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CJR. What the dissolution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting means

The parent organization of NPR and PBS, already defunded, is shutting down—and claims that’s for the best. But there are dangers ahead.

AP. Czech public broadcasters stage warning strike over government plan to change funding

Journalists and other state media employees dressed in black and formed a human chain around Czech public radio headquarters in Prague on Monday, part of a larger protest against a government plan to overhaul the way the country’s public broadcasters are funded.

NYT. CBS News’ independent watchdog stays quiet amid 60 Minutes turmoil

With CBS News rocked by controversy, some viewers have turned to the network ombudsman for a public response. So far, they haven’t gotten one.

NBC News. Trump administration tried to force journalists to testify before federal grand jury in leak probe

The Justice Department backed off grand jury subpoenas that would have forced reporters to testify.

The Independent. White House goes after longtime reporter foe who tried to find the 350-foot cut in the Reflecting Pool

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta labelled “truly one of the dumbest individuals to have ever existed” after investigating President Donald Trump’s claim the pool was slashed by saboteurs.

US News & World Report. Turkish journalism groups say independent outlets denied accreditation for a NATO summit in Ankara

The journalists were neither given a reason for the rejection nor offered the opportunity to appeal the decision, the association said.

Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. Celebrating the power of the press: Reporters Committee announces 2026 Freedom of the Press Award winners

The 2026 honorees are: Norman Pearlstine, journalist; Michele Norris, senior contributing editor, MS NOW; founding director, The Race Card Project; host, Your Mama’s Kitchen podcast; The Marshall Project; trina reynolds tyler, data director, Invisible Institute; and David A. Schulz, director, Yale Law School Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic.

Poynter. Poynter’s MediaWise to expand youth media literacy education with $750,000 grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation

New initiative to reach three million students and 100,000 educators through classroom resources, educator training and online creators.

Lookout Santa Cruz. Building connections through community journalism

The intern program allows local college students to get hands-on experience in a real news organization.

CNBC. Trump threatens lawsuits against ABC for reporting on Reflecting Pool

The latest action against ABC comes as the company faces two investigations from the Federal Communications Commission.

The Washington Post. DOJ issued, then withdrew subpoenas to force The Washington Post, WSJ reporters to testify

Subpoenas for reporters to appear before a grand jury are exceedingly rare. The journalists have not testified.

The Times. Labor’s trusted news plans “may lead to left-wing bias”

The government wants social media to promote public service broadcasters like the BBC, but questions remain over how “trustworthiness” is determined.

News Corp. Australia. AI-generated disinformation campaign suspected in Australian politics

Australian officials are warning that a surge in online support for the One Nation party may have been amplified by sophisticated AI-generated content and coordinated influence operations.

Them. The New York Times helped turn trans rights into political controversy, analysis finds

A new data investigation says the paper of record increasingly framed transgender rights as a debate instead of a lived reality.

Agence France-Presse. Claims "Antifa" dumped algae in Reflecting Pool originated as satire

President Donald Trump has threatened jail time for anyone seeking to damage the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington. But online claims that "Antifa" saboteurs dumped "aggressive algae" into the water stem from the network of satire sites "America's Last Line Of Defense" — and predate arrests made by US Park Police.

Harvard Kennedy School. Quantifying the “misinformation beat”: 38 years of coverage in major US daily newspapers

The study searched five major US daily newspapers for articles containing the misinformation-related terms—disinformation, misinformation, conspiracy theory, fake news, and propaganda—then extracted words in proximity to these key terms to identify associative patterns.

NYT. Shirley Lord, beauty editor, novelist and society fixture, dies at 93

An early champion of the mind-body connection, she held influential positions at Vogue, wrote steamy novels and regularly appeared in the tabloids.

Williamette Week. Local reporter Zane Sparling dies after cancer battle

He was a talented reporter and a good friend, both to the paper and to several WW reporters over the years.

Journal-isms. Tony Brown, Black-Media Legend, Dies at 93

Host and executive producer of television’s pioneering “Black Journal,” later “Tony Brown’s Journal,” and founding dean of the journalism school at Howard University, died June 17.

NPR. Ex-NOAA employees re-create a valuable climate data site shut down by Trump

A nonprofit we’ve been tracking since the beginning of the Prairie Fire project, Climate.us, has launched the full version of its website. The site re-creates the features (including data visualizations, expert analysis, and climate teaching materials) that made the now-defunct Climate.gov site a widely-cited and trusted climate science resource.

