On university campuses, student papers are fighting their own administrations—and sometimes the government—for the right to report.

Layoffs at CBS, NBC, and Teen Vogue show a shift in newsroom priorities away from the promises of 2020.

Some media critics thought not.

In Los Angeles, reporters navigate how to protect sources while telling their stories.

Subscribers report delays of as long as two months.

Till Eckert spent two weeks reporting from the twelfth-floor hallways, where ICE agents have had charged encounters with immigrants and reporters.

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.

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

As Defector turns five, the founding editor reflects on what he’s learned.