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Voces Internship of Idaho, an internship placement program, started out of frustration.  As co-founders of the program —  Ximena, an Idahoan, and Nicole, one of the state’s first Hispanic Affairs reporters  — we were tired of leaders saying they wanted to diversify their newsrooms. They claimed to want to hire more reporters who spoke Spanish […]

Amidst reports of further cost cutting and layoffs, Allen Media Broadcasting announced Saturday it will hub its weather forescasts. In a press release (this one was posted to the website of its San Francisco station KRON), Allen Media said it’s “rolling out a groundbreaking format for local weather coverage powered by The Weather Channel across…Amidst

In an about-face, TikTok has told advertisers that ad campaigns targeting U.S. audiences will resume delivering ads on Sunday, following the shutdown of its platform for just a few hours, according to a memo reviewed by ADWEEK. Live campaigns, however, will have “certain limitations.” The memo notes that while TikTok has reinforced its infrastructure to…In

After going dark for a few hours over the weekend, TikTok has returned following a pledge from President-elect Donald Trump to delay the app’s U.S. ban on his first day back in office. Whether the popular social platform can find a permanent way to stay online in America remains unclear. If it can’t, billions of…After

The vertical videos that once flowed natively from a sleek smartphone app have been replaced by a link to a website, and the trending tunes that soundtracked them have been silenced. TikTok has officially gone dark in the U.S., at least for now. A message on the app for U.S. users says that TikTok isn’t…The

Top of the Ticker: CNN has been found liable by a Florida jury in its defamation case brought by Navy veteran Zachary Young. Young had accused the network of inflicting financial harm as a result of displaying his face onscreen alongside a Nov. 2021 story that discussed a “black market” that smuggled Afghanistan citizens out…Top

Hours after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a law banning TikTok in the U.S. as of Sunday, the platform’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, posted his response in video form, going out of his way to praise President-elect Donald Trump. “On behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users across the country, I want to…Hours

Back in the 2010s, journalists and the legacy media outlets that employed them famously pivoted to video on digital platforms like Facebook and Twitter. In 2020, they pivoted to TikTok. As the world went into lockdown amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the platform saw its audience skyrocket. And those incoming viewers proved particularly hungry for news–a…Back

The wildfires that have raged in the Los Angeles area since Jan. 7 have resulted in large-scale amounts of property destruction and people displacement. With the death toll still climbing and over 12,000 structures damaged, it is expected to be one of the costliest natural disasters in the country’s history, with an estimated price tag…The

Stanley Cups, Charli XCX’s Apple dance, Duolingo’s “unhinged” green owl mascot, and being “very demure, very mindful.” Some things are simply synonymous with TikTok, including the brands that have used the platform to boost themselves into the stratosphere via paid and native content. From January 19, TikTok will be banned in the U.S. after the…Stanley