The Media Today

Viktor Orbán’s regime is increasingly targeting journalists. But even if he loses the election coming up this weekend, Hungary won’t become a press haven overnight.

Investigators “assisted” Hannah Natanson in applying her right index finger to a Post-owned MacBook Pro, accessing all its data.

ICE conceals the breadth of its detention network by limiting access, but recent immigration reporting shows that information can and will emerge if we keep looking.

A federal court says Kari Lake didn’t have legal standing to gut federally funded broadcasters such as Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.

On climate policy, the Trump administration is willfully burying its head in the sand. It’s crucial newsrooms don’t follow. 

Since Donald Trump returned to the White House, staffers of color have been frustrated by supervisors’ lack of enthusiasm—and the paper’s diminishing resources—for their work. 

‘There is no conceivable degree of institutional incompetence sufficient to explain the scale, consistency, and persistence of the failures that occurred.’

How MAGA media outlets are fueling Trump’s crackdown on the press.

From Minneapolis to Gaza, how does the press responsibly report killings when officials act in obvious bad faith? By looking out the window. 

Revisiting the Gary Hart scandal on a trip from east to west.

The influencer as collaborator, not competitor.

The AT protocol and “long-term, lifelong, sustainable protection against enshittification.”

Israel still won’t say when international journalists will be allowed back into Gaza.

“This move does not give the power back to the people—it gives power to the White House.”

CJR’s longtime column of criticism and praise is being revived—with a twist.