David Folkenflik

Kamala Harris is the first Black woman and the first South Asian to be chosen as a vice presidential candidate by a major party. Many conservative commentators are picking apart her identity.

Trump's false claims on Fox News about the near immunity of children to COVID-19 stirred Facebook and Twitter to pull video of him saying so. NPR talks about the president and misinformation.

Journalist and writer Pete Hamill, who chronicled New York City, died Wednesday at age 85. He worked as the editor of The New York Post and The Daily News and was the author of numerous books.

The rupture capped a period of intensifying criticism of coverage and views in the news empire created by his father Rupert Murdoch, such as in The Wall Street Journal and the Fox News Channel.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the public broadcaster lost about a quarter of its radio audience in the second quarter of 2020, compared with a year earlier. Even so, digital audiences surged.

A top writer for Fox News' Tucker Carlson resigns after CNN revealed his racist and sexist posts, reviving criticism of Carlson's commentaries. Carlson is set to address the controversy Monday.

The agency that oversees international media such as Voice of America is examining visa renewals "case-by-case." Denial could mean expulsion from the U.S. and a return to hostile home countries.

Dozens of foreign nationals working in the U.S. for Voice of America may have to leave the country, putting some at risk of retribution from their nations' governments.

Fox News fired Ed Henry after an investigation into "willful sexual misconduct in the workplace." In 2017, a colleague had warned against raising Henry's profile amid the network's effort to reform.

On Wednesday LA Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine pledged greater diversity and sensitivity. Yet in court, LA Times journalists allege longstanding bias against Blacks, Hispanics and women.

The new CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media Michael Pack has been sued for firing leaders of international broadcasters funded by the government. They claim their dismissals broke the law.

The Post announces more than a dozen new jobs involving race and the Times says it will devise a strategy to better hire, develop, support and promote people, particularly people of color.

On Wednesday, President Trump's new appointee as CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media dismissed the directors of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia and other government outlets.

Staffers at the Los Angeles Times say editors have failed to fulfill promises of racial equity at the paper including in hiring, pay and the coverage it offers readers.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Keith Burris rejects accusations of racial discrimination by the paper after it wouldn't allow a black reporter to cover protests. He says she showed bias in a tweet.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette barred a black reporter from covering unrest over a flippant tweet. The same day, editors gave a white reporter only a warning for a vulgar tweet about a looting suspect.

The racial justice fight that has sparked protests across the nation has also ignited protests within some of country's leading newsrooms. The latest incident involves the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The editorial page editor of The New York Times has resigned in the wake of a controversy over the decision to run an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton titled "Send in the Troops."

After reporters publicly rebelled, leaders at The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer apologize for publishing controversial pieces on law enforcement and the protests over racial injustice.

Police are seemingly targeting reporters at protests across the nation - sometimes causing significant injuries. Why?