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    America’s health and wellness influencers

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Washington Post was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service this week for its reporting on the Trump administration’s reorganizing of the federal government. Much of this reporting was led by Hannah […]

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    FCC to review ABC’s broadcast license

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Federal Communications Commission has ordered an early review of ABC’s broadcast licenses, citing the network’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The move also follows criticism of ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel by […]

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    Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for defamation

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick earlier this week, seeking $250 million in damages. The magazine published an article by Fitzpatrick about Patel’s job […]

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    Key facts about local news

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story After unseating Viktor Orbán as Hungary’s prime minister with an election victory this week, Péter Magyar vowed to suspend the country’s state-run media as part of wider anti-corruption efforts. Orbán’s right-wing Fidesz party […]

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    AP offers buyouts amid changing content strategy

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story On Monday, The Associated Press announced it is offering buyouts to a number of its U.S.-based journalists as it pivots away from print journalism and shifts its focus to visual journalism and developing new revenue sources. Meanwhile, the organization […]

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    The rise of a Spanish-language news influencer

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story A recent profile in The New Yorker looks at the rise of Carlos Eduardo Espina, a Uruguayan American content creator who has amassed more than 20 million followers across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and […]

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    Where do Americans turn first for information about breaking news?

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Federal Communications Commission last week approved the merger of two major local television companies, allowing Nexstar Media Group to buy Tegna for $6.2 billion. The deal creates a local TV news giant that will own 265 stations in 44 states. In recent weeks, attorneys general in […]

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    Trump administration clashes with media over Iran war coverage

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Multiple Trump administration officials criticized the news media in the past week for their coverage of the ongoing war in Iran. This includes Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr, who warned he would revoke broadcasters’ licenses if they do […]

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    AI images blur reality of Iran war

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Iran war is taking place amid rapidly advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which has led to AI-generated fake images and videos spreading on social media. This has added another challenge for news consumers as […]

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    The Briefing

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Newsrooms across the country are incorporating artificial intelligence into their reporting practices, causing tensions at news organizations like the Associated Press.  As local newsrooms continue to shrink, AI tools provide a low-cost way to assist with reporting tasks. But Cleveland newspaper The Plain […]

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