Applications for our trusted creator training fellowship are due Sunday, Sept. 28 at 11:59 p.m. ET. If you create content that informs or connects people, this program will teach you the skills to ensure you are disseminating accurate info. It comes with a $5k stipend. newscreatorcorps.org/apply/

In this week’s News Creator Corps newsletter: The Tylenol in pregnancy story is a great example of our core tenets. Information impacts action. The quality of the information you receive while pregnant can drastically change your experience—and outcome. newscreatorcorps.substack.com/p/nuance-bui...

The tariff applies to branded medications: “Branded or patented pharmaceutical products are drugs sold under trade names and protected by patents or other intellectual property, which block generic competition until those protections expire.” www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/09/...

NCC's first trusted creator training program kicks off next month, and we're so excited about the trainers that will join us from the media, teaching, and PR worlds. Meet a few of them: Traci Lee, Adriana Lacy, Steven Potter, Joy Mayer, and Jessica Parker. newscreatorcorps.org/2025/09/meet...

News creators seek the right balance of perspective and objectivity. Pratika Katiyar writes for NCC on how she walks that line: "I’ve learned that if I let my passion for a topic overshadow the facts, I risk losing credibility and even spreading disinformation." newscreatorcorps.org/2025/09/walk...

“Mr. Carr is working to transform the F.C.C. from a once sleepy agency into a protector of conservative speech. In particular, he is working on broadening the agency’s mandate to referee what appears on televisions.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/t...

Brendan Carr did not “make a joke on social media,” he went on a podcast and said ABC had to take action against Kimmel or the FCC would revoke licenses! We all saw it! Ted Cruz quoted it on HIS podcast in a silly mafia accent!

BREAKING — Notices for the Disney+ price increase went out at noon ET today, confirming my scoop from last night. Details: www.vulture.com/article/disn...

A California district attorney said there is “circumstantial evidence” indicating that a former lobbyist accused of shooting at ABC’s affiliate station in Sacramento was “politically motivated.” www.cnbc.com/2025/09/22/j...

"When right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk was shot [the] next thing that followed was typical of any tragedy these days: a whirlwind of online misinformation. Except, it also included AI-generated false claims" from e.g. Grok, Google AI Overviews www.techpolicy.press/what-does-it...

Information impacts action. The quality of the information you receive while pregnant can drastically change your experience. It’s important for medical professionals to share information with their credentials and research information to fight misinformation.

MetLife Stadium blasts “Welcome to New York” while Giants fans loudly boo. The camera eventually pans to Lawrence Taylor, which is a clever nod but a strange choice to highlight. www.latimes.com/archives/blo...

“With a single post or video, we can influence thousands of guests to try a food, drink, or experience in the parks,” she says. “I couldn’t, in good conscience, keep giving them free publicity knowing they don’t support free speech and are willing to bow to fascism."

Creators! NCC is partnering with @outrider.org. They recognize the importance of content creators & will cover your expenses to attend their conference on how national security, artificial intelligence, climate, health, and the environment are interconnected in the new nuclear landscape. Email me.

An important post from @travelinganna.bsky.social: "A deeper Google search confirmed their message. I had been duped." newscreatorcorps.org/2025/09/figh...

NCC officially kicked things off last night with a launch party, gathering an interesting group of people from media, education, nonprofits, and content creation. Here's what we heard: It’s never been more critical to invest in the work content creators are doing.

📣 Calling all news creators! Applications for our training program are open. If you create content that informs or connects people, this program will teach you the tactical skills to ensure you are disseminating accurate information. Creators will receive a $5,000 stipend.

We're in a really special moment in the news creator timeline where creators, journalists, news leaders, educators, audiences, and community stalwarts can learn from each other. By coming together, we're stronger in the fight against misinformation.

I’m leading a program to teach creators fact-checking, interviewing, FOIA requests, finding public docs. This is for all levels of creators, all beats and you’ll receive a stipend for your time. newscreatorcorps.org/apply/

NCC researcher Maya Srikrishnan lays out three strategies news creators employ to build and keep audiences that increasingly avoid mainstream news brands. newscreatorcorps.org/2025/09/what...

One of the reasons why Jessica Yellin’s work is so valuable is because she includes resources for the audience like this one on how to talk to kids about violence: www.nasponline.org/resources-an...

I've been building News Creator Corps, a new nonprofit on a mission to make social platforms safer for all by investing in content creators and community messengers so they can better share facts, debunk misinformation, and empower their audiences with information. newscreatorcorps.org

Let’s say the administration asked broadcasters to not air negative reactions toward the president. There will be a stadium full of people with phones—with audiences who trust them. It will be available via social, and the only impact will be that audiences lose even more trust in mainstream media.

