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Journalism is going down fighting
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Poynter and Hacks/Hackers partner to keep fast AI adoption aligned with journalism ethics - Poynter
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (January 8, 2026) — Since the 2022 launch of ChatGPT and the rise of generative artificial intelligence, the news industry has struggled to adapt — with a series of AI blunders that have frayed audience trust. As…
Westgate VP wins Review-Journal NFL Challenge; Stone wins Bowl Challenge
The long-running Las Vegas Review-Journal NFL Challenge is modeled after the Westgate SuperContest, so it's fitting that longtime SuperBook executive Jay Kornegay has dominated the contest. Kornegay won his fourth RJ Challenge title in seven…
How to navigate the 2026 club-launch season | Wunder Journal
Moving forward on a weekly basis I will be giving my opinion, thoughts and insight on equipment-world happenings. As someone who has navigated this business from a few different angles and now a year into my position as GOLF.com's director of…
Finance professor in Ireland loses 12 papers in journals he edited
Elsevier has pulled a dozen papers by a finance professor in Ireland who oversaw the review of the articles and made “the final decision” to publish them in three journals he edited, according to the retraction notices. The professor…
Saving Journalism needs tools, skills & new business models
“Here's the bad news: No one is coming to save you. No business is going to swoop in and provide sustainable funding for newsrooms. No new technology is going to transform the way journalism supports itself forever.No big, incredible deal is…
History journal retracts paper about killing of German WWI POWs
The flagship journal of the Royal Historical Society has retracted a paper positing that British and Canadian soldiers committed “scores” of prisoner executions against German forces during World War I. The move followed an…
Leading environmental health journal defunded by Trump administration has been saved
Source: © Postmodern Studio/Alamy Stock Images After the top journal Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) went dark in December after the Trump administration cut funding to its parent organisation, the American Chemical Society (ACS) has…
U.N. predicts world economic growth to slip to 2.7% in 2026
Global economic growth is forecast to decline to 2.7% in 2026 from 2.8% last year before increasing to 2.9% in 2027 — still down from a pre-pandemic average of 3.2% between 2010 and 2019, according to a United Nations…
Why email journaling works when apps never did (and why I built DailyInk)
I have tried to journal more times than I can count. I have set reminders and notifications and “daily goals.” And every time, it worked for a few days… maybe a week… and then quietly disappeared from my life. Not…
Social Security recipients get bad news about payment increase predictions
Social Security recipients have received a wave of bad news due to the Fed's rate cut in December. The Federal Reserve cut rates by 0.25 percent with a 9-3 vote and also indicated that future cuts could be paused in the near term. This could…
German Industrial Production Unexpectedly Picks Up for Third Straight Month
Germany's industrial output rose for a third straight month in November, holding its footing midway through the final quarter of last year as manufacturing firms shrugged off tariff concerns and awaited the benefits of Berlin's fiscal stimulus…
The future of Venezuela's oil industry starts to take shape
The post-Maduro reality for Venezuela's oil industry is beginning to take shape. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday that the US will sell Venezuelan oil “indefinitely,” after President Donald Trump announced Venezuela…
Experts behind new food pyramid have ties to beef, dairy industries
The U.S. government 's new dietary guidelines, released this week, are under scrutiny after it emerged that some of the experts behind the recommendations have financial ties to the beef and dairy industries. The Departments of Health and Human…
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5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
Stock futures are pointing to a lower open as the rally that started 2026 has lost its momentum; defense sector stocks are surging after President Donald Trump said that the 2027 budget should include a substantial hike in defense spending; Google…
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