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Study: Biz journalists earn more than other journalists

The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism study shows business journalists earn 30% more than average journalists for the fourth year in a row.

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Trump Lawyers Ask to Extend Deadlines in $20 Billion CBS Lawsuit, Citing ‘Active Settlement Discussions’


The president’s team asked the Texas federal court to delay the deadlines for the media giant’s motion to compel and his response to that motion to June 30 and July 7, respectively

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Cyberattack on Washington Post Strikes Journalists’ Email Accounts


The attack compromised email accounts of several journalists and was potentially the work of a foreign government, company officials told some affected staffers in recent days.

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Inside the 5-year strategy to create a paid CNN


IA familiar New York Times playbook — verticals, bundles and slow iteration — is taking shape at CNN as the network looks beyond cable

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Study finds little agreement between Republicans and Democrats on media sources they trust


Pew survey finds Forbes and The Wall Street Journal are the only two of 30 news sources that both Democrats and Republicans are likely to trust more than distrust.

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Appeals court hands AP an incremental loss in its attempt to regain its access to Trump events


The ruling agreed with Trump’s assertion that it’s up to the president to decide who gets into spaces like the Oval Office. “If the president sits down for an interview with (Fox News’) Laura Ingraham, he is not required to do the same with (MSNBC’s) Rachel Maddow,” the opinion said.

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CBS Anchor Scott Pelli's dire warnings of threats to free speech go viral


Pelley’s May 19 graduation address at Wake Forrest University went viral over the weekend.; triggers backlash from supporters of President Trump

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Study: Biz journalists earn more than other journalists

The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism study shows business journalists earn 30% more than average journalists for the fourth year in a row.

Read Story by Reynold Center

Trump Lawyers Ask to Extend Deadlines in $20 Billion CBS Lawsuit, Citing ‘Active Settlement Discussions’


The president’s team asked the Texas federal court to delay the deadlines for the media giant’s motion to compel and his response to that motion to June 30 and July 7, respectively

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Mike Kandel at 95:  A Journalist's Life, Unfiltered and Unforgettable 

By Mel Laytner


The Silurians Press Club is no stranger  to legendary journalists, but few can hold a room with the charm, wit, and sheer force of intellect that is Myron “Mike” Kandel. 


At 95, the financial journalism pioneer walked up to the podium at the Silurians May 21 luncheon with the casual confidence of a man who been there, done that, and probably re-edited your lede on his way. He had stories. He had punchlines. He had a lifetime worth of hard-earned wisdom.

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Bosker's New Book Lambasts Contemp Art World

In Get the Picture, Bosker throws herself into the nerve center of art and the people who live for it: gallerists, collectors, curators, and, of course, artists themselves—the kind who work multiple jobs to afford their studios while scrabbling to get eyes on their art.
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Bosker's New Book Lambasts Contemp Art World

In Get the Picture, Bosker throws herself into the nerve center of art and the people who live for it: gallerists, collectors, curators, and, of course, artists themselves—the kind who work multiple jobs to afford their studios while scrabbling to get eyes on their art.
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Gender gap in who uses AI. Recent study finds usage tilts heavily toward men.

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I Wanted a ‘Team of Rivals’ to Give Me Advice. So I Turned to AI.

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Can AI help local journalists cover 169 towns? A Conn. outlet tries to find out

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Anthropic Settles authors' lawsuit charging AI firm willfully used pirated books

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AI startup Perplexity launches a revenue-share model for using news articles.

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The good, the bad, and the completely made-up: Newsrooms wrestle for accuracy from AI Apps

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AI-powered search tools threaten the survival of the online news industry

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Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal

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I Wanted a ‘Team of Rivals’ to Give Me Advice. So I Turned to AI.

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Can AI help local journalists cover 169 towns? A Connecticut outlet tries to find out

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Anthropic settles authors' lawsuit charging AI firm willfully used pirated books

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AI startup Perplexity Is launching a revenue-share model for using news articles.

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SHORT VIDEO: How the New York Times uses AI in its investigations

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The good, the bad, and the completely made-up: Newsrooms wrestling for accurate AI answers

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AI-powered search tools threaten the survival of the online news industry

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Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal

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AND THE AWARDS GO TO…

  

Silurians 2025 Excellence in Journalism Awards Honor Local Reporting On Crime, Sex Trafficking, Migrants, Brain Surgery and More

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  • Sixteen categories covering print, broadcast and online news are honored.
  • The New York Times, Newsday, and The Record (aka NorthJersey.com) win the bulk of Medallions and runner-up Merit awards. 
  • However, Bloomberg News, Pro Publica, and NBC's Iteam also garner top honors, as do smaller outlets including NJ.com, THE CITY and STAT News. 

 By Michael S. Serrill

 

The scene, as shown by nearby building cameras, was as cinematic as it gets. The masked assassin approaches his victim from behind, pulls out what looks like a long pistol, spreads his legs to steady himself and shoots an unarmed man several times in the back.


 The man—Brian Thompson, ​the CEO of UnitedHealthcare—would die within minutes, while his killer, in a kind of tribute to New York’s impenetrable traffic, makes his getaway on a Citi Bike, ditched later in Central Park.


