The Latest: CPB & NPR in court; CNN + East Room demolition coverage; Business Insider’s AI ‘author’

Oct. 27, 2025

■ ‘CNN’s chief has Washington talking about his private meeting at the White House — following which he urged the network to ease up on coverage of Trump’s East Room demolition…’ (Status) / Washington Post editorial board praises Trump’s demolition of East Wing (The Hill)

■ ‘Same mission. New name’: MSNBC switching to MS NOW Nov. 15 (Hollywood Reporter) / NBC News launches campaign to focus on ‘reporting for America' (Variety)

■ Why public media giants NPR and CPB are fighting in court this week (NPR)

■ Under Trump, Voice of America is down but not out (New York Times)

■ Feds accuse Chicago Tribune reporter of interference , sparking backlash: ‘Journalism is not a crime’ (Block Club Chicago)

■ U.S. assessment of Israeli shooting of journalist divided American officials (New York Times)

■ IU alumni pull $1M-plus in donations amid fight over control of student newspaper (IndyStar) / UofL to cut funding for student newspaper , putting it at risk of shutting down operations (WLKY)

■ Business Insider will start publishing stories by AI ‘author’ (New York Post) / Business Insider union slams AI effort (Talking Biz News)

■ Pulitzer winner to lead journalism school (Key West Citizen) / Data journalists start news site to track extremist movements (Semafor) / John Buoymaster elected chairperson of the NPR Foundation board of trustees (NPR) / Azhari moves to Saudi beat for Reuters (Talking Biz News) / The data is in: The Washington Post can’t replace its ‘TikTok Guy’ (Matt Karolian)

■ Condé Nast’s strategy for media’s new normal: Glam events and paywalls (Wall Street Journal)

How a digital editor uses Canva's video editing platform

Editor’s note : Throughout the month of October, the Institute and Canva are offering free bite-sized trainings on tips, tools, and Canva templates designed just for journalists. Sign up now to receive the daily emails.

As digital editor with Bloomberg Industry Group, Abigail Monsour regularly creates and produces social video for TikTok, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Canva tools make producing these type of video shorts efficient and effective. (See how to quickly record and upload videos with Canva here.)

This weekend at Camp Canva, Monsour joined Institute Training Manager Elliot C. Williams to go step by step in how she utilizes Canva’s video editing platform to produce social videos.

Watch now:

How to frame your cover letter

“The cover letter shouldn’t be focused so much on the past. That’s the resume’s job. The cover letter is really about the future . So how are you going to take what’s in that resume, your past, and apply it to where you’re going?”

-- Amy Gallo , author and editor at Harvard Business Review, excerpt from “How to write a cover letter that sounds like you (and gets noticed)”

Announcing the Rich Passan Sports Writing Scholarship Started by ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan and his family the 5K award supports college students who show excellence and promise in sports journalism apply by March 1

Introducing the Rich Passan Sports Writing Scholarship: Supporting the next generation of sports journalists

The National Press Club and the Institute are pleased to announce the launch of the Rich Passan Sports Writing Scholarship, a $5,000 annual award supporting undergraduate college students who demonstrate excellence and promise in sports journalism.

ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan and his family have established the scholarship to honor Rich Passan, a longtime print and broadcast journalist who spent 41 years at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio.

The scholarship will be awarded for the first time in spring 2026 and is open to rising college juniors and seniors who demonstrate excellent sportswriting skills and a strong interest in a sports journalism career. Applications are now open here and will close on March 1, 2026. The first recipient will be announced in early May 2026. Learn more here .

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