Skip to main content
Georgia Public Broadcasting Logo
  • Watch

    Featured Specials and Programs

    • All Creatures Great and Small
    • Antiques Roadshow
    • PBS News Hour
    • Miss Scarlet & The Duke
    • Finding Your Roots
    • Doc Martin
    All Programs

    GPB Originals

    • Georgia Legends
    • Lawmakers
    • A Fork in the Road
    • View Finders
    • Georgia Outdoors
    • Your Fantastic Mind
    GPB Originals

    Browse by Genre

    • Arts & Music
    • Culture
    • Drama
    • Food
    • History
    • News & Public Affairs
    • TV Schedule
    • GPB Programs
    • PBS Passport
    • TV Highlights this Week
    • PBS KIDS
    • Ways to Watch
    • Newsletters
    • Contact GPB
  • Listen

    Featured Programs

    • The Daily
    • Morning Edition
    • All Things Considered
    • Serendipity
    • John Lemley's City Cafe
    • Fresh Air
    • Here and Now
    • Code Switch/Life Kit
    • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    All Programs

    Podcasts

    • GA Today
    • Salvation South
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • Football Fridays in Georgia
    • Narrative Edge
    • Peach Jam Podcast
    • A Fork in the Road
    • Radio Schedule
    • GPB Classical
    • Radio Programs
    • Podcasts
    • GPB News
    • Find Your Station
    • Ways to Listen
    • Contact GPB
    • Newsletters
  • Learn

    Featured

    • Chemistry Matters
    • Classroom Conversations Podcast
    • GASHA Go! World
    • Georgia Farmcraft®
    • Georgia Classroom
    • Georgia Studies Collection
    • Econ Express
    • Let’s Go Enviro
    • Let's Learn GA!
    • Lights, Camera, Budget!
    • Live Explorations
    • Physics in Motion
    • School Stories
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • VR in the Classroom
    • Writers Contest

    For Kids & Teachers

    • GPB Games
    • PBS KIDS
    • PBS LearningMedia

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Email
  • News

    Featured Programs & Series

    • Lawmakers
    • Lawmakers: Beyond the Dome
    • 1A
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • GA Today Podcast
    • Storycorps
    • Narrative Edge

    More GPB News

    • Politics
    • Georgia News
    • Justice
    • Arts & Life
    • Health
    All GPB News
    • Radio Schedule
    • Radio Stations
    • GPB Apps
    • Podcasts
    • Contact GPB News
    • Follow Us on Apple News
    • Newsletters
  • Sports

    GHSA Sports

    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Cheerleading
    • On Demand
    • GPB Sports Blog
    All Sports

    High School Football

    • Scores & Schedule
    • On Demand
    • Teams
    • Rankings
    • Brackets
    • Heads Up Georgia
    Football Home
    • GPB Sports App
    • GPB Sports Blog
    • GPB Sports OnDemand
  • Events

    Browse by Type

    • Community
    • Donor
    • Kids & Family
    • Screenings
    All Events

    Browse by Category

    • Education
    • News
    • Sports
    • Television

    Sign up to receive GPB Event announcements via Email.

    Sign up

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Instagram
  • Kids & Families

    For Kids

    • Video
    • Games

    For Parents & Caregivers

    • Kids & Families Blog
    • Kids & Families Events
    • GPB KIDS - Ways to Watch
  • Support Us

    Support GPB

    • Ways to Give
    • Planned Giving
    • Sustainers
    • GPB Passport
    • Leadership Giving
    • Corporate Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donations
    • GPB Next
    • Matching Gifts
  • Search
GPB Passport icon GPB Passport icon Passport
GPB donate icon GPB donate icon Donate
Listen Live Listen Live Watch Live Watch Live

GPB Newsletter CTA

Sign Up For Our Newsletter

News Topics

  • Georgia
  • National
  • Politics
  • Lawmakers
  • Elections

Don't Miss

Don't Miss:

  • Federal Funding Update
  • Caregiving program & Resources
  • Explore GPB Passport

News Articles: Media

A <em>Toronto Star</em> newspaper box is seen here in front of the newspaper's Toronto offices. Torstar, the newspaper's owner, says it plans to enter the online gaming business to support its journalism.

Tagged as: 

  • Media

A Newspaper Casino? Toronto Star Company Is Getting Into The Online Gaming Business

Torstar is "looking at diversifying the revenue model of how we fund and pay for reporters, columnists, and editorial staff," said a gaming consultant hired by the company.

March 02, 2021
|
By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
GPB News NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Media

Al Jazeera Is Launching A Right-Leaning News Outlet Called Rightly

A host of the new venture tells NPR, "My focus will be on the right and building the case over time for why the liberal tradition is worth defending."

February 24, 2021
|
By:
  • Bill Chappell
Chris Quinn, editor of cleveland.com and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, is at the forefront of a crop of news editors taking a hard look at the implications of how they have defined news.

Tagged as: 

  • Media

From Cleveland To Boston, Newsrooms Revisit Old Stories To Offer A 'Fresh Start'

The Boston Globe has begun letting people ask to revisit or remove past coverage of their actions that has since damaged their reputations. Here's how a similar effort has played out in Cleveland.

February 24, 2021
|
By:
  • Claire Miller and
  • David Folkenflik
GPB News NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Media

Facebook Blocks News Content From Australia

Facebook is blocking news in and from Australia because of proposed legislation there. Google is striking deals with Australian media. What could these developments mean for what we see online?

February 21, 2021
|
By:
  • Shannon Bond and
  • David Folkenflik
Facebook on Wednesday announced it would restrict Australians from accessing news articles on its platform.

