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A message about the importance of the free press

On America's 250th birthday, we reprint the words of the late Poynter chairman Eugene C. Patterson

July 4, 2026

Lee Enterprises tells its papers to run front-page profile of chairman and billionaire David Hoffmann this weekend

Some at the company say the unusual request raises questions about editorial independence

July 2, 2026

Opinion | CNN’s uncertain future claims its first major on-air talent

Paula Reid is leaving for MS NOW after reportedly raising concerns about Paramount Skydance's pending takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

July 2, 2026

The Declaration of Independence offers a forgotten argument for facts

250 years later, Thomas Jefferson's call to ‘let facts be submitted to a candid world’ still speaks to journalism's mission

July 2, 2026

Rebecca Catalanello

Why do journalists prewrite stories?

NPR’s erroneous story about Samuel Alito's retirement was not caused by a prewrite, but the episode shows why safeguards matter

July 1, 2026

Opinion | How NPR published a Supreme Court retirement that never happened

Nina Totenberg misheard a Supreme Court announcement, leading NPR to mistakenly report that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring

July 1, 2026

Is this sentence in the Declaration of Independence really the greatest ever written?

Walter Isaacson calls it the greatest. Roy Peter Clark puts it under the microscope.

July 1, 2026

Roy Peter Clark

Newsroom Profile: FOX59 and CBS4

Current example of TV consolidation thrives

July 1, 2026

Opinion | The Supreme Court sides with journalists in two key media cases

The court paused an order compelling a reporter to reveal a source and declined to revisit the landmark New York Times v. Sullivan decision

June 30, 2026

These viral Venezuela earthquake videos aren’t all what they seem

Old footage, demolition videos and false rescue claims spread alongside authentic images of the disaster

June 30, 2026

Opinion | What’s next for CBS News, CNN and ‘60 Minutes?’

Wall Street Journal reporter Isabella Simonetti breaks down the upheaval at CBS News and what the Paramount merger could mean for CNN

June 29, 2026

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