March 13, 2025

■ With recent appointments, Fox News enters a new stage of Trump closeness (Washington Post) / MAGA firms merge to create American Made Media Company (Axios) / The Trump resistance won’t be televised — it’ll be on MeidasTouch (Vanity Fair)   

■ From 'shouting match' to 'public berating,' how journalists described the Zelenskyy-Trump meeting (NPR) 

■ MSNBC’s post–Joy Reid, post-NBC future is kind of bright? (New York Magazine)

■ NBCU picks up another Olympics cycle for $3 billion (Variety) 

■ Carr establishes new FCC council on national security (TV News Check) / Newsmax deletes interview criticizing FCC (Semafor)

■ How NPR escaped a financial crisis with help from friends in high places (Current) / In reversal, NPR allows Ari Shapiro to attend upcoming Pride event (Semafor) 

■ OpenAI urges Trump administration to remove guardrails for the industry (CNBC) / Local newsrooms are using AI to listen in on public meetings (Nieman Journalism Lab) / TollBit’s new tool helps publishers save money from AI bots scraping their content (Adweek) / How ProPublica uses AI responsibly in its investigations (ProPublica) 

■ Meta unveils new Community Notes program; will not apply distribution penalties nor limit flow of information (FOX News) / Meta's Community Notes will use open-source technology from Elon Musk's X (CNBC) / Meta braces for ex-Facebook employee’s tell-all book (Semafor) 

■ News Corp sued by Brave Software, a Google search engine rival (Reuters) 

■ Retractions, walkouts plague science journals eager to churn out research (Wall Street Journal) 

■ ‘Kathy Baird, chief communications officer at the Washington Post, is resigning, per email she sent to staff…’ (Charlotte Klein)

■ Wesley Lowery exits investigative reporting workshop and American University following student complaints (Columbia Journalism Review)

■ The New York Times: Investigations announces deputy editors (New York Times) / Sinclair names David Todd Bailey vice president/GM of KTXS in Abilene, TX (Sinclair) / Variety promotes Shafer to deputy editor of international (Talking Biz News) / POLITICO names Felicia Schwartz diplomatic correspondent (POLITICO) / Fortune hires Weiss to write about crypto (Talking Biz News) / The Minnesota Star Tribune hires first ever editorial board member from Greater Minnesota (Minnesota Star Tribune via Editor and Publisher)  

■ Judge dismisses Jennifer Eckhart claims against Fox News in Ed Henry sexual assault suit (The Wrap)  

■ The New Yorker updates its style guide for the Internet age (New York Times)

March 25: Covering public health policy in the current political landscape

The Trump administration has already had a significant impact on how the U.S. implements public health policies domestically and on a global scale. The president temporarily paused health-related communications from several federal agencies, has frozen foreign aid, and attempted to halt federal spending for public health research.



These actions present new challenges for journalists covering public health policy, especially as some traditional sources of vital information have become unavailable in wide swaths or made more difficult to access.

Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent at KFF Health News, will share advice to adapt to this shifting environment while discovering innovative ways to tell critical public health stories.

Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute at noon ET on Tuesday, March 25.

This program is part of the Institute’s inaugural Public Health Reporting Fellowship, funded by the Common Health Coalition. It’s being opened to the public at no cost.

Last call for National Press Club scholarship applications

Applications for the NPC scholarships are due on Sunday, March 16, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Opportunities are available for high school, college, and graduate student journalists.

Please share with the emerging journalists in your life. Learn more.

Resources

• Now-proofing your media organization in the Trump era (March 14, 2 p.m. ET)
• Piercing the Wall: How to report on sexual abuse in schools (March 18, 7 p.m. ET) 
• How to write compelling fact-based stories (March 24, 6 p.m. 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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