Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 5/18/26
Headline: “Hitting the Brakes on Carr”
“In an interview with Status, the FCC chairman assailed his critics and defended his actions against Disney after a legal watchdog asked authorities to investigate him for having ‘violated his ethical obligations’ as an attorney.. . .”
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Article in Poynter by Sydney McGarr, 4/11/26
Headline: “Journalism students know the industry is struggling. They’re choosing to enter it anyway”
Subhead: “Student reporters from across the country say they’re worried about layoffs, AI and shrinking newsrooms but still feel called to the work”
“The outlook for aspiring journalists is increasingly uncertain.
“Layoffs ripple through major U.S. newsrooms, local papers shutter at an alarming rate, politicians sharpen their attacks on the press and AI technology threatens to make journalists obsolete.
“Yet, 10,073 students graduated with journalism degrees in the U.S. in 2025, according to a report by Data USA, an open-source platform for visualizing U.S. government data. . .”
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https://www.poynter.org/educators-students/2026/why-students-are-choosing-journalism/
Article in Media Matters by Isabella Corrao & Jane Lee 5/7/26
Headline: “Right-wing media spent months claiming Trump’s ballroom wouldn’t cost taxpayers a penny. Republicans are now proposing $1 billion in taxpayer money to secure it.”
“Since President Donald Trump first demolished the East Wing to build a new White House ballroom, right-wing media personalities have frequently echoed White House talking points asserting that private donors would fund the ballroom at no cost to taxpayers. Recently, however, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) proposed $1 billion as part of a “long-term immigration and border patrol funding bill” for security upgrades related to the ballroom construction project . . .”
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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 4/6/26
Headline: “Veteran journalist ‘concerned’ CNN will be next MAGA victim”
“Veteran journalist and CNN mainstay Christiane Amanpour is concerned that, if Republican donor David Ellison is successful in his attempt to take over CNN parent company Warner Discovery, the network could face a devastating pro-MAGA makeover. . .”
“During a panel of the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London on Monday, Amanpour expressed her outrage. . .”
“Clearly I’m concerned,” she said after being asked about recent comments from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that he’s looking forward to an Ellison makeover. . .”
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/6/800034348/media/journalist-concerned-cnn-next-maga-victim/
Article in Democracy Now by Staff, 5/7/26
Headline: “This Week with Jon Stewart: Media For Truth, Not Profit with Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman”
“Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of ‘Democracy Now!’ and subject of the new documentary ‘STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE!’ joins Jon Stewart on This Week with Jon Stewart to examine which stories get told and why, discuss the bargain the media makes in trading truth for access, and explore the power ordinary people still possess to organize and fight back. . .”
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https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/7/this_week_with_jon_stewart_media
Article in The Guardian by Katherine Viner, 5/6/26
Headline: “How to survive the information crisis: ‘We once talked about fake news – now reality itself feels fake’ “
Subhead: “In this age of crisis, technology is pulling us apart. At its best, journalism can bring us together again, writes Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner”
“. . .As tech companies have prioritised capturing attention, truth has been downgraded. AI slop and deepfakes are now so rampant that it feels that your brain can no longer compute what it’s seeing. You start to question things that turn out to be true. It doesn’t help that reality itself has become so much stranger and more grotesque. . .”
“. . .Before I talk about Guardian journalism, I’m going to talk about what makes that journalism possible. Now, I’ll admit that the words ‘ownership model’ might not set the pulse racing. But it really matters. At the Guardian, we have no proprietor demanding political or commercial returns. We have no profit-driven shareholders demanding cuts or cash. The purpose of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian, is to keep the Guardian going in perpetuity, serving the public interest, not the interests of the wealthy. . .”
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Article in The Guardian by Jeremy Barr, 5/5/26
Headline: “US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sues NYT over bias claim”
Subhead: “White male editor at newspaper claims he was unfairly passed over for promoted role despite qualifications”
“In what appears to be a new front in the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against the media, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the New York Times, charging that the news organization improperly passed over a white, male employee for promotion because of his race or sex. . .”
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/05/new-york-times-lawsuit-equal-opportunity
Article in AP by David Bauder, 4/30/26
Headline: “Disappearing before our eyes: One photographer’s passion project of capturing local newsrooms”
“NEW YORK (AP) — If you think the life of a journalist is glamorous, take a look at Ann Hermes’ photograph of Tom Haley from a winter day in Rutland, Vermont. . .”
“Hermes is fascinated by things that evoke a time gone by or are about to pass into history. She has photographed the last Morse code station operating in North America and department store photo booths. Lately, she’s spent a lot of time in newsrooms like Haley’s Rutland Herald. . .”
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https://apnews.com/article/newspapers-newsrooms-photographing-media-f0d0939e04bb66f8d340f6f43df5bf5e
Article in Raw Story by Matthew Chapman, 5/1/26
Headline: “Prominent right-wing news outlet hit with mass layoffs”
“The far-right Daily Wire faced mass layoffs this week — gutting the team of the long-prominent outlet initially founded by conservative activist Ben Shapiro.
“According to The Wrap, Ben Shapiro’s right-wing media company confirmed the layoffs in a statement to media on Friday afternoon, saying that impacted staffers are ‘a number of teams’ and layoffs were largely concentrated to its Nashville headquarters. ‘Today, The Daily Wire made a difficult decision to restructure the organization, which included layoffs to a number of teams,’ a spokesperson said.”
“The Daily Wire has been the focus of drama in previous years, one of the biggest incidents being the firing of right-wing star Candace Owens for pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories. . .”
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https://www.rawstory.com/daily-wire-2676842325/?utm_source=superhead
Article in Poynter by Angela Fu, 5/1/26
Headline: “Opinion | U.S. falls to its lowest ever World Press Freedom Index ranking”
Subhead: “The declines in press freedom in the U.S. are part of a broader global trend, Reporters Without Borders found.”
“Last weekend, the White House Correspondents Association dinner — already a topic of awkward conversations because of various ethical concerns — was scrapped because a gunman tried to enter the event.
“Then on Monday, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania both called for ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired because they didn’t like a joke he told. And now the Federal Communications Commission, seemingly spurred on by the Trumps’ social media complaints, is reviewing ABC’s licenses.
“Thursday produced even more depressing news about press freedoms in the U.S. . .”
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https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/us-lowest-press-freedome-ranking-ever/