1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1040+ words) Red and blue states don’t agree on much these days — except that unrestricted social media access is harming kids’ health. And they just got a big win. Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1618+ words) Just the other day, for reasons unknown, I started thinking about which older celebrities (those in their 80s) could die and whose deaths would be truly upsetting to the masses. For me, three musicians quickly came to mind, all of whose…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (782+ words) Every so often, a journalist will tell me about an opportunity they are excited about. And then they will say those dreaded words: I’ll apply … as soon as I can get the perfect cover letter together. Each time, I want…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (678+ words) Poynter is offering a free webinar Tuesday, Aug. 18 from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Eastern about how to cover “teen takeovers” with accuracy and care. You can register here. In this story, faculty member Fernanda Camarena shares key insights for those who cover these…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (552+ words) Most editors start as reporters. At some point, either because there’s an opportunity, an urgent need, or sometimes both, those reporters become editors. And in most newsrooms, that’s about it. Edit to Elevate’s lead faculty, Tom Huang, answered a few…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1132+ words) Financial Times appended an unusual note to the top of a column published late last week. “I was a bit skeptical that a Harvard professor would outsource his authority on the subject to AI,” Semafor’s Max Tani wrote Sunday. But…...