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New York Times chairman and publisher A.G. Sulzberger, shown above, on Monday called for journalists to operate independent of government pressure, corporate influence, partisan agenda - and personal ideology.

Politics & Government

The New York Times' Sulzberger warns reporters of 'blind spots and echo chambers'

8:50am May 16, 2023

by David Folkenflik

In recent years, social justice movements have affected U.S. newsrooms. In a 12,000-word essay, New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger argues journalism must be free of personal ideology.

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Martha Stewart is the oldest cover model on a 'Sports Illustrated' swimsuit issue

8:46am May 16, 2023

At 81, Martha Stewart is making history — becoming the oldest person to grace the cover of the yearly swimsuit issue. She is one of four of the 2023 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover stars.

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Elon Musk names Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO

5:25pm May 12, 2023

by Bobby Allyn

Twitter owner Elon Musk has named the next CEO for the social media platform that has seen advertisers rush for the exits since he took over: Linda Yaccarino, the former head of advertising for NBC.

Hodding Carter III, then-president, CEO and trustee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, answers a question during a news conference in Washington, on Nov. 24, 2003. Carter has died at age 88.

National

Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

1:45pm May 12, 2023

by The Associated Press

Carter was a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries.

CNN was 'right to try' a town hall with Trump even if it failed, argues moderator

10:17am May 12, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jon Ralston, CEO of The Nevada Independent, about why he strongly supported the CNN's town hall with Trump — and then changed his mind minutes into the broadcast.

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MTV news correspondent Sway Calloway and Hillary Clinton speak to Iraq War veterans during a taping of MTV's "Choose or Lose" on March 18, 2008 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Arts

After nearly four decades, MTV News is no more

5:55pm May 11, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Mr. President, the world is dying to know. Is it boxers or briefs?

Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed a year ago

9:50am May 11, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Robert Mahoney of the Committee to Protect Journalists, which released a new report showing the faces of 20 journalists killed by Israeli military fire since 2001.

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Agence France-Presse journalist Arman Soldin smiles as a cat stands on his shoulders in November in Ukraine. Colleagues of Soldin, who was killed in Ukraine on Tuesday, gathered solemnly at the press agency's Paris headquarters the day after his death to remember the 32-year-old.

World News

Tributes pour in for an AFP journalist killed in Ukraine

6:41pm May 10, 2023

by The Associated Press

Arman Soldin was with a team of AFP journalists traveling with Ukrainian soldiers near the city of Bakhmut when the group came under fire. He was 32. The rest of the team escaped uninjured.

National

Bidding goodbye to MTV News after 36 years

5:13pm May 10, 2023

MTV News has shuttered, after nearly four decades of programming. For Gen Xers and older millennials, it was the source of memorable news like the fall of the Berlin wall and Kurt Cobain's death.

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CNN host Kaitlan Collins is shouldering added pressure for her network, as its town hall event with former President Donald Trump Wednesday evening takes on even greater stakes. On Tuesday, Trump was found liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll's civil suit against him.

Politics & Government

CNN's town hall with Donald Trump takes on added stakes after verdict in Carroll case

3:23pm May 10, 2023

by David Folkenflik

CNN's transformation away from an anti-Trump lineup includes a live town hall featuring Donald Trump. That comes with its own challenges.

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