Guardian. US supreme court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections

The US supreme court has ruled that law enforcement’s use of sprawling warrants that sweep up smartphone location data requires privacy protections under the fourth amendment.

Stat News. Trump administration targets disability integration mandate in DOJ memo

Memo runs counter to the long-standing position of helping people with disabilities live in their communities.

NY Daily News. Trump blocked from seizing medical records of transgender youth from NYC hospital

In a lengthy oral decision announced at a remote hearing, Manhattan Federal Court Judge Katherine Polk Failla said the sweeping subpoena delivered to NYU Langone by the DOJ last month targeting members of a “uniquely vulnerable group” was unconstitutional and jibed with the Trump administration’s intention to demonize and “eradicate an entire population.”

DW. Experts fired by Trump resurrect mothballed climate website

Fired US federal workers have revived a defunct climate website — pushing back as the Trump administration escalates cuts to publicly funded science and research.

Stat News. What stripping civil service protections for thousands of federal workers will mean for HHS

“Schedule F” designation makes it easier to fire some grant reviewers, epidemiologists, and policy advisers.

Stat News. Proposed CDC science office could tighten political control at agency

CDC is hunting for funding for the new office, and it remains in limbo.

New Jersey Globe. Nearly 400 local newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft over alleged copyright theft

Coalition represented by former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin’s law firm alleges AI companies used copyrighted local news reporting to train ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot without permission or compensation.

Guardian. Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky Group into separate media business

Comcast is to spin off its media operation, which includes Sky and the Hollywood film studio, TV and theme park business NBCUniversal, into a separate publicly listed company.

Reuters Institute. These voices from Peru and Kenya explain how they deliver the news on TikTok

Verónica Farge, José Carlos Castillo and Justine Wanda explain how they engage audiences in countries where this platform is widely used.

CJR. Should journalists interview dictators?

Encounters on the line between control and conditions.

CJR. Hannah Natanson’s advice to journalists

A lecture to the Columbia Journalism School class of 2026 by the narrative enterprise reporter at The Washington Post.

E&P. NewsGuard launches first AI chatbot built to deliver trusted journalism only from reliable news websites

NewsGuard AI draws responses exclusively from 12,000 publishers vetted for reliability by NewsGuard journalists — and compensates all publishers for their cited work.

Ocean State Media. Ocean State Media, Rhode Island’s NPR and PBS organization, has voted to unionize

Jessica Maher, SAG-AFTRA’s executive director for New England’s local chapter, said “we won with more than 70% yes vote and we look forward to bargaining.”

Committee to Project Journalists. Mozambique’s Estacio Valoi faces “clear intimidation” over environmental reporting

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mozambican authorities to return the equipment of prominent investigative journalist Estacio Valoi and to end the intimidation of reporters covering environmental crimes and conflict in northern Cabo Delgado province.

Le Monde. 2026 World Cup: Imprisoned French journalist wasn't at coach Deschamps's press conference. But a fellow reporter made sure his question was asked

Still behind bars in Algeria, Christoph Gleizes managed to ask a question to the national football team coach on Monday, through a fellow reporter, on the eve of France's first World Cup match against Senegal.

NY Post. Al Jazeera boss’ warning to staffers — don’t join anti-Israel protests

The boss of Al Jazeera English warned staffers to avoid looking like they’re participating in political protests — just hours after one of the network’s reporters appeared to join a march calling for Israel to be kicked out of the Eurovision Song Contest, The Post has learned.

Al Jazeera. Search continues for kidnapped Mexican journalist Roxana Guzman

Mexican journalist Roxana Guzman’s disappearance for more than two weeks has renewed concerns over escalating violence against journalists in Mexico, where attacks on the press continue with near-total impunity.

WSJ. ABC launches on-air campaign against FCC investigations

Disney-owned network encourages viewers to tell FCC to drop probes into ‘The View’ and ABC broadcast licenses.

E&P. The Daily Nebraskan celebrates 125 years of student journalism at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln

The historic milestone highlights a legacy of student voices, hands-on learning and media innovation.

New Jersey Monitor. Governor’s plan to save NJ PBS moves toward finish line

Critics say a state university’s management raises questions of editorial independence

International Press Institute (IPI). IPI and International Media Support (IMS) announce 2026 recipients of World Press Freedom Hero and Free Media Pioneer awards

This year’s awardees demonstrate remarkable courage, ingenuity and resilience in the face of unprecedented challenges to freedom and independent journalism around the world.

