At its simplest, a free press keeps people free. No society can stay free if its rulers go unwatched. For power corrupts.

As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, readers picking up a copy of their local paper this weekend might expect photos ...

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their ...

For some, Ken Burns’ films don’t just retell history. They are history. Beginning with his 1981 directorial debut, “Brooklyn ...

ProPublica has done it again. When the Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon, the Public Service award went to reporters Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser, Cassandra Jaramillo and Stacy Kranitz ...

From Betsy Ross and Paul Revere to George Washington's teeth, some of America's most enduring stories don't survive a ...

I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.” Isaacson is an influential public scholar and ...

I remember the episode the day after a celebration of life for Andy Barnes, the recently deceased leader of the Tampa Bay ...

The border between Lithuania and Belarus marks the line between Western Europe and Russia's sphere of influence. We went to ...

NPR’s erroneous story about Samuel Alito's retirement was not caused by a prewrite, but the episode shows why safeguards ...

Social media users are sharing many videos of buildings collapsing and people trapped under rubble, saying it shows the ...