April 15, 2025

■ The Houston Landing is closing, and laying off 43 employees (Columbia Journalism Review) / Houston Landing to shutter soon. When and why the Texas nonprofit newsroom is closing (Austin American-Statesman) / Letter from Peter Bhatia, CEO, Houston Landing (Houston Landing) 

■ Another day, another Trump target. This time, it was CNN (Poynter) / Trump tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins ‘you have no credibility’ during Oval Office clash (The Wrap) / CNN star Kaitlan Collins relives Trump dressing-down on her own show (Daily Beast) 

■ ‘A reporter from The AP was allowed into this afternoon's East Room ceremony — the first time the news outlet has been allowed into one of these events since the Trump White House put its ban into place in February.’ (Brian Stelter)

■ ‘Donald Trump escalated his attacks on CBS News in a Sunday night tirade. But it’s what prospective new owner David Ellison was doing 24 hours beforehand that’s also left the newsroom on edge.’ (Status) / 5 things to know about the Trump, CBS feud (The Hill)

■ Trump to skip White House Correspondents’ Association dinner amid battle with press (POLITICO) 

■ ‘The parent company of Reuters is dropping "diversity" in favor of "belonging" in response to Trump EO "to ensure ongoing compliance," per confidential memo...’ (Ben Mullin) / ICYMI: Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order (Nieman Journalism Lab) 

■ ‘PBS chief executive Paula Kerger responds to plans to rescind public media funding: "There's nothing more American than PBS." ’ (Ben Mullin) / America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) responds to report of proposed rescission to CPB funding (Current) 

■ ‘Four journalists linked to Alexey Navalny were sentenced to spend five years and six months in a penal colony on Tuesday after they were accused of working for a banned organization run by the Kremlin critic.’ (Kaitlan Collins)

■ Spokane’s Spokesman-Review is going nonprofit (Poynter) 

■ After NBC, Chuck Todd buys in to local news (Semafor)

■ Sonal Shah announces plans to step down as CEO of The Texas Tribune (Texas Tribune)

■ Complex founder Marc Eckō rejoins the publisher, fueling its commerce push (Adweek) / WABC-TV New York names John Antonio vice president of news (WABC-TV) / New opinion editor joins The News Tribune (The News Tribune) / Fortune hires Blum to be energy editor (Talking Biz News) / Tina Pamintuan to lead KUOW (Current) / Jordan Lee promoted to Radio Milwaukee executive director (Current) 

■ Mehdi Hasan reflects on Zeteo one year after launch: 'We're in a very good place' (Los Angeles Times) 

■ CNN’s Mark Thompson: ‘Our entire industry is going through a revolution’ (Financial Times)

Quick tip for covering the economy

"Choose your words carefully and work to get it right the first time. In our highly politically polarized environment, one must be extremely diligent to avoid embracing the words and alleged stated facts coming from elected officials. A good example in recent days has been falling back on words like 'reciprocal tariffs' and 'Liberation Day,' neither of which were true on the face of it. All of this isn’t new, but the velocity and volume of mis- and-disinformation is overwhelming."

-- Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst and Washington Bureau Chief at Bankrate.com. Read the full interview for more advice on covering tariffs.

AP Style refresh

“A recession is a falling-off of economic activity that may be a temporary phenomenon or could continue into a depression. A common definition is two straight quarters of economic contraction. A more official determination is made by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which considers a range of indicators in declaring a recession. The bureau's determination is typically made well after a recession has begun and sometimes after it has ended.”

-- AP Stylebook, tip shared via social media

Resources

• Covering immigration through a solutions lens (April 18, noon ET)
• Register for the Hacks/Hackers AI x Journalism Summit 2025 (May 7–8)
• Writing Workshop 102 (May 13, noon ET)

This newsletter is written & edited by the National Press Club Journalism Institute staff: Beth Francesco, Holly Butcher Grant, Elliot C. Williams, and Mitch Harle. Send us your questions and suggestions for topics to cover.

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