Le Monde. Hungarian media landscape upended after Viktor Orban's fall from power

After many Hungarian media outlets were turned into propaganda machines under the previous government, the new prime minister, Péter Magyar, is moving swiftly to overhaul public broadcasting conglomerate MTVA, which includes the national news agency MTI.

Guardian. Guardian Australia’s Matilda Boseley among journalists recognised at 2026 Walkley mid-year media prizes

Boseley won for her high-profile, multiplatform political explainer series, Parliamen-Tea: explaining the chaos of Australian politics.

Society of Professional Journalists. SPJ Foundation opens 2026 grant cycle to support press freedom

The Society of Professional Journalists Foundation invites applications from journalists, media professionals and organizations working to strengthen press freedom, support newsroom resilience and advance public trust in credible journalism.

AP. A New York House primary has become an AI industry family feud with millions in corporate spending

When New York Assemblyman Alex Bores decided to seek a promotion to Congress, the technology industry aims to block him.

International Press Institute. Switzerland: IPI welcomes court ruling dismissing Palantir lawsuit against Republik

Ruling sets standards on use of right-of-reply rules as a weapon against public interest journalism.

The Times. Scottish National Party (SNP) media cordon denounced as “clear attempt to curb the press”

Reform UK’s Thomas Kerr and the Scottish Greens’ co-leader Ross Greer taunted reporters as the Tories and Lib Dems decried a suppression of accountability.

Guardian. Legislation proposed to stop lawsuits used to silence journalists and whistleblowers

Private members’ bills to crack down on use of strategic lawsuits against public participation, known as Slapps, are likely to attract cross-party support.

EuroIntegration. Canada imposes new sanctions on Russia

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced new sanctions against Russia targeting its shadow fleet, energy revenues, defence industry and disinformation activities.

Euro News. Banned but still paid: How disinformation accounts keep monetising on Facebook

A new study shows that Facebook pages flagged more than 10 times for fake content by fact-checkers still make money off their content, including after suspension.

Guardian. Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns

Richard Hermer’s office is understood to be first in government to restrict use after recent riots.

Guardian. Investigative journalist and broadcaster Roger Cook dies aged 83

In a career spanning five decades, the journalist was best known for ITV current affairs program The Cook Report.

Inside Climate News. James Bruggers, Who Brought Passion and Kindness to Environmental Reporting, Dies at 68

Bruggers was known to colleagues as a dogged reporter and a generous coworker, and to sources as an honest watchdog.

The Colorado Sun. Lynn Bartels, reporter and “Grand Dame” of Colorado politics, dies at 69

The former Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post reporter was celebrated for her relentless reporting, deep sources and infectious personality.

Juneau Independent. Elizabeth Arnold, KTOO and NPR journalist dies

Elizabeth Arnold, an award-winning broadcast journalist whose work for National Public Radio spanned coverage of presidential politics, Congress and the global environment, died at her home in Anchorage on Thursday, June 18, 2026.

NYT. Mark Singer, longtime writer for The New Yorker, dies at 75

He joined the magazine’s staff at 23. Among the subjects of his profiles were the magician Ricky Jay and a pre-politics Donald Trump.

The New England Journal of Medicine. The OMB and the politicization of science

A nonscientific, political process for determining what is scientifically sound has not worked in the past and will not work now.

MedPage Today. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) disputes Kennedy's claim that vaccine panel can't meet ahead of flu season

The federal government can "restore a lawful Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)" and meet "at any time," AAP president says.

MedPage Today. RFK Jr. goes after journal that removed vaccine study

"The paper's title tells you it shouldn't be published," said vaccine researcher Paul Offit.

Stat News. Pre Trimp NIH diversity programs doubled undergraduates’ odds of getting a Ph.D., 20-year study finds

But the Trump administration terminated funding for both initiatives last year.

Stat News. Senate Democrats demand HHS provide records on federal vaccine policy

The inquiry may face long odds for now but keeps focus on Kennedy’s controversial actions.

NYT. Trump administration backs off plan to end ocean monitoring

The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments.

Guardian. “The purpose of the rule is fascism’: scientists fight back against planned Trump research cuts

Stand Up for Science founder says proposal to control how grants are spent would “dismantle US science ecosystem.”

