DARE: NJ Governor to Sign Bill Dedicating $5M to Help Local Media
New Jersey sets aside millions to buttress local news coverage. ABC News Chief Investigative correspondent Brian Ross suspended over botched story on Trump Russia investigation. Capitol Gazette gunman had… More
DARE: For Local Newspapers, Angry Readers Are a Given. But Killings Send Shivers.
In the wake of the Capital Gazette killings, journalists nationwide reflect on the barrages of hate they receive in their inboxes and social media feeds. More
DARE: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Adopts the Mantle of Grievance
Debates rage on over ouster of Sarah Huckabee Sanders from Red Hen restaurant, with White House spokesperson styling herself a standard-bearer for civility and a victim of its opposite.… More
DARE: Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules Set to End June 11
FCC plan to repeal Obama-era regulations protecting net neutrality will take effect on June 11. Novelist Junot Díaz steps down as the chairman of the Pulitzer prize board amid… More
DARE: Giuliani Says Trump Reimbursed Cohen for Stormy Daniels Payment
Trump attorney Rudolf Giuliani reveals that Trump reimbursed his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, the $130,000 paid to adult movie star Stormy Daniels to buy her silence during the campaign.… More
Support Good Journalism: Six Stories That Demonstrate the Value and Impact of a Free Press
The fourth estate helps us hold our government to account and understand what it is doing in our name, and today, unlike our president, we choose to celebrate and… More
DARE: Trump Renews Pledge to ‘Take a Strong Look’ at Libel Laws
Trump threatens to stiffen libel laws in wake of Michael Wolff book (see PEN America statement here). Controversy erupts over "Shitty Men in Media" list that circulated last fall.… More
DARE: Trump portrayed as uninformed, unprepared and lacking focus in unflattering new book
New, not yet released Michael Wolff book on Trump campaign and White House roils Washington. After quotes from Steve Bannon accusing the Trump family of treason are leaked, the… More
DARE: New Harassment Claims Oust Two WNYC Hosts, ‘Paris Review’ Editor
New harassment allegations roil independent radio and Literary community, with two longtime WNYC hosts suspended and Editor of Paris Review resigning. Judges weigh defamation suit by woman who accuses… More