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    Most Americans remember where they were on 9/11

    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 This week marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Even a quarter century later, the vast majority of Americans who were age 10 or […]

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    Society of Professional Journalists updates Code of Ethics

    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 The Society of Professional Journalists has updated its Code of Ethics for the first time in 12 years. The code has long been a guiding document for professional journalists […]

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    Meta and TikTok settle child safety lawsuits

    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 Recent settlements involving Meta and TikTok have put renewed attention on claims that social media companies do not adequately protect young users. Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, agreed to a $17 billion settlement as well […]

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    ABC sues FCC, citing First Amendment concerns

    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 ABC and its parent company, Disney, are suing the Federal Communications Commission, alleging that an early review of the network’s broadcast licenses is retaliation for its programming and that […]

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    Forbes fires top editor over secret payment

    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 The top editor of Forbes was fired after failing to disclose a $6 million payment from the founder of a company that does business with the publication, igniting questions […]

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    Scripps announces digital restructure and layoffs

    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 E.W. Scripps, the broadcasting company with dozens of local affiliates, is laying off 268 employees as it restructures its local TV business around digital-first news production and streaming. The company plans to centralize some […]

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    How Americans assess health information amid cyclospora outbreak

    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 New reporting from The New York Times on the spread of information about the cyclospora outbreak is shedding light on how competing narratives and conspiracy theories can take off […]

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    How we measured Americans’ engagement in public life

    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 A federal judge this week placed a temporary restraining order on Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery after 12 states filed a lawsuit alleging that the deal violates antitrust law. If […]

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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 Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission ordered an early review of ABC’s broadcast licenses. The FCC is also investigating whether The View – one of the network’s flagship […]

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    Which Americans are more likely to have spoken with a journalist?

    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 NPR on Tuesday posted and retracted a story that incorrectly reported Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring. Veteran journalist Nina Totenberg, who wrote the article, said she mistakenly believed a court announcement about upcoming retirements referred to Alito. The story was published for only a few […]