Many younger Americans will never forget how “respectable” institutions they were supposed to trust so readily surrendered to illiberalism. It’s a defining experience for them. We’ll see what the fruits of this are. #USOpen #media #democracy www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Would never expect the USTA to acknowledge any protest but them going and asking broadcasters to censor it is a new low. I’ve heard multiple reports of the USOPC telling NGBs to be scared of this administration to get them in line, and this seems to fit that pattern.

I personally know several people who received the full slate of childhood vaccinations without issue but now believe they could be dangerous. Here’s why your conservative friends and mother in law no longer trust the shots, ensuring we are headed into a future where preventable diseases return

"Our current conversation around money marriages & figures like Sánchez, Donovan points out, is taking place at a time when the (overwhelmingly male) billionaire class is ballooning while these billionaires’ middle-class employees are struggling to afford groceries." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/m...

Five— five!!— grafs until the NYT suggests to readers it might not be lawful. Complete and total abidication of their responsibility to readers to inform and not parrot propaganda.

Holy shit: Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status. www.hcn.org/articles/fir...

A $1,000 scholarship for women in college or grad school who are living with chronic health conditions: chronicboss.com/chronic-boss...

I have long said that what journalism organizations sell isn't news, it's trust. www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/trus...

"This shift signals a growing judicial tolerance for laws that restrict online expression and privacy, contradicting longstanding First Amendment precedent and paving the way for broader state-level crackdowns on digital access." usermag.co/p/we-must-fight-age-verification-with

From @newsnotnoise.bsky.social: ICE has far fewer guardrails than other agencies; agents don’t need to wear body cameras, can cover their faces and refuse to identify themselves, use unmarked vehicles, detain people without warrants, arrest US citizens, and more. www.axios.com/2025/06/29/a...

The records request revealed the extent to which the administration has sought to pierce powerful federal confidentiality protections for patients and their medical providers. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

Congress published a study in 2003 that examined the impact of the federal government taking direct stakes in public companies, concluding that doing so would “not offer a free lunch” and expose taxpayers to “greater risk” alongside the upside potential. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

LendingTree found that 50.7 percent of businesses expected higher costs in the coming months, and 30.9 percent planned to raise the prices they charged within six months. Price hikes at a large scale would likely feed into consumer inflation. www.newsweek.com/one-three-bu...

Do you work for a news organization? If so, I want to hear from you! 🫵 Tell me about your favorite digital tools that help your media outlet succeed. And tell me how you go about picking new tools. Reply to this post or fill out this (very short!) survey: missouri.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

my source news opinion world is giving ‘congressional bill whose acronym has to spell something’

“I’ve never been a huge fan of television news,” Baxter admitted, as someone with investigative reporting chops honed in print and digital news. “But the reality is that a lot of people watch, so it doesn’t really matter what I think.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/can-...

TikTok has the smallest gender gap when it comes to news creators: 50% of news influencers on TikTok are men, while 45% are women. On all other sites, men outnumber women by a roughly two-to-one margin or more. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

Every dollar invested in women’s health generates up to $3 in economic growth. www.weforum.org/press/2024/0...

Today is the most dangerous time to be a journalist in CPJ’s history. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel. Read more in CPJ’s #2024KilledReport: cpj.org?p=451429

"the average worker who is laid off during a recession experiences a staggering 19% decrease in their future lifetime earnings, compared to a less extreme 11% earnings loss associated with layoffs during normal times." hbr.org/2025/07/new-...

Let’s assume what she’s saying here is true. Calling senior intelligence officials and using a non-personal phone to do so is just called reporting with good opsec. I’d expect that from someone trying to keep sources safe when reporting on national security.

One of the most interesting parts of Stephanie Harrison's book "New Happy" was the research about how the happiest societies didn't just have good parental leave or plenty of jobs; their residents spread kindness regularly.

"Having dominion over what a large group of people understand to be factual is power. Being in a newsroom (or having a large social following, or similar) you have responsibility to the community you serve." — @travelinganna.bsky.social goodnightcommenters.substack.com/p/reporters-...

"At two different pharmacies, she was told it is not recommended for pregnant women to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, based on new guidelines." Infections during pregnancy often require more intense care and can bring on complications. www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/h...

Last month, 44.1% of workers reported a positive six-month business outlook for their employer, the lowest figure since Glassdoor began measuring the stat in 2016. www.glassdoor.com/blog/glassdo...

Among working parents, 76% say their level of focus during the summer is directly tied to the reliability of their children’s summer-care arrangements, according to a survey from Bright Horizons. www.brighthorizons.com/newsroom/arc...

This was a frustrating read that didn’t dial into the “and then what” nearly enough. For example: If dads want “someone just teach me,” are they seeking this out or relying on their partner to research and report back? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...