/tags/media media en-US WLRN Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:38:59 GMT /podcast/sundial/2024-01-09/brittany-wallman-miami-herald-investigative-reporter-sun-sentinel South Florida journalist Brittany Wallman, who won a 2019 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Parkland school shooting for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, is now working as an investigative journalist for the Miami Herald. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:38:59 GMT /podcast/sundial/2024-01-09/brittany-wallman-miami-herald-investigative-reporter-sun-sentinel Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /south-florida/2023-12-07/local-nonprofit-news-outlet-plans-community-coverage-of-miamis-liberty-city “This is an effort to rebuild hyper-local news in an underserved community," says Tony Winton, who founded the non-profit Miami Fourth Estate and is Editor-in-Chief of the Key Biscayne Independent. He announced his organization is launching news coverage of Liberty City with a full-time reporter, beginning next summer. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 17:01:00 GMT /south-florida/2023-12-07/local-nonprofit-news-outlet-plans-community-coverage-of-miamis-liberty-city Sergio R. Bustos /business/2023-12-04/pew-study-black-news-consumers-local A new study from the Pew Research Center shows that Black news consumers think local reporters do a better job of covering Black communities than the national media. Black publishers in South Florida have reasons why. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:00:00 GMT /business/2023-12-04/pew-study-black-news-consumers-local Wilkine Brutus /education/2023-11-17/lee-caplin-local-journalism-fiu Movie and television producer Lee Caplin, who with his wife, has donated $10 million to the newly named Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media at Florida International University, said he chose to contribute to FIU because of its diverse students and faculty, and to fund the training of the next generation of journalists at a time when local journalism is in crisis. Fri, 17 Nov 2023 22:10:11 GMT /education/2023-11-17/lee-caplin-local-journalism-fiu Sergio R. Bustos /arts-culture/2023-10-27/periodistas-latinas-brillan-en-una-exhibicion-del-smithsonian Confianza en periodistas latinas es uno de los factores que mantiene a la comunidad hispano parlante sintonizada a las noticias en español en los Estados Unidos. Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:09:58 GMT /arts-culture/2023-10-27/periodistas-latinas-brillan-en-una-exhibicion-del-smithsonian Marisa Peñaloza /business/2023-08-01/nonprofit-newsrooms-wlrn-miami-fourth-estate-to-share-news-content Miami Fourth Estate, a nonprofit online news organization that launched in 2020, and WLRN, South Florida’s leading public broadcaster, said they will cross-publish news, photos, and audio content, and explore possible joint events which may include fundraising for each organization. Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:42:04 GMT /business/2023-08-01/nonprofit-newsrooms-wlrn-miami-fourth-estate-to-share-news-content WLRN News Staff /americas/2023-05-15/guatemalas-el-periodico-newspaper-to-shut-down-amid-founders-prosecution A Guatemalan newspaper known for hard-hitting investigations of government corruption and whose founder is currently on trial, has announced that it will shut down. Mon, 15 May 2023 20:00:00 GMT /americas/2023-05-15/guatemalas-el-periodico-newspaper-to-shut-down-amid-founders-prosecution Sonia Pérez D. | Associated Press /government-politics/2023-03-14/a-florida-house-panel-okays-a-bill-making-it-easier-to-sue-journalists A Florida House committee has advanced a bill that would make it easier for journalists and their media outlets to be sued. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:26:10 GMT /government-politics/2023-03-14/a-florida-house-panel-okays-a-bill-making-it-easier-to-sue-journalists Lynn Hatter /government-politics/2023-03-06/florida-republicans-are-taking-on-the-media-reporters-and-bloggers-alike Florida lawmakers will consider a proposal to re-write rules around who is considered a public figure, and what circumstances would constitute a defamation claim against media outlets. The proposals are raising concerns about their constitutionality and whether they violate free speech rights. Mon, 06 Mar 2023 19:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2023-03-06/florida-republicans-are-taking-on-the-media-reporters-and-bloggers-alike Lynn Hatter /government-politics/2023-03-02/a-proposed-law-in-tallahassee-could-stifle-not-only-journalists-but-everyone Free speech could be at risk if a new bill in Tallahassee becomes law, says the executive director of the First Amendment Foundation. Thu, 02 Mar 2023 22:01:44 GMT /government-politics/2023-03-02/a-proposed-law-in-tallahassee-could-stifle-not-only-journalists-but-everyone Steve Newborn