News about the media.
Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 12/15/25
Headline: “How journalists covered a weekend of mass shootings across two continents”
Subhead: “Coverage of the Bondi Beach and Brown University attacks grappled with terror, trauma and accountability”
“The horrors continue.
“This past weekend was marred by two mass shootings — one in Australia and one in the U.S. . .”
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https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/shootings-brown-bondi-beach-coverage/
Article in Mediaite by Staff, 12/15/25
Headline: “Mediaite’s Most Influential in News Media 2025″
“It’s no secret how impactful presidential election years are to the state of our nation. But something that often goes overlooked is just how impactful the years after a presidential election are for the state of our media. For television networks, newspapers, digital outlets, and now podcasters and YouTubers, there is almost always some type of reset which happens when a new president takes office. . .”
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Article in Status news by Natalie Korach, 12/7/25
Headline: “CNN’s Brief Sigh of Relief”
“Netflix’s $83 billion deal for Warner Bros. spaces CNN from a future under Paramount and Bari Weiss, but leaves plenty of new threats on the horizon . . .”
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https://www.status.news/p/cnn-netflix-warner-bros-paramount-bari-weiss
Articles in Columbia Journalism Review by various staff 12/8/25
Headline: “Forecasting”
Subhead: “Introducing the Journalism 2050 Issue.”
“We don’t know what exactly the future holds, much as we may want to believe we do. Looking at the transformations of the media industry, and at shifting habits of news consumption, maybe we can do something like meteorology, and put together a forecast. In this issue and an accompanying podcast series, we are watching where the wind blows . . .”
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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Riddhi Setty & Carolina Abbot Galvao, 12/2/25
Headline: “How Students Are Trying to Save Local News”
Subhead: “Across the country, university programs are filling gaps in the coverage.”
At twenty-one, just after her graduation from the University of Vermont, Holly Sullivan became the editor of the Winooski News, the sole paper in Vermont’s smallest city—spanning a mile and a half, with about eight thousand residents who speak more than thirty languages. In the course of a few months, Sullivan went from being a student to editing articles and a newsletter that serve the area at large, written entirely by university students.
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https://www.cjr.org/news/how-students-are-trying-to-save-local-news.php
Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 12/3/25
Headline: “Trump Tirades at Media Darken as MAGA Bloodlust on Bombings Boils Over”
Subhead: “As Trump and MAGA hit new levels of depravity on his boat bombings and anti-immigrant crackdown, the writer of a piece connecting these dots discusses the centrality of sadism to Trump-MAGA politics.”
“. . .Trump just unleashed a hateful rant to the media about Somali immigrants to set the stage for a coming campaign to arrest them en masse. Meanwhile, MAGA excitement over the Caribbean Sea bombings is spiking: Pete Hegseth tweeted out a deeply sadistic cartoon celebrating these extrajudicial killings. . .”
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https://newrepublic.com/article/203887/trump-seethes-darkly-media-maga-bloodlust-bombings-boils
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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz & Rob Savillo, 12/2/25
Headline: “Scrounging for a Hegseth defense, right-wing commentators seize on NY Times report”
Subhead: “Hegseth’s supporters split hairs over his culpability”
“Right-wing commentators have seized upon a New York Times report on the U.S. military’s September 2 extrajudicial killing of 11 people on board a boat the Trump administration alleged was carrying drugs in the Caribbean, claiming that the article ‘DEBUNKED’ a previous Washington Post report that triggered congressional scrutiny over potential war crimes. But the Times actually confirmed, rather than undermined, the Post’s account. . .”
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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Carolina Abbott Galvão, 11/26/25
Headline: “Could Public Skepticism of the Press Actually Be Good for Democracy?”
Subhead: “An expert on political communication explains how Argentina’s history of public lying created a protective barrier between citizens and information, and how distrust can help fight autocracy.”
“. . .the authors of The Patina of Distrust, a new book that explores how people interpret misinformation, argue that that perspective overlooks a crucial piece of the puzzle. Basing their findings on extensive research conducted in the wake of Argentina’s 2019 elections, they conclude that news consumers are less susceptible to falsehood than we might anticipate. . .”
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Article in The Guardian by Narina Dunbar, 11/26/25
Headline: “Trump calls New York Times reporter ‘ugly’ in latest insult to female journalist”
Subhead: “In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after an article questioned whether he was slowing down”
“Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her ‘ugly inside and out’ in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another ‘piggy. . .”
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/26/trump-insults-new-york-times-reporter-katie-rogers
Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 11/24/25
Headline: “Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So”
Subhead: “As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.”
“Suddenly, media outlets seem to have figured out that President Donald Trump is really, really unpopular. There’s been a palpable shift in the discourse: The New York Times reports that Republicans are quietly looking beyond Trump, suggesting he’s losing his grip on the party. Axios claims that it’s ‘red alert’ time for Trump and the GOP. . .”
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https://newrepublic.com/article/203559/trump-weak-failing-president-media-finally-saying
Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 11/24/25
Headline: “What we’re thankful for in media in 2025”
Subhead: “Two dozen Poynter colleagues reflect on 2025’s bright spots, including brave local reporting, ‘Andor,’ meme Fridays, WIRED scoops and … a mug warmer?”
“Let’s face it, when it comes to the press and its place in a healthy democracy, this has been a horrible year. Aside from the continuing economic challenges facing media organizations, we have an administration that is doing all it can to muzzle the media. . .”
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/www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/what-were-thankful-for-in-media-in-2025/
