September 7, 2023

• Philanthropies pledge $500 million to address crisis in local news (New York Times) / ‘Press Forward will enhance local journalism at an unprecedented level to re-center local news as a force for community cohesion; support new models and solutions that are ready to scale; and close longstanding inequities in journalism coverage and practice.’ (MacArthur Foundation) / Is half a billion dollars a big-enough Band-Aid to cure what ails local news? (Nieman Journalism Lab) 

• Senate confirms Anna Gomez to FCC, breaking yearslong deadlock at the agency (CNBC) 

• POLITICO’s global editor-in-chief John Harris announces newsroom organizational structure (POLITICO) / ‘Joe Schatz is executive editor - Francesca Barber is exec. director of global newsroom strategy - Alex Burns is head of news (a new position)’ (Dylan Byers) 

• Just out this morning, White House press secretary Karine Jean Pierre received the Vogue treatment with a feature (and photoshoot to match) in the fashion magazine. (POLITICO Playbook) / White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has made history — and waves (Vogue) 

• Charter CEO Chris Winfrey reports little progress in carriage talks with Disney, says a leaner TV bundle ‘could stick’ with Spectrum customers (Deadline) 

• U.S. ad industry expected to grow 5% in 2023 (Adweek)

• Jen Psaki gets Monday prime time spot on MSNBC (CNN)

• Vivek Ramaswamy battles with CNN over a town hall (Semafor) 

• Jewish Federations launch Rosh Hashanah letter-writing campaign to Evan Gershkovich (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) 

• Social media is filling the post-disaster reporting void in Maui (Forbes) 

• The new Black press is changing the game (Phil Lewis) / 120 years ago, ‘The Advocate’ became a voice for Black Oregonians (OPB) 

• URL Media secures $1M as it continues to center communities of color (URL Media) / Arizona-based Wick Communications acquires Arizona Daily Sun (Arizona Daily Sun) / Joshua Glass launches Family Style, new quarterly magazine at intersection of food and culture (WWD) 

• Several international news and publisher associations endorse Global Principles on AI (News/Media Alliance)

• Amazon has ended its periodicals program, and independent publishers are panicking (The Verge) 

• Teens tuning in: New Medill survey shows higher-than-expected news engagement among young people (Local News Initiative) 

• 'We just couldn't let it go': Local newspaper revived by Dayton community members (KCCI)

April Hines, journalism and mass communications librarian for the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida, will share ways that journalists can tap public and academic libraries to find and use government documents, academic research, archives, and other resources that are free via libraries.

Join us tomorrow, Sept. 8, at 11:30 a.m. ET over Zoom.

Caryn Baird, award-winning investigator and researcher for Politifact and the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, will discuss the public records that exist online and where to find them; strategies for efficient independent public record searches; and guidance on practical searches for more common fact-checks.

Join us on Friday, Sept. 15, at 11:30 a.m. ET over Zoom.

This newsletter is written & edited by the National Press Club Journalism Institute staff: Beth Francesco, Bara Vaida, and Holly Butcher Grant. Send us your questions and suggestions for topics to cover.

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