In the first year of the Poynter Journalism Prizes, judges named winners and finalists in 10 categories in April 2024. They are listed here.

People are leaving the Elon Musk-owned X in droves, in favor Threads and Bluesky. Both experienced tremendous growth this fall. Poynter spoke with journalists about the pros and cons.

Experts say he could act unilaterally, without support from a Congress that’s perhaps more ambivalent about tariffs than he is.

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But in Wisconsin, the nonprofit newsroom Wisconsin Watch reviewed the statement, as it touched on a local issue of public interest. Wisconsin Watch runs the state’s only standalone fact-checking ...

Neil Brown is the president of The Poynter Institute. He joined Poynter in September 2017, after serving as the editor and vice president of the Tampa Bay Times. Brown has spent four decades as a ...

Don’t always look for the grandiose. … Just look at all the little, small things, and that’s what I do, and it really brings me joy’ ...

In an interview with Terry Gross and David Remnick, former Washington Post editor Marty Baron offered a dire warning about Trump and the media ...