As we approach Poynter's 50th anniversary date, we are launching a campaign to raise $50,000 to power our important work. If you care about press freedom, journalism education, ethical reporting and fact-based expression, we need you to help us chart our next 50 years.

Poynter is proud to partner with Press Forward Central Appalachia to offer important knowledge and resources to funders and potential funders of local news in the region. (1/3) www.poynter.org/news-release...

I was thrilled to be in New York last night as Poynter honored two accomplished journalists, Dean Baquet of @nytimes.com and Cleo Abram of Huge if True. The impact of these two individuals, on different platforms and in different ways, proves what a rich news and information landscape we have.

Poynter and the journalism world lost a great friend, a real talent and a genuinely lovely guy. Here is an excellent remembrance from my colleague Kristen Hare.

Honored to celebrate @MikeAllen & @JessicaYellin in D.C. with the Poynter 50 Make a Mark Leadership Award — recognizing their pioneering work meeting their audiences where they are with trustworthy journalism. #Poynter50

So glad for the chance to talk about media literacy and our current news environment with Lisa Ann Pinkerton on Earthlings 2.0, The Podcast. Thanks for having me! www.linkedin.com/posts/earthl...

Local journalism is not only vital to communities when news happens, it's important history for residents, researchers, educators and others. Poynter is proud to be part of a group funded by #PressForward to help organizations preserve their digital assets. www.poynter.org/news-release...

If you're in the greater Washington, D.C. area tomorrow -- Wednesday, July 2 -- I hope you'll join me, veteran news anchor Chris Wallace, and Washington journalists Tia Mitchell and Lori Montenegro as we talk about press freedom and the state of the U.S. media in a free event (more)

We have some big news today. Poynter is announcing the creation of a new faculty chair dedicated to writing and editing excellence, named in honor of Poynter legend and "America's Writing Coach" Roy Peter Clark.

Poynter is focusing our newsroom's efforts on chronicling threats to press freedoms. Reporter Angela Fu, who is doing much of this work, spoke with senior media writer Tom Jones on the Poynter Report Podcast to break down what everyone should be aware of. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boW...

Please join me, NABJ president Ken Lemon, and journalism leaders Eric Deggans, Lori Waldon, Anzio Williams and Battinto Batts for this May 14 webinar. Poynter and NABJ both turn 50 this year, and we're talking about navigating trends and challenges in our industry.

Facts matter. Words matter. Truth Matters. Poynter experts talk about the job of standing up for critical thinking even on social media!

Today we announced the winners of the 2025 Poynter Journalism Prizes, representing so much important work from news organizations across the U.S. We can take heart that independent reporting and rich storytelling are thriving. Take a look at the winners: www.poynter.org/news-release...

Smart conversation here with Alex Mahadevan about the realities of crowd-sourced fact-checking on social platforms. Perhaps TikTok's new hybrid model will thread the needle.

I'm thrilled to be in New York City and to see Poynter and the Associated Press put on the 2025 Summit on AI, Ethics and Journalism. Sharp, smart people here with great ideas to help journalists harness AI in good and responsible ways.

Today is International Fact-Checking Day. Celebrate the vital work of fact-checking journalists around the world. Fact-checkers in many places are under attack simply for providing the important service of elevating facts and accurate information to inform the public.

One of the things we say in our work at Poynter is "lead more, lament less." If you care about freedom of the press, here are some specific, real actions you can take to help an independent press thrive as threats to it grow. We all can lead.

We're hearing from newsrooms across the country concerned with increasing legal threats to independent journalism. Poynter is producing a free webinar with experts to answer your questions and help you safeguard the vital work you do. Please join us on April 7.

Here's our latest from The Poynter 50 -- consequential media moments of the last 50 years. A teenager's video capturing George Floyd's death at the hands of police earned a citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board and is a key example of the rise of citizen journalism.

I had a great time digging into what's ahead for journalism with Andrey and Levon on Radius of Reason -- from false choices, to the role of AI, to dissecting the appeal of personalities like Joe Rogan and other influencers as news sources. Hope you'll listen.

A new book tells the story of "a largely under-the-radar legal movement that is weaponizing the obscure field of libel law," according to its author David Enrich. In a story for Poynter, @dankennedy.net explains the dynamics at work for the future of NYT vs. Sullivan: