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Gannett journalists are walking off the job to protest papers' working conditions

7:54am June 05, 2023

Journalists at Gannett newsrooms in seven states are set to walk out Monday in a strike to protest working conditions. It's the largest such action in the company's history.

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Politics & Government

Morning news brief

6:12am June 05, 2023

A signaling error appears to have caused a train crash in India. Hundreds of journalists at Gannett newspapers set to strike. The far right has torn apart one of the best tools to fight voter fraud.

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Byron Allen on the future of Black-owned media

5:18pm June 04, 2023

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with media tycoon Byron Allen about the future of Black ownership in American media.

Beloved TV show 'Lost' wasn't immune to industry's pervasive toxic culture

5:37pm June 03, 2023

NPR's Eric Deggans talks to journalist Maureen Ryan about her exposé on the toxic culture behind the hit show Lost -- and what it says about the long-lasting toxic culture in Hollywood.

Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney, on June 9, 2021. Australia's most decorated living war veteran, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith, committed a slew of war crimes while in Afghanistan, including the unlawful killings of unarmed prisoners, a judge ruled on Thursday, June 1, 2023.

World News

Australia's most decorated soldier loses defamation case for alleged war crimes

10:17am June 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

An Australian federal court judge ruled that newspaper articles published in 2018 were substantially true about a number of war crimes committed by Ben Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan.

How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community

5:21am June 01, 2023

by Mary Yang

A decades-old magazine caters to Chinese immigrants in New Jersey — helping newcomers fit in, and celebrating the community's successes. (Story aired on All Things Considered on May 31, 2023.)

The standoff in California is the latest scuffle between the tech giants and the news industry. Facebook and Google also resisted efforts in Australia and Canada that aimed to force the companies to cut deals with news publishers.

National

Facebook, Instagram to block news stories in California if bill passes

8:56pm May 31, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

From Australia to Canada, Big Tech has resisted lawmakers' efforts to force them to pay news publishers for carrying their articles. Now, that battle is playing out in California.

National

Welcoming Scott Detrow as weekend 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This' co-host

4:24pm May 31, 2023

We welcome our new weekend and Consider This co-host Scott Detrow!

Ivy Lee is the founder and editor of the independent Chinese-language magazine Sino Monthly. She likens it to milk: "Milk has nutrition. It's very inexpensive and very easy to get."

National

'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community

4:07pm May 31, 2023

by Mary Yang

Sino Monthly, run by a local couple, stands out among New Jersey's Chinese-language news outlets, most of which are tied to institutions from the Chinese government to the Falun Gong.

National

Carlson's ouster from the Fox News Channel resounds in unexpected ways

5:29pm May 26, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Cable news ratings are low — seriously low — damaged by Tucker Carlson, a slow news cycle and, above all, cord cutting.

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