Sept. 9, 2026

■ The inside story of what happened at Stars and Stripes (The Atlantic)

■ AP says it will refer to Lake Ontario by its original name, despite Trump’s order (Washington Post)

■ ‘The Supreme Court just gave the states challenging Paramount Skydance’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery until Sept. 25 to respond to a lawsuit brought by Iowa and Montana, which accuse them of using a politicized antitrust case to block the merger…’ (Daniel Miller) / ‘Paramount/Skydance and California Attorney General team meet Friday with judge to talk about a “settlement conference” of the lawsuit over Paramount’s merger with Warner Brothers Discovery. They’ll meet at 11 a.m. PT.’ (Scott MacFarlane)

■ ‘60 Minutes’ returns in a major test for new leadership (Wall Street Journal) / Former ‘60 Minutes’ managing editor says fired staffers ‘refused to be accomplices’ in CBS Show’s ‘destruction’ (TheWrap)

■ Gov. Newsom’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News is set for March 2028 trial (Washington Post)

■ ‘In an email to Washington Post staff this morning, Jeff Bezos says Jeff D'Onofrio will stay on as the paper’s publisher and CEO.’ (Max Tani) / Washington Post 'on track to break even' after four years of losses (Press Gazette)

■ Politics news site NOTUS rebrands as The Washington Sun (New York Times) / Washington Sun launches with 28 Washington Post veterans (TheWrap) 

■ ‘Despite a union revolt over USA Today’s Palantir deal, I’m told leadership has no plans to retreat, even after a contentious town hall. Meanwhile, the company is offering buyouts across its unionized newsrooms after layoffs just before Labor Day’ (Natalie Korach)

■ New York Times CEO warns AI companies: ‘They have to pay us’ (TheWrap) / AI is bringing broadcasters back from the dead — and creating new ones (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Ukrainian journalists keep working after Russian drone slams into Kyiv TV station (NBC News) / ‘Overnight we all became war correspondents’: Ukraine’s local newspapers face battle to stay alive (The Independent) 

■ Israeli strike hits close to a reporter live on air for Hezbollah-controlled TV station in Lebanon (Associated Press) 

■ ‘GMA Weekend’ taps Rachel Scott, Rhiannon Ally for new anchor teams (TheWrap) / Tom Hudson named CEO of WLRN (Current) / WWL-TV names Ashley Talley news director (TV News Check) / Beehiiv adds three new journalists to its media collective (Nieman Journalism Lab) / CNBC hires Farley as senior editor of strategic verticals (Talking Biz News) / SF Standard hires Politico's Gardiner (Talking Biz News) / El Tecolote, longtime Mission District newspaper, loses top editor as staffers exit (Mission Local)

■ Why journalists love a push alert (New York Magazine)

The Environment-Public Health Link: Reporting with rigor

Wildfires. Extreme heat. Tornados. Floods. 

As climate-driven events intensify, the pressure to connect environmental change to public health outcomes is growing — and so is the risk of overstating the relationship in news stories. 

Join the Institute for a free training webinar, “The Environment-Public Health Link: Reporting with rigor,” designed for experienced journalists navigating the line between correlation and causation in high-stakes reporting.

🗓️ Tuesday, Sept. 15 | ⏱️ 11 a.m. ET | 📍Virtual via Zoom | 🎟️ Free

Through real-world examples and insights from a reporter covering both environment and health, we’ll explore how to make rigorous editorial calls, communicate uncertainty clearly, and build stories that are both accurate and impactful.

Participants will learn:

• Distinguish between correlation and causation in environmental and public health reporting;
• Report on climate-driven health impacts with precision, nuance, and scientific integrity; and 
• Frame complex environmental health stories in ways that are clear, credible, and compelling.

About the instructor

Jordan Gass-Pooré is an award-winning independent podcast producer and investigative journalist with more than a decade of journalism experience. She is the creator of the “Hazard” series of podcasts: “Hazard NJ” examined serious pollution issues for two seasons as a production of NJ Spotlight News, the news division of NJ PBS, and was the outlet’s first podcast; “Hazard NYC” was a limited-run series with THE CITY about the impacts of climate change on Superfund sites in New York City.

This program is part of the NPCJI’s monthly webinar series produced as part of the Public Health Reporting Fellowship. In partnership with the Common Health Coalition, the fellowship offers training and financial support for mid-career journalists to complete reporting projects focused on the intersection of public health policy and health care delivery.

Resources

• Press Briefing: Rising energy bills, climate, and the 2026 midterms (Sept. 16, 3 p.m. ET)
• Video: How collaboratives can gather data from newsroom partners (Center for Cooperative Media)
• 14 must-read newsletters about AI for journalists (JournalismUK)

This newsletter is written and edited by the National Press Club Journalism Institute staff. Send us your questions and suggestions for topics to cover.

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