media

Grant Reeher speaks with Julie McMahon, who is leading an effort to change the lack of public affairs coverage in the Syracuse area. McMahon is the founding editor-in-chief of a new media non-profit startup called, "Central Current."

Grant Reeher speaks with Julie McMahon, who is leading an effort to change the lack of public affairs coverage in the Syracuse area. McMahon is the founding editor-in-chief of a new media non-profit startup called, "Central Current."

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, known for making deep newsroom cuts, won approval to acquire Tribune Publishing, which includes the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News.

Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri was arrested by police as she was covering a Black Lives Matter protest. She was charged with failing to disperse and interfering with official acts.

After the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, the surviving staff resolve to rebuild their paper.

Taking Klubradio off the air was the latest blow to press freedom in a country where the right-wing populist leadership and its allies have increased control and influence over the media.

The Des Moines Register reporter, Andrea Sahouri, was arrested as she covered a Black Lives Matter protest. "Treating media work as a crime is a human rights violation," Amnesty International said.

A host of the new venture tells NPR, "My focus will be on the right and building the case over time for why the liberal tradition is worth defending."

Critics say the ruling party overhauled public media to serve as a mouthpiece, and a state-backed oil refiner's purchase of a newspaper chain brings more outlets under party loyalist control.

All the biggest media companies are chasing viewer tastes more intensely than ever, focusing on their streaming platforms as consumers create an increasingly personalized, fractured media diet.