Media

'Vogue' cover of Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska sparks debate and controversy

6:10pm August 02, 2022

by Ashley Westerman

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska was criticized for not looking ladylike in a recent Vogue photoshoot. Her supporters pushed back, creating an online campaign asking what it means to #SitLikeAGirl.

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Wikipedia has locked its page for "recession," setting restrictions on who can edit the entry until next week. The freeze was set after editors made a series of revisions to the definition of "recession."

Economy

What is a recession? Wikipedia can't decide

4:38pm August 01, 2022

by Emma Bowman

An editing battle over its "recession" entry prompted Wikipedia to put a temporarily lock on revisions to prevent new users from repeatedly changing the definitions of recession.

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Streaming service Hulu is now allowing political ad buyers to address issues like abortion rights and gun control.

Hulu will take political ads on contentious issues after a social media outcry

4:43pm July 28, 2022

by Chloe Veltman

The streaming service had refused ads on topics like gun control and abortion. The policy change is likely to drive more dollars into mid-term election TV campaigns.

Remembering trailblazing journalist Tim Giago

7:24am July 27, 2022

by Lee Strubinger

Tim Giago, who started some of the first Native American newspapers, including The Lakota Times, died Sunday at 88. He spent decades building a media landscape by and for Native people.

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Shireen Abu Akleh's niece on her family's meeting with Blinken to push for U.S. probe

5:26pm July 26, 2022

The family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh meets with Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abu Akleh's niece, Lina.

Politics & Government

2 Murdoch-owned papers release harsh editorials about Donald Trump

7:49am July 25, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch about critiques of former President Trump by the conservative editorial boards of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.

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Jan. 6 editorials suggest Murdoch has tired of Trump

5:09pm July 24, 2022

by David Folkenflik

On Friday, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post published separate, searing editorials about former President Trump's failure to act during the siege of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Late on the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump affectionately addressed insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol from the White House. The House select committee investigating the siege says the then president failed to act for hours — i

Politics & Government

Analysis: Trump's infamous obsession with TV helped define Jan. 6 too

10:18am July 21, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Donald Trump's TV fixation led him to the White House. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will show that obsession also defined his actions on that day.

National

A citizen journalist talks about covering gun violence on Twitter

5:22pm July 16, 2022

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Larry Calhoun, who tracks and reports on gun crimes through his Twitter account, DC Realtime News.

National

Austin news outlets release the entire security camera footage from Uvalde shooting

8:46am July 16, 2022

by David Folkenflik

The Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV obtained the full video from security cameras in Uvalde's Robb Elementary School and made it public. That decision has sparked backlash, and debate.