The Gill Foundation has partnered with Poynter’s Beat Academy to provide three grants ranging from $10,000 to $15,000 to support journalists interested in covering transgender issues.
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In today’s Poynter Report: Looking at a criticism of Tucker Carlson for being a “click-chaser” from… Republican Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw?
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From PolitiFact: Donald Trump said all legal scholars, ‘on both sides,’ wanted federal abortion law overturned. That’s wrong.

Some legal scholars wanted the ruling tossed out, including many whose anti-abortion beliefs would have aligned with overturning Roe. But there were…

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Hearken CEO Jennifer Brandel has an idea:

“What if elections and election coverage echoed a format that most people have personally experienced: being hired for a job, or hiring someone for a job?”
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From PolitiFact: Former President Donald Trump is wrong on Democrats' abortion stance.

Democrats aren’t calling for the killing of infants after birth. Willfully ending a newborn’s life is illegal in every U.S. state.
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A new study from The Associated Press reveals that generative artificial intelligence is already reshaping newsroom roles and workflow, with nearly 70% of surveyed newsroom staffers saying they’re using the technology.
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A new study from The Associated Press confirms what I knew: Lots of news folks are experimenting with AI. And the ones who are have a rosy view of what it can do for their newsrooms. Check out this study, with some context from 🗽 Aimee Rinehart 🗽, Ernest Kung and Hannes Cools: poynter.org/tech-tools/202…

IFCN shares deep concerns on proposed legislation before the Georgian parliament restricting press freedom poynter.org/ifcn/2024/ifcn…

The New York Times reported that ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News and NBC have drafted a letter urging presumptive presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump to debate ahead of the 2024 election.

So, what’s the point?
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For the last year, Poynter, PolitiFact and @MediaWise have been working to make sure TikTok’s STEM feed is accurate, educational and safe (kids, please don’t play with liquid nitrogen!)

Now, anyone in the U.K. and Ireland can browse a feed dedicated to STEM topics.…

From PolitiFact: Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that Jan. 6 “protestors carried no weapons.” But evidence shows that’s not true.
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Nonprofit newsrooms offer hope in a bleak media world.

But at too many startups, experts tell Poynter media business analyst Rick Edmonds, disappointingly few readers actually see the work.
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TOMORROW: What's next for nonprofit news? Join Poynter's Amaris Castillo, Rick Edmonds and Institute for Nonprofit News's Jonathan Kealing on April 10 for a LinkedIn Live audio event on where nonprofit journalism stands in 2024.
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News networks went all-in on coverage of Monday’s eclipse, the second total solar eclipse visible from the United States during the 21st century.
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From PolitiFact: Is CERN activating the world’s most powerful particle accelerator for the April 8 eclipse? No.
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ICYMI here’s a nice little profile on WEP featured in the Poynter newsletter, well worth a sign up.

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Today, millions of people will crane their necks to watch the total solar eclipse.

But journalists at two Gannett newsrooms, the Austin American-Statesman and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, won't be there to cover the event. They're on strike.
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This season of women's college basketball might have changed the sport forever.

Sunday’s national basketball championship game between Iowa and South Carolina on ABC is expected to be the most-watched women’s college basketball game of all time.
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The Poynter Institute is launching a new virtual training for early-career journalists. Come join us!

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