Some final reflections on seven years of writing CJR’s newsletter.

Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

On WaPo’s self-inflicted talent exodus. Plus: In Hawai‘i, it pays to get probed; YOLO journalism at the University of Georgia; and Trump’s bigly error-ridden lawsuit.

The Trump administration is pioneering a new form of political communication. The imminent prospect of a deal to reshape TikTok’s future in the United States could give the White House even more power.

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, promised to bring power to community stations. But it’s their corporate owners who make the big decisions—while regional reporters and station managers take the heat.

Security experts at several news organizations say they are increasingly concerned about the risk of violence.

The author of a timely new book argues that freedom of speech has always been a “weaponized slogan.”

What dueling song contests in Europe and Russia have to say about public broadcasting and geopolitics.

Some legal experts think it has a chance to succeed where others before it have failed.

The boundaries of free speech have always been contested. That’s not what’s going on this time.

Nearly two dozen reporters and other Freedom of Information Act requesters say they are getting the brush-off.

The CNN correspondent, who specializes in fringe and internet subcultures, on how to make sense of the killing.

Plus: The Kirk coverage shows what’s broken about breaking news. And Arkansas ditches parole, but discovers… other problems.

The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show was just the latest result of an ongoing conservative effort to stamp out unfavorable voices.

Aaron Parnas, a twenty-six-year-old with a larger TikTok audience than some mainstream outlets and the most popular “news” Substack, is making his own journalism rules—and taking dark money.