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NorthStar Civic Media promises “independent local reporting.” Its founder worked on Democratic campaigns, and Democratic funders spent more than a million dollars on Meta ads promoting one of its sites.
A student reflects on leaving the law to pursue his writing dreams.
Ashton Pittman on the groundwork that prepared journalists to cover a deadlocked US Senate race.
Meeting up with podcasters, creator-journalists, and political operatives against a dominant blue backdrop.
“You cannot take this particular audience for granted,” Christy Martinez-Garcia, the magazine’s founder and publisher, said.
Donald Trump never had the authority, or the political support, media moguls seemed to think he did. What’s next for the outlets that capitulated?
Midterm missteps, a notable apology, and a sturgeon rescue.
Steve Kornacki and Hasan Piker went head-to-head, and Donald Trump called in.
The paper is shutting down. But a new project grants it electronic immortality.
Companies like Kalshi and Polymarket are reaping huge profits and reshaping journalism to fit their business interests.
Americans bet on the midterms as prediction markets became a source of news.
The midterms pushed data centers center stage, as media, activists, and politicians questioned AI’s ever-expanding infrastructure.
“Part of it is she’s an incumbent, and part of it is it’s an image that’s cultivated by her PR people and by the Maine media to give the impression that she’s something she’s not.”
Voters may punish Donald Trump at the polls this week. But he has already shattered the norms of political journalism.
The Plain Dealer decides to make an endorsement. Plus: Handing Trump a win, and cataloguing his family’s corruption.
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