July 16, 2025

■ Senate advances Trump clawback of foreign aid and public broadcast funds (New York Times) / A founding father of NPR worries about its fate (New York Times) / National poll shows widespread American support for federally funded public radio (NPR) / Trump sues Corporation for Public Broadcasting to oust board members (Washington Post)

■ Defeat the Press: How Donald Trump’s attacks on news outlets undermine the First Amendment (Variety) / Democrats to introduce 'anti-corruption' legislation for presidential library donations in wake of Paramount settlement (The Wrap) / The Paramount comics, Colbert and Stewart, are sharp critics of the '60 Minutes' deal (Associated Press)

■ Press Forward invests $22.7 million in local news infrastructure to meet the urgent challenges newsrooms face (Press Forward) 

■ Rough times for broadcast networks illustrate changing media landscape (Associated Press) / As media reckons with strategic shifts, a new crop of leaders is coming into play (CNBC)

■ Three publishers’ workforce diversity reports show DEI efforts remain sluggish (Digiday) 

■ New York Times culture desk shake-up: Critics Margaret Lyons, Jon Pareles, Jesse Green, Zach Woolfe reassigned to ‘new roles’ (Variety)

■ BBC taking longer than ever to resolve bullying complaints amid misconduct crackdown (Deadline) / Alan Rusbridger wants the BBC to find its nerve (Columbia Journalism Review)

■ KQED to cut 15% of staff, affecting almost 70 positions (Current)

■ Erica Osher named vice president, AI Labs (NPR) / ‘Per a note to staff, WaPo Supreme Court reporter Ann Marimow is leaving the paper (for the New York Times, I’m told)’ (Max Tani) / Radio Campesina hires a local reporter to tackle disinformation (The Pivot Fund) / Sarah Al-Shaikh joins KTRK in Houston as a reporter (Adweek) / Stacia Naquin returns to Columbus, joins 10TV as anchor and journalist (10TV)

■ The once and future Condé Nast (Intelligencer)

AP style headline refresh

“AP style has different rules for headlines because space is tight and you want to get across why the piece matters. Check our headlines entry for guidance including:

• Use single quote marks, never double quote marks.
• Use numerals; do not spell out numbers except in casual uses or formal names: hundreds instead of 100s; Big Ten; one of the first.
• Millions, billions. These figures can be abbreviated in headlines. For example, $45 million would be $45M, and $5 billion would be $5B.
• Avoid abbreviations and alphabet soup. Use only very universally recognized abbreviations. US, UK, UN and EU (no periods) are acceptable. Other acceptable shorthand includes FBI, CIA, IRS, SEC.
• Periods: Avoid using them when abbreviations are necessary: AP, GI, ID, EU, etc.”

-- AP Stylebook via social media.

Resources

• Emergency fund for US based journalists (International Women's Media Foundation)
• The 8 most common cybersecurity mistakes journalists should avoid (LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center) 
• The co-creational news media toolkit (Public Interest News Foundation)

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

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