The Media Today

As Washington braced for the release of the Epstein files, Trump’s red-carpet welcome of Mohammed bin Salman and threats directed at an ABC News reporter made his hostility to journalists chillingly clear.

Journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are ready to return to work.

How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.

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

The ICE detention of Sami Hamdi closely follows the deportation of Mario Guevara.

Larry and David Ellison are poised to become the Trump era’s reigning media moguls.

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

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

How the press can rise to the moment.

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

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

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.

Were protests against a social media ban dystopian, utopian, or something more complicated?

The long string of anti-media violence in America.