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How news consumption turned electoral outcomes in an influential Pennsylvania county.
By Suzanne Sataline

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Trump Wins, the Press Loses

A second Trump administration is poised to be devastating to journalism.
By Kyle Paoletta

The Breadth of Bucks

How news consumption turned electoral outcomes in an influential Pennsylvania county.
By Suzanne Sataline

Truth Social and Consequences

The political press gears up for an unprecedented story: the social media executive in chief.
By Jem Bartholomew

The Promise of IndyMedia

Twenty-five years after its founding, a much-diminished community journalism organization may still offer a model for the future.
By Feven Merid

The Wall Street Journal’s Campaign to Free Evan Gershkovich

What newsrooms need to know, from an insider who helped lead the effort.
By Paul Beckett

The Media Today

The Best of Jon Allsop

Our newsletter columnist on an election full of twists and turns.

A New Normal

The Espionage Act offers Trump a clear path to stifle press freedom.
By Kyle Paoletta

Not If, but How

Mongabay’s mission to report on untold environmental stories.
By Lauren Watson
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How Twitter Turning to X Changed Journalism

Reporters and editors discuss the ‘information cesspool’ the site has become under the stewardship of one Elon Musk.
By Feven Merid

Hanging off the Line

Election polls were largely accurate. But the stories we tell about them are often distorting.
By Meghnad Bose

Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters?

Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him. 
By Bill Grueskin

Remembering

Lessons Learned (Or Not)

Journalists have tangled with Trump’s presidential candidacy three times now. Have we gotten better at finding our way?

How Politics Broke Content Moderation

First came Elon Musk, then the House of Representatives.
By Yona TR Golding

Crossing Over

After four decades in journalism, I felt I could no longer follow the rules of impartiality. But I still believe in them.
By Julia Preston

La Periodista de Iowa

At a Spanish-language newspaper in rural Iowa, Lorena López proves that the best counter to online misinformation is human connection.
By Jack Herrera

Requiem for the Jersey Journal 

As scrappy and gritty as the city it covered, the only newspaper in Hudson County, N.J., will close in February, at age 157.
By Helene Stapinski

Turnaround Time

Mark Thompson, CNN’s chief executive, is tasked with transforming a struggling network. All he asks is patience.
By Adam Piore

Judgment

The Endorsement Debacle

Major newspapers pulled planned editorials supporting Kamala Harris. Their staffs—and audiences—were furious.

Hiding in Plain Sight

The climate story this election missed.
By Bill McKibben

Why We Must Learn to Embrace Ambiguity

Journalists seek seriousness and certainty, and to predict the future. They should stop.
By Charles Foster

Otherwise Lost

In Austin, a movement journalist named Kit O’Connell covers the trans community—and many others—as major outlets don’t.
By Lucy Schiller

The Outsiders

How The Business of Fashion became an unlikely insider’s guide.
By Haley Mlotek

The Before and After

Meta’s Canadian news ban, as told through my small town.
By Lauren Watson

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Corridor of Mirrors

The Democratic Convention in Chicago, in August 1968, was surrounded by protesters and made bloody by police violence. Whiteside was on the scene, following along with CBS News.
By Thomas Whiteside