Today is one of my favorite days of the year. The Sports Journalism Institute has announced its 34th class, welcoming 16 talented students into our nationally acclaimed internship program. www.sportsjournalisminstitute.org/latest-news/...

A 31-point swing! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

Ye, fka Kanye West, takes out a full-page in the Wall Street Journal to apologize to the Black community, and for antisemitism: “I lost touch with reality”

apnews.com/article/john... musician John Forté found dead at 50 in Massachusetts home

apnews.com/article/poll... Americans are increasingly rejecting the Democratic and Republican parties, a new poll shows

Sports Job alert: Lakers beat at Southern California News Group. myworkdaycenter.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MNG/deta… @NABJSports @SJI_Update @AAJAsports @nahjdeportes @NABJ

University of Alabama shuts down student magazines for Black students, women students www.whatimreading.net/p/university...

Morgan State could one day run entirely on AI

Grades for NOLA Public Schools are highest ever, but expect them to drop next year veritenews.org/2025/11/20/n...

Had a great weekend representing Loyola University New Orleans at the JEA conference in Nashville. Met thousands of high school students excited about media careers and led a masterclass on “So You Want to Be a Sports Journalist.” The next generation is ready. 👏🏾📱📰

Final hours to apply! The Sports Journalism Institute Class of 2026 offers: 🏟️ Intense bootcamp at ASU 📰 Paid newsroom internship 💪 Mentorship for life Applications close at midnight PST! sportsjournalisminstitute.org/program/apply @NABJSports @AAJASports @NAHJDeportes @aaja @nahj @NABJSports

Nearly 42 million Americans lose their food stamp benefits

📢 One Week Left to Apply — Sports Journalism Institute Class of 2026 Applications for the Class of 2026 close on November 3, 2025. Apply now and take the next step toward a career in sports media: 🔗 sportsjournalisminstitute.org/program/apply

MSNBC is exclusively reporting that FBI agents were repeatedly steered to Tom Homan by one of his own associates which is how he wound up in a contracts-for-cash sting, according to 4 sources familiar with the investigation and a government document reviewed by MSNBC. www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Immigrants helped rebuild New Orleans, then they set down roots. Under Trump, some worry they’ll be forced to leave. veritenews.org/2025/08/29/n...

Year 3 at @Loyola_NOLA! Excited to teach Advanced Journalism & Mass Comm Ethics/Diversity as the Marion M. & John S. Stokes Jr. Visiting Professor. Even more thrilled to keep building our sports journalism program. A new journey begins! 📰✍🏽⚜️

After doing some inventory, the 20th @nabjsports Jam has sold out all VIP tables. We have limited VIP tickets left. If you want to sit down, buy premium tickets. Plenty of seats in Mezzanine and the restaurant area on a first come first serve basis!

#Breaking "The Cosby Show" alum Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died after drowning at the age of 54, according to TMZ.

No. 20. If you are in Cleveland! @nabjofficial.bsky.social

PerRed Sox sources: the team's feeling was that a $313.5M contract comes with responsibilities to do what is right for the team and that Devers did not live up to those responsibilities. They had enough and they traded him.

7 Voters on Trump, the Protests and Taking a Stand in L.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

25 years. 🙏 Honored to return again to teach at @sji1992.bsky.social We covered MLB, WNBA & the NBA Finals — all on deadline. Huge thanks to speakers! Next generation is ready. #SJI25

On the 15th day of Sean Combs’s trial, a security officer gave a detailed account of how the music mogul gave him $100,000 — delivered in a brown paper bag — in exchange for surveillance footage that captured Combs beating his longtime girlfriend Casandra Ventura in 2016.

Why some towns lose local news — and others don’t www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/why-...

The French Open on TNT will be something I will have to get used to. #grandslamseason!

Just in time for another @WNBA season: Got in the mail "Becoming Caitlin Clark: The Unknown Origin Story of a Modern Basketball Superstar" by @howardmegdal.bsky.social ...Will be a part of my summer reading as another school year ends! #WNBA

A longtime Republican pollster said Thursday that people who voted for Donald Trump last year are already beginning to waver in their support.

Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe says he is stepping away temporarily from his ESPN duties while he deals with what he called false allegations in a $50 million civil lawsuit filed against him by a woman who alleges he raped and threatened her.

The bills, proposed during President Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants nationwide, would force public institutions to track the immigration status of people using their services.