In A Crucial Election Year, Worries Grow In Germany About Fake News
With elections this fall, Germany is bracing for an escalation of fake news. Trust in the traditional press is waning, but some outlets are fighting back.
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Reports Of Medical Breakthroughs Often Don't Prove Out
Medical breakthroughs that were covered by newspapers were often later disproved by more comprehensive research, a study finds. That's a problem for scientists and journalists.
Tom Hanks Sends The White House Press Corps A Caffeine Infusion (Again)
For the third time in 13 years, the movie star has sent an espresso machine to the White House press corps, encouraging journalists to "keep up the good fight."
How Foreign Journalists Here Try To Explain The U.S. Election Back Home
Reporters from Europe, Turkey and Lebanon share their experiences covering the 2016 U.S. election — everything from translation challenges to close encounters with a pregnant Ivanka Trump.
Atlantic Editor On Acrimony In U.S.: 'I Have To Imagine That It Actually Gets Worse'
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's new editor, tells NPR about the magazine's unexpected endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president and anti-Semitic tweets directed at him and other journalists.
George Curry, Legendary Political And Civil Rights Journalist, Dies At 69
Curry was the longtime editor of the magazine Emerge, a syndicated columnist and winner of numerous awards for his reporting and commentary. He died Saturday of sudden heart failure.
U.N. Panel Blocks Accreditation Bid By Committee To Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists confronted a "Kafka-esque" process — put off for years, then blocked by countries including China, which it calls the biggest jailer of journalists in the world.
In 'Only The Dead,' A Raw Look At War In Iraq
A harrowing documentary by Australian journalist Michael Ware documents the years he covered the war in Iraq as a Time and CNN reporter navigating between insurgents and the U.S. military.
Ending Mystery, Adelson Family Says It Bought The 'Las Vegas Review-Journal'
For a week, the media world — and the paper's employees — wondered who had paid top dollar for the Las Vegas publication. Turns out, it was business magnate Sheldon Adelson.
Analysis: At The University Of Missouri, An Unlearned Free Speech Lesson
When student protesters confronted journalists, some faculty members seemed to forget about the First Amendment, NPR's David Folkenflik says.