The early-morning sidewalk murder of a health insurance company’s top executive was the biggest crime story of 2024—certainly in New York and, perhaps, the nation. Minutes after the initial television news flash of the shooting on the sidewalk outside a midtown hotel, Bloomberg News began reporting on the assassination of Thompson with bulletins from the conference he had been scheduled to address. Quickly blanketing the story, Bloomberg stayed on top of the news while adding sidebars about the shooting’s impact on the business community and healthcare.


Bloomberg’s comprehensive coverage put a stake in its claim to the Thompson murder story by winning two first-place Medallions in the Silurians Press Club’s 80th Excellence in Journalism competition—one Medallion for Breaking News and another Medallion in the Radio/Audio category. 

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Kennedy Sessions, 2025 Dennis Duggan Award Recipient

Sessions, 26, specializes in Local Accountability Reporting and Data Journalism at the CUNY Newmark J-school.. Interested in covering how elected officials' decisions and policies impact lives of constituents.

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Marina Samuels, 2025 Local Reporting Scholarship

Samuel, 24, specializes in Local Accountability Reporting and Data Journalism at the CUNY Newmark J-School, . "Work that we do should...reflect the struggles, amplify the voices of the community, and fights for its needs.

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Anna Oakes, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

Anna Oakes spent the last two years reporting on immigration, social movements, and healthcare.Will work as a summer fellow in local accountability journalism at The City. 

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Silurians Scholarship Program

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Kennedy Sessions, 2025 Dennis Duggan Award Recipient

Sessions, 26, specializes in Local Accountability Reporting and Data Journalism at the CUNY Newmark J-school..

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Marina Samuels, 2025 Local Reporting Scholarship

Samuel, 24, CUNY Newmark J-school. "Work that we do should...reflect the struggles, amplify the voices of the community.

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Anna Oakes

Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Oakes spent the last two years reporting on immigration, social movements, and healthcare.

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Garrett Owen

“Adherence to the hard truths and standards of integrity must always be followed and respected. We get to do that; We have the honor and privilege to do that. It’s a good kind of pressure.”

Garrett Own's Acceptance

Journalism and AI


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Artificial Intelligence in journalism is no longer a question of if, but how fast and in what forms. Its use by print, broadcast and alternate news media is accelerating at a remarkable clip.

Here you will find links to articles, clips and videos that will be updated from time to time to help better understand this accelerating trend.

Journalism and AI


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Artificial Intelligence in journalism is no longer a question of if, but how fast and in what forms. Its use by print, broadcast and alternate news media is accelerating at a remarkable clip.

Here you will find links to articles, clips and videos that will be updated from time to time to help better understand this accelerating trend.

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Opinion: From ‘Google Zero’ to AI theft: How artificial intelligence is gutting the news industry

"My only hope is someone 20 years from now dusts off this column to mock how wrong I was about the death of journalism at the hands of AI.”

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Let’s get to the point: Three newsrooms on generating AI summaries for news

“Summaries aren’t a replacement for journalism: they can’t exist without it.” The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Yahoo News on what they’ve learned rolling out AI-powered summaries.

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Pros and Cons of Proposed "Oregon Journalism Protection Act" That Would Require Google to pay for AI Scraping of Content

With new AI summaries, there's little reason for viewers to click through to the news outlets websites, impacting revenue and viewership. But it's complicated and not all journalism outlets support the bill.

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5 AI bots took our tough reading test. One was smartest — and it wasn’t ChatGPT.

We challenged AI helpers to decode legal contracts, simplify medical research, speed-read a novel and make sense of Trump speeches. Some of the AI analysis was impressive — and some was downright dumb.

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Will Writing Survive A.I.? This Media Company Is Betting on It.

 Every’s has become something of a Rorschach test for the news industry. It is a symbol of A.I.’s potential to empower journalists or unemploy them, depending on your point of view.

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More than 2 years after ChatGPT, newsrooms struggle with AI’s shortcomings

"Though many major newsrooms have adopted AI guidelines since ChatGPT’s launch, the sheer size of some newsrooms’ staff, coupled with multiple external partnerships, complicates identifying where embarrassing AI blunders can occur.

Recent Guests/Speakers

Mike Kandel at 95: Unfiltered and Unforgettable

By Mel Laytner


The Silurians Press Club is no stranger to legendary journalists, but few can hold a room with the charm, wit, and sheer force of intellect that is Myron “Mike” Kandel.   

Her Worst Day, Best Day, and Weed Bearing Her Name:  A Very Connie Story

By Mel Laytner


Perhaps the worst day of Connie Chung’s life  was being fired from her dream job, sitting in “half of Walter Cronkite’s seat,” co-anchoring the CBS Evening News. With karmic irony, two days later was one of her best: Chung and husband Maury Povich learned that their long-pursued adoption had come through. 

Press Under Siege: Media Experts Assess the Impact of Trump’s Attacks

By Mel Laytner


In an afternoon of lively give-and-take, two leading observers of the national news media offered bleak and contrasting assessments of the challenges confronting the press today, from relentless attacks by President Donald Trump to collapsing business models.


They offered reasons for despair and some rays of hope. Brian Stelter, chief media analyst for CNN, and Oliver Darcy, publisher of the highly regarded Status newsletter, spoke before a rapt Silurians luncheon on March 19.  
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