Aug. 10, 2026

■ Trump nominates Brendan Carr aide Danielle Thumann Severs to the FCC (Axios) / Carr's consolidation overdrive (Status) 

■ Tensions flare as $34-billion Charter-Cox cable deal nears finish line (Los Angeles Times) 

■ USA Today Co.’s unionized journalists and media workers demand company end partnership with Palantir (The NewsGuild) / ‘The unions — representing nearly 800 workers — said the deal threatens readers’ online safety and trust in the company’ (Poynter) 

■ Revising the Ethics Code: The Society of Professional Journalists is taking a red pencil to its ethics guidelines — the first update since 2014 (Columbia Journalism Review) 

■ Montclair State University to acquire NJ Spotlight, commits to continuing its watchdog journalism through NJ PBS (Montclair State University)

■ Branson newspaper acquired, publishing again after closure (Springfield News-Leader) 

■ Iowa governor's office insists executive privilege can block release of staff emails (Courthouse News Service) / ICYMI: Register seeks court order after 'evasive' response from Kim Reynolds (Des Moines Register) 

■ Journalists hold a vigil outside an Al Jazeera tent in Gaza City on the anniversary of the assassination of journalist and correspondent Anas Al-Sharif (Middle East Monitor) 

■ TikTok lays off 250 employees, shutters its Nashville office (TechCrunch)

■ Stephen Colbert’s daughter joins The Atlantic after ‘60 Minutes’ exit (TheWrap) / Adefemi Akinsanya joins CNN International for new show Africa Inc. (CNN) / New investigative reporter joins International at The New York Times (New York Times) / The New York Times announces new hire for National (New York Times) / The New York Times appoints new social editor for Cooking (New York Times) / Bloomberg hires Guisbond to cover aerospace and defense (Talking Biz News) / Fox59 adds Emmy-winning anchor, reporter to sports desk (IndyStar) / ITVS CEO Carrie Lozano steps down (Current)

■ How North Carolina newsrooms are using AI (Current) / Jonathan Roberts mapped Westeros and hunted dark matter. Now he’s charting an AI future for news publishers. (Wall Street Journal) / Influencers fear having their content branded as AI slop (Business Insider) 

■ New ‘Madden NFL 27’ franchise mode turns you into a news junkie (Axios) 

■ Here’s a man-bites-dog story: A newspaper that’s doing well (New York Times)

Framing Public Health Stories for Impact: From local to national (and back again)

A great public health story doesn’t stop at geography. The most impactful journalism connects the dots, showing how local realities reflect national trends and how national policies shape what’s happening in communities every day.

Learn how to elevate your reporting by placing local and regional stories within a broader national context — and how to bring national issues home in ways that feel relevant and real for your audience — during a free training.

🗓️ Tuesday, Aug. 18 | ⏰ 11 a.m. ET | 📍Zoom

Designed for journalists covering public health and healthcare, this training will help you translate complex systems into compelling, accessible narratives.

You’ll learn how to:

• Anchor local reporting in national data, policy, and trends without losing nuance
• Localize national health issues with reporting that centers people, place, and lived experience
• Translate complex public health and healthcare topics into clear, engaging stories for broad audiences

About the speaker:

Tracy Jan is a senior editor for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. Jan regularly partners with local news outlets on investigative projects of great significance. Before joining ProPublica in 2025, Jan was a deputy health and science editor at The Washington Post, where she led coverage of medical misinformation, public health, and other health accountability stories.

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

• Join our API Local News Summit on News Avoidance and Digital Wellness (Apply by Aug. 17) 
• Tip Sheet: Reporting on extreme weather with unreliable federal data (CASW Connector) 
• How to build social-first data visualizations (Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute)

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