Stat News. Federal grant delays could jeopardize essential disability services, research

Grants from National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research are delayed by months.

Guardian. “It’s not science, it’s coercion”: health experts decry RFK Jr order on hantavirus quarantine

Kennedy overrides CDC order saying American who came into contact with hantavirus can self-quarantine.

MedPage Today. Over 770,000 kids no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes food program

Arizona has seen the nation's largest percentage decline in SNAP participants.

Science. New NIH security rules for genomic data sets are slowing research, prompting workarounds

Data security experts say increased oversight is needed, but researchers are struggling to comply.

NPR. A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau

A ban on a privacy-protecting statistical technique may make neighborhood-level Census data unpublishable.

AP. Trump is shifting special ed, civil rights out of Education Department. Here’s what we know

“With the latest moves, the department will have shed the vast majority of its duties.”

Federal News Network. National Park Service employees vote to unionize

About 650 NPS employees, including rangers, scientists and administrators, will now be represented by the National Treasury Employees Union.

NSAC. USDA Staffing Crisis: Losses Reduce Local Presence in Communities Nationwide

“Nationwide, 127 counties lost all of their FSA (Farm Service Agency) Federal employees in 2025, reducing the number of counties with FSA Federal staff from 932 to 805.”

Poynter. What journalists gain — and lose — when they go independent

The creator economy is opening new doors for journalists. But can independence replace everything a newsroom provides?

The Guardian. Most Australians under 25 have never used newspapers or radio as a source of news, survey finds

But overall interest in news has increased, particularly among women and young people, 2026 Digital News Report finds.

Variety. BBC to cut 550 jobs and reduce budget on commissioned programing by more than $100 million as part of savings plan, new director general says

New BBC director general Matt Brittin has outlined the first phase of his savings plan for the broadcaster, which includes cutting jobs, commissioning spend and already existing programs.

MS Now. The Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook families

The Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.

Variety. Penske Media Group (PMC) acquires Vox Media brands, creating digital publishing giant

The portfolio includes high-profile news and lifestyle hubs Eater, The Verge, SB Nation, Popsugar, The Dodo, Punch and Thrillist.

Courthouse News Service. Trump seeks to continue BBC defamation suit

Attorneys defend the president’s delays in preparing a response to the media company’s motion to dismiss.

Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press (RCFP). Journalist’s lawsuit alleges LAPD officer targeted, attacked her at anti-ICE protest

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press attorneys are representing Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi in a new federal lawsuit that alleges a Los Angeles Police Department officer targeted and deliberately retaliated against Tomasi by shooting her with a rubber bullet while she was reporting live from last year’s protests against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles.

AP. Israel deports French journalist over coverage critical of its policies in Gaza and the West Bank

Israeli authorities deported a prominent French journalist,  Alice Froussard of Radio France Internationale, after she was refused entry upon landing at the country’s main international airport the day before, her employer and the Foreign Press Association in Israel said.

Freedom of the Press Foundation. Trump Tweets don't exist. Oh, wait, actually they do

The Trump Presidential Library recently told The Washington Post that it possessed “no records” of Donald Trump’s first-term Twitter direct messages. The response to the Post’s Freedom of Information Act request was, at best, a bureaucratic failure.

Hollywood Reporter. A Peter Thiel-backed tribunal is putting journalists on trial. I’m its first target

The billionaire has reteamed with the legal strategist who helped him bring down Gawker to start an AI-powered appeals court for the rich and aggrieved.

Courthouse News Service. “Orwellian”: New York Times asks judge to halt Pentagon escort rule

Friday’s arguments mark the second round of litigation after a DC Circuit panel in April allowed the Pentagon’s escort requirement to remain in effect.

New Jersey Globe. Zwicker, journalists tout bill that would increase funding for local news grants

“Public media is going through a transformation of what it looks like in this new media ecosystem, and New Jersey has struggled to have a New Jersey-specific focus, from North to Central to South to the Shore,” said state Sen. Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick), one of the bill’s sponsors.

Wallace House Center for Journalists. Announcing the 2026 Livingston Award winners

The Livingston Awards honored exceptional journalists under the age of 35 for outstanding work in local, national and international reporting. This year’s winning stories include a local investigation into cases of abuse in New Hampshire’s taxpayer-funded, state-regulated disability care system; the devastating human impact of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE’s) sweeping policy changes; and powerful documentary videos sharing first-person accounts from three men detained by ICE and deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

E&P. Straight Arrow News announces four new reporters to deepen coverage of forces shaping American life

News publisher strengthens reporting on politics, cost of living, media bias and digital influence.

