Join us on May 16 at 4 p.m. for a talk with Tampa Bay Times reporter Justin Garcia and Poynter's kellymcb and Fernanda Camarena on how journalists can get their work done even when sources deny access.
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🏆 Missed our LinkedIn Live earlier this week where Poynter staff talked about the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes?

You can listen to the full discussion here:
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From PolitiFact: Fact-checking a bevy of inaccurate claims about the economy that former President Donald Trump repeated in a local news interview with Pennsylvania’s WGAL-TV.
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In today’s Poynter Report: More on Gannett firing an editor for talking to Poynter’s media business analyst as an off-the-record source.
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Gannett fired Sarah Leach, an editor overseeing 26 community papers in four states, for talking to Poynter about the company’s plan to stop restaffing small papers.
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A new report from Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative seeks to identify the potential perils and benefits of generative AI on local news business models and journalism itself.
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From PolitiFact: The U.S. swimming team didn’t threaten to quit over transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who has been the subject of several false claims on social media.
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A Q&A with Former New York Times reporter and “Girls on the Bus” co-creator Amy Chozick on how fact inspired fiction, pitfalls she avoided and today’s media environment.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem canceled an appearance on Fox News after two days of disastrous interviews about her just-released book, especially on whether she had ever met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and why she once killed her own dog.
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🔎 Be transparent with how you tried to obtain info

🤝 Partner with other journalists

👥 Find out where sources are talking and spend energy on building those relationships

Tips for doing good journalism, even as sources deny access, from Poynter ⬇️

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As I watched Gerald Jürgens announcements, caught on to trend, with others. In 1998, 20 regional newspapers were honored. In 2024, that number down to 4. Decline in news resources, and growth of new forms of delivery account for some of this. Time for new mission for metros?

From PolitiFact: Police, city and university officials nationwide have blamed “outside agitators” for campus protests, but have provided little evidence for their claims.
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Some quick Pulitzer Prizes arithmetic from Roy Peter Clark shows that in a quarter century, the number of regional newspaper honorees went from 20 to four.
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The Indianapolis Star sports columnist who had a creepy exchange with basketball star Caitlin Clark has been suspended for two weeks and will not cover any of Clark’s WNBA games in person this season.
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NOW: Want to hear more about the journalism that won the 2024 #Pulitzer Prizes?

Join us for a live discussion where Poynter staff will discuss this year’s winning entries, any journalism industry trends we can see in the winners and more. linkedin.com/events/7192248…

Hannah Dreier wins Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for investigative stories into migrant child labor. Thank you, Hannah Dreier, for speaking with me today for Poynter: poynter.org/ethics-trust/2…