FCC encouraged several ABC affiliates to make late political disclosures after a Texas state representative made an appearance on “The View,” only to then later accuse an ABC-owned station of failing to do the same, according to the agency's lone Democratic commissioner. thedesk.net/2026/05/fcc-...

Disney, in a filing with the FCC, accuses the federal regulatory agency of violating the ABC network's First Amendment rights by seeking to punish political content it doesn't like. www.fcc.gov/ecfs/documen...

Radio stations still the second-most used source of local news. radioink.com/2026/05/06/r...

A federal judge has ordered the release of a government contractor charged with forwarding classified information to a Washington Post reporter. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

Pope Leo XIV, on World Press Freedom Day, ⁠condemns the blatant and subtle ⁠violations of media freedom around the world and asks for remembrance of "the many journalists and reporters who have fallen victim to wars and violence." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Press freedom is at its lowest level in 25 years. What is causing this global decline? rsf.org/en/2026-rsf-...

Stars & Stripes ombudsman says she’s been fired by the Pentagon. www.stripes.com/opinion/2026...

Here's the bingo card that will be passed out to attendees at the WHCA dinner to track President Trump's anti-speech rhetoric during his address. media.freedom.press/media/docume...

Reporters rebel against US newspaper chain’s new AI tool. www.linkedin.com/pulse/report...

The BBC has found a consistent pattern of market volume spikes just before Trump social media posts or media interviews were made public, raising suspicion of insider trading. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A framework of essential standards for all participants in the information economy, The Oxford Declaration, issued at a US symposium on restoring public trust in journalism. newslab.org/school/jorda...

Hollywood Reporter - A new Ipsos poll conducted for the Jordan Center for Journalism Innovation and Advocacy at the University of Mississippi shows how the media landscape has fractured. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

‘How the News Media Can Regain Public Trust’ is the theme of today’s day-long Jordan Center annual symposium at the University of Mississippi. Journalists, academics and students are invited to watch online from 08:30 CDT (13:30 GMT): olemiss.zoom.us/j/81258922273 Agenda: newslab.org/school/jorda...

The DC-based NOTUS politics news website is to expand into sports to fill a void left by the Washington Post and will rebrand as The Star, which was the name of a Washington newspaper that traced its roots back to 1852 and went bankrupt in 1981.

The Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation hosts its annual conference Friday (Apr. 17) on the Ole Miss campus. The theme is 'How the News Media Can Regain Public Trust. Join us virtually from 08:00 Central Time: olemiss.zoom.us/j/81258922273 Agenda: newslab.org/school/jorda...