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Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery are finally one company. So what happens now?

$111 billion deal brings CNN and CBS News under one roof, with layoffs, cost cuts and questions about editorial independence ahead

  • Tom Jones

Journalism is serious business. That doesn’t mean it can’t be funny.

5 reasons humor (and memes) can help journalists inform audiences, build community and cut through the noise

  • TyLisa C. Johnson

Has the presidency cost Donald Trump money? His financial disclosures say otherwise

Markwayne Mullin said serving as president has cost Trump money. Forbes estimates Trump is $2.7 billion richer than when he won in 2024.

  • Louis Jacobson

You’re not crazy. Voting in Indiana is intimidating.

Here’s what local newsrooms do and don’t do to make you a better voter

  • Tracey Compton

The reporting their universities didn’t want

Four college journalists speak out on the importance of standing up to administrators

  • Jennifer Nehrer

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