News

• ONA touts 2026 convention plan

  ONA unveils a preview of its annual journalism conference, planned in Chicago on March 30-April 1, 2026, and the program it is developing.

• The Word goes monthly

  The magazine is changing to a monthly publishing schedule starting Feb. 5, 2026

• How reporters should cover law enforcement shootings

  How reporters should cover law enforcement shootings Two veteran journalists discuss how journalists can best report situations like the Wednesday’s ICE officer shooting Minnesota resident Renee Nicole Good Front pages around the nation Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning ran stories about an ICE agent fatally shooting Minneapolis mother Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday morning through […]

• NewsGuild launches campaign to challenge AI-driven content

  Unionized journalists across the United States launched a new initiative aimed at confronting the rapid spread of generative artificial intelligence in newsrooms.

• Teaching journalism at this moment

  Four professors discuss navigating the real world with their students while teaching the science and art of media

• New tool tracks how media covers trans communities

  The Trans News Initiative quantifies and categorizes coverage with data

• Protecting the facts

  IRE hosts webinar series to strengthen safety and preparedness in journalism

• Designing for everyone

  How local and independent outlets are quietly redefining accessible, inclusive journalism

• Journalism moves unevenly to adopt accessibility practices

  News sites continue to overlook accessibility, continuing to rank among the worst offenders of digital access

• Deafblind activists discuss educational funding cuts

  When news broke that the Dept. of Ed was halting grants, deafblind voices were left out of the conversation