media saw Kamala Harris' exit coming  Sen. Kamala Harris during last month’s Democratic presidential primary…