Analysis cites @pmnapoli.bsky.social, professor and author of "Social Media and the Public Interest." ⤵️

Professor @frankabruni.bsky.social discusses the state of the 2026 midterms with @katiecouric.bsky.social. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_A7...

What does success look like in a class about AI? At Duke’s AI Journalism Lab, one answer was a trophy for “most successful failure.” Students built tools for real newsrooms, tested what worked, and learned from what broke. Read the story: sanford.duke.edu/story/ai-jou... @duke-dwc.bsky.social

What's it like to review products at Wirecutter? Duke professor @billadair.com talks to @nytwirecutter.bsky.social writer Tim Heffernan⤵️

Had a lot of fun with @billadair.com this spring teaching a brand new class at @dukesanford.bsky.social that challenged students to solve real-world journalism problems with AI and automation. Here are a few things we learned along the way. www.poynter.org/tech-tools/2...

"I want to encourage people to pursue the opportunities that would make them part of the solution, and not part of the problem." DeWitt Wallace Center director @pmnapoli.bsky.social to deliver @comatbu.bsky.social graduate convocation address www.bu.edu/com/articles...

Congratulations to Duke's 9th Street Journal on receiving the 2026 Frank Barrows Award for Excellence in Student Journalism! The journal was honored for its series on Durham’s most reliable voters. Announcement: 9thstreetjournal.org/2026/03/31/9... @ncopengov.org @nclocal.bsky.social

At Duke 'Independent Thinkers' event, Frank Bruni & Bret Stephens modeled how to debate politics with friends. “The only thing you can do is think for yourself and act decently with the people who are right in front of your face,” Stephens told the audience. sanford.duke.edu/story/across...

Duke's @robyncaplan.bsky.social tells @fastcompany.com that the recent ruling on social media addiction "definitely makes it more likely there will be more lawsuits.” www.fastcompany.com/91516105/met...

Duke's @pmnapoli.bsky.social talks to Ian Hoch at WWL about what the recent rulings holding Meta and YouTube liable for user mental health harms could mean for the future litigation landscape facing tech companies. Listen to Hour 1: www.audacy.com/wwl/podcasts...

Are social media companies responsible for social media addiction? @pmnapoli.bsky.social discusses the recent Meta, YouTube ruling on WWL First News with Tommy Tucker. 🎧 www.audacy.com/podcast/wwl-...

Duke professor @billadair.com interviews the human creator of the bot TomWikiAssist ⤵️

"Painful pests and AI craziness: 7am hour," featuring the DWC's @pmnapoli.bsky.social! loom.ly/y_hZTU8

For an update on Trump's deportation policies, read DWC Instructor David A. Graham's recent piece for The Atlantic, "Trump’s Deportation Goals Are Unrealistic." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Read about what's been happening the past week in U.S. politics and in the lives of billionaires in DWC professor Frank Bruni's new Opinion piece, "The (Gaudy) Tie That Binds Trump and Bezos." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

"Public Editor: Reader thinks our print headlines are too cute." Check out the newest piece by DWC Professor Stephen Buckley in his role as Public Editor for The Dallas Morning News! www.dallasnews.com/opinion/publ...

"North Carolina Considers Dipping a Toe Into Cryptocurrency": Read about NC Treasurer Brad Briner's plan to overhaul investment strategy for the North Carolina Retirement System in Katelyn Cai's new article for The Assembly. loom.ly/wz-MDJw

Child online safety laws are proliferating. Sofya Diktas, Anabel Howery, and @robyncaplan.bsky.social outline common mechanisms that US state bills provide for verifying age and challenges that may emerge from them: www.techpolicy.press/the-future-a...

In a new article for Columbia Journalism Review, read about DWC Professor @billadair.com's search to find a caller who asked him the age-old question: "Do Republicans lie more than Democrats?" Read the article here: www.cjr.org/analysis/pol...

Take a look back at Trump's first 100 days in office with DWC Instructor @dgraham.bsky.social as he talks the Trump presidency and his new book, "The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America," with Due South's Jeff Tiberii. Listen here: www.wunc.org/show/due-sou...

DWC Instructor @dgraham.bsky.social recently joined Morning Joe to to talk about his new book, "The Project," which details how Project 2025 is influencing the Trump administration. www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/...

See how Durham is trying to push back against anti-immigration legislation in DWC Instructor Barry Yeoman's new piece with Vibhav Nandagiri for The Assembly!

Join DeWitt Wallace Instructor @dgraham.bsky.social at Flyleaf Books as he talks about his new book, "The Project," which offers a detailed breakdown of how the Trump Administration plans to implement Project 2025. More information on the Flyleaf website: flyleafbooks.com/event/graham...

"The 'pink slime' sites sharing sanctioned Russian content with readers in Europe,"- read about sites impersonating local news outlets, featuring the DWC's own director Phil Napoli! www.logicallyfacts.com/en/analysis/...

Read about the the case against CBS in "Trump, Harris, and the Art of the Interview," featuring the DWC's @pmnapoli.bsky.social www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Check out DeWitt Wallace Professor Stephen Buckley's new piece as Public Editor of The Dallas Morning News: "Public Editor talks sports coverage." www.dallasnews.com/opinion/publ...

Check out DeWitt Wallace director Phil Napoli's new white paper on The FEC's "press exemption"!

"Readers appreciate food news": Read DWC Professor Stephen Buckley's latest as Public Editor of The Dallas Morning News! www.dallasnews.com/opinion/publ...

1/17 is the deadline to submit proposals for the 2025 Local News Researchers Workshop, hosted by UNC's Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media and Duke's DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy. Follow link for details & to submit a proposal. www.cislm.org/research/loc...

Join us on Saturday, January 25th at 1pm for a conversation about politics and the media with journalists Maggie Haberman, David Folkenflik, and Charlotte Alter, moderated by DWC Professor Frank Bruni. Please RSVP: duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...