California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a budget bill that includes $25 million for a Berkeley journalism fellowship program. The program will award up to 40 fellows per year a $50,000 annual stipend for three years starting in 2023.

While killings of journalists are rare in the U.S., threats are not. Media critic Margaret Sullivan explores the issue in the wake of investigative reporter Jeff German’s slaying in Las Vegas. 

The Crestone Eagle, a Colorado newspaper, has become a nonprofit. The 33 year-old monthly had been struggling to survive. 

Time Magazine is being criticized for using a “ludicrous set of pronouns” to describe Maia Kobabe,  author of “Gender Queer: A Memoir.” They included “e/em/eir.”

National Geographic laid off six of its top editors in an reorganization. High-level cuts are unprecedented at the magazine. 

A nefarious threat to journalists exists in the filing of slapps—Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. They are seen as a form of legal harassment.