E&P. New York FAIR News Act advances to the governor’s desk

The state leads the nation with recent legislation at the intersection of news media and AI.

Guardian. Trump “inventing fraud” in California, experts warn as president ramps up baseless claims

Critics say the president is using a well-worn playbook – with loyalists in key positions ready to amplify his message.

Times of San Diego. Justice Department appears to be quietly scrapping “command center” to monitor Election Day emergencies

The Justice Department has canceled election-integrity training sessions for prosecutors and FBI agents, deleted a 281-page guide to prosecuting election offenses, fired most of the lawyers in its Public Integrity Section and failed to replace the director of its Election Crimes Branch.

Ars Technica. RFK Jr. melts down over NYT report, admits he blacklists reporters

NYT reported Kennedy is disengaged. Kennedy’s response seems to show NYT is right.

Fast Company. The startup that tried to fix food waste–and got hit with a disinformation campaign. 

Apeel was quickly growing until a wave of social media attacks spread by wellness influencers. Here’s how it survived.

Guardian. Fund linked to key Trump allies backed push to sow doubt about 2024 election

Guardian review finds group tied to Cleta Mitchell and Heather Honey funded misleading ads in swing states.

San Francisco Chronicle. As LA election officials count votes, they’ve taken on a second job: fighting the trolls

Los Angeles County election officials have to debunk false election-fraud claims in real time while vote counting continues. 

Guardian. Trump “inventing fraud” in California, experts warn as president ramps up baseless claims

Critics say the president is using a well-worn playbook – with loyalists in key positions ready to amplify his message.

Guardian. A conservative California county is trying to kill mail-in voting

Shasta county passes a measure requiring elections to be held in person on one day and limiting absentee ballots.

Guardian. UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content

Ofcom move follows concerns about misinformation and online claims over police response to Henry Nowak stabbing.

Reuters. Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes, France says

French PM Lecornu says France asked Israel for help identifying who commissioned BlackCore.

NYT. Souleymane Diallo dies at 80; daring, mocking journalist in Guinea

He was harassed and briefly jailed for his work on Le Lynx, his satirical weekly newspaper, which investigated and caricatured a series of repressive leaders.

South Dakota Public Broadcasting. South Dakota Public Broadcasting deeply mourns the loss of beloved host Karl Gehrke

Karl was a vibrant presence at SDPB for more than three decades, touching countless listeners across the state and beyond through his passion for music and storytelling.

AP. Former AP reporter Marlene Louise Johnson, who sued wire service for discrimination, dies at age 89

Her lawsuit against the wire service for race and gender discrimination led to affirmative action plans to spur hiring of female, Black and Hispanic journalists.

AP. Gene Shalit, longtime “Today” show movie critic with bushy hair and massive mustache, dies at 100

Shalit joined “Today” as a contributor in 1970 and became arts editor in 1973, later settling in for his segment, “Critic’s Corner.” When he left the show in 2010, he was one of the last high-profile film critics on a major network.

Axios. Federal lab cuts could hamper fire forecasting efforts

Much of that forecasting work depends on federal labs like Boulder-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), whose funding the Trump administration has already cut or threatened to cut.

Stat News. NIH staffers published a letter of dissent a year ago. They feel it’s been ignored.

New report by Bethesda Declaration authors cites peer review changes, low morale.

Stat News. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) appoints new acting director after weekslong questions over leadership

Selection of John Powers III, top NIAID adviser, comes amid heightened attention for the institute.

Stat News. Diabetes Association in uproar after members expelled from annual meeting over protest of NIH cuts

Eminent members call for an apology — or removal of ADA leadership.

Stat News. I’ve spent 40 years in research. I have never seen a threat to science like the new grantmaking rule

A proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget would add political scrutiny to science.

Oregon Public Broadcasting. President Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn

Few public universities get more federal research funding than the University of Washington. So as President Trump has already cancelled or suspended about a quarter of all funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes for Health, the atmosphere on this leafy Seattle campus is tense.

MedPage Today. Study linking vaccines to autism retracted

Research was included in CDC's recent hepatitis B birth vaccination review.