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The student stars of Indiana. Plus, Idaho women’s prisons, protests below the fold, and a whiz kid loses his cool.

When outlets depend on a single platform, what works to reach readers today can vanish tomorrow.

For more than a decade, Bassil Mikdadi has tracked the fortunes of the Palestinian national soccer team, which endures despite ruined stadiums, starvation, and war.

Proximity to power is not the only way—or even the best way—to report on government.

(War) crime and (no) punishment. Plus: Quitting in defense of the First Amendment.

The anti-woke crusader takes the helm at CBS News.

Forget about the mergers and buyouts and executive leadership for a while. The local grunts keep breaking news.

How the press can rise to the moment.

On the “intelligence” that prompted Trump’s push into Portland. Plus: Bloomberg shows us how it’s done, and Nebraska claims some dubious drug stats.

Plus ten of the best (if I do say so myself).

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

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.

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

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

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