Tagged as: 

  • Technology

Facebook Blocks News In Australia Over Government Plan To Force Payment To Publishers

The announcement came just as Google reached a deal with Australian publishers and as the president of Microsoft urged U.S. regulators to copy Australia's proposal.

February 18, 2021
|
By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Claire Miller
People walk on a tour of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa., in 2018. Two brothers who were at the facility have been freed by clemency after expecting to spend their lives incarcerated.

Tagged as: 

  • Law

Brothers Who Expected To Die In Pennsylvania Prison Now Free After Clemency

The Evans brothers are now home in Philadelphia after decades in prison. Convicted of second degree murder, they had few options for release in Pennsylvania under current law.

February 18, 2021
|
By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Conservative and controversial talk radio host Rush Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address in February 2020.

Tagged as: 

  • Media

Talk Show Host Rush Limbaugh, A Conservative Lodestar, Dies At 70

Limbaugh entertained millions, propelled waves of Republican politicians and rebuked the media establishment as liberal. He also trampled the boundaries of acceptable political discourse.

February 17, 2021
|
By:
  • David Folkenflik
Talk show host Rush Limbaugh, pictured with then-President Donald Trump at a rally in November 2018, died on Wednesday.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Trump Praises Limbaugh, Who Died Wednesday, As A 'Legend'

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh died at the age of 70 after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Former President Donald Trump remembered the controversial host as a "great man."

February 17, 2021
|
By:
  • Alana Wise
Indian journalist Priya Ramani (left) smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi in 2019. A New Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister, M.J. Akbar, of sexual harassment.

Tagged as: 

  • Asia

Indian Woman Sued For Defamation Over #MeToo Complaint Against Her Boss Is Acquitted

Journalist Priya Ramani said her former editor had sexually harassed her, which he denied. "I feel vindicated on behalf of all the women who have ever spoken out against sexual harassment," she said.

February 17, 2021
|
By:
  • Sushmita Pathak
TJ Ducklo resigned as White House deputy press secretary after he reportedly issued a sexist and profane threat to a journalist seeking to cover his relationship with another reporter.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

White House Press Aide TJ Ducklo Resigns Over Threats Against Reporter

The White House deputy press secretary resigned Saturday, a day after he was suspended for threatening and harassing a journalist who was pursuing a story on his relationship with another reporter.

February 14, 2021
|
By:
  • H.J. Mai
Journalist Nabila Ganinda worked for Voice of America's Indonesian-language service for two years before the Trump administration rejected her visa extension. She is now back in Indonesia.

Tagged as: 

  • Politics

Trump Official Cited Security To Kill Visas For VOA Staffers. Emails Say Otherwise

Under Trump, the agency over the Voice of America stopped granting requests for visa extensions for foreign journalists to reserve jobs for Americans. The agency had cited security concerns.

February 11, 2021
|
By:
  • David Folkenflik
Larry Flynt talks about the 40th anniversary of <em>Hustler</em> magazine at his offices in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 26, 2014.

Tagged as: 

  • Obituaries

Larry Flynt, Porn Mogul And 'Hustler' Founder, Dies At 78

Larry Flynt was a pornographer whose Supreme Court case in 1988 made him a free speech folk hero. Admire him, despise him — or both — Flynt left a singular mark on culture and politics.

February 11, 2021
|
By:
  • Neda Ulaby
China's broadcasting regulator said Thursday that the BBC had "undermined China's national interests and ethnic solidarity" and was banning the British broadcaster's world service. The BBC headquarters in London are seen here in 2016.

Tagged as: 

  • World

China Bans BBC World Service, Following U.K. Ban Of Chinese Network

The Chinese state news agency said the BBC had "undermined China's national interests and ethnic solidarity." Britain stripped the license for CGTN, the Chinese global television network, last week.

February 11, 2021
|
By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Twitter's new pilot program Birdwatch aims to enlist the social network's users to fact check each other's tweets.

Tagged as: 

  • Technology

Twitter's 'Birdwatch' Aims to Crowdsource Fight Against Misinformation

Twitter is turning to its users to help find and flag misinformation with a new pilot program called Birdwatch, combining crowdsourcing and consensus.

February 10, 2021
|
By:
  • Shannon Bond
A model of a feathered Tyrannosaurus rex at the American Museum of Natural History in 2019 in New York City. <em>All Things Considered</em> is making amends for its lack of dinosaur coverage.

Tagged as: 

  • Science

8-Year-Old Calls Out NPR For Lack Of Dinosaur Stories

How can All Things Considered consider all things without considering dinosaurs? That's the question posed by 8-year-old Leo Shidla of Minneapolis.

February 10, 2021
|
By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly
  • Load More

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News

Footer

Footer First Nav (Main Menu)

  • Watch
  • Listen
  • Learn
  • News
  • Sports
  • Events
  • Kids & Families
  • Support Us
  • Search

Footer Second Nav Menu

  • Help Center
  • About GPB
  • Contact Us
  • Closed Captioning
  • Directions
  • Studio Production
  • Program Submissions

Footer Third Nav Menu

  • Support Us
  • Careers
  • Accessibility
  • FCC Public Files
  • Drawing Rules
  • News Media Request
  • Open Records and Document Retention Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Georgia Public Broadcasting

260 14th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
United States

(404) 685-2400 In Atlanta
(800) 222-4788 Outside Atlanta
ask@gpb.org

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News
© Copyright 2025, Georgia Public Broadcasting. All Rights Reserved. Georgia Public Radio® GPTV®