Known for its hard-hitting investigations, ProPublica’s nonprofit newsroom remains highly regarded and awarded. But it came time to reimagine its branding, so that it better represented the news media organization’s evolution. In this E&P Quick Reads spotlight, Contributing Writer Tandy Lau explores the brand overhaul, which included a website redesign, new logo and fresh fonts. The ROI will be deeper engagement and more meaningful connections with ProPublica’s audience.

As artificial intelligence, shrinking newsroom and shifting audience habits reshape journalism, the next generation of reporters is preparing for a profession that looks nothing like the one their predecessors entered. In this in-depth look, E&P Contributing Writer Taayoo Murray explores how Michigan State University’s School of Journalism is adapting its curriculum — teaching students to embrace new tools while preserving the skills that remain at the heart of great journalism: curiosity, critical thinking and the ability to ask the right questions.

Eighteen months after a devastating wildfire displaced thousands of residents, The Palisadian-Post is back, with a new ownership team, a digital-first strategy and a mission to help rebuild a fractured community. In this E&P Quick Reads report, contributing writer Alyssa Choiniere explores how Tim and Laura Schneider are reviving a beloved local news brand, reconnecting scattered Palisadians and reimagining what community journalism can look like after disaster.

As public media organizations navigate layoffs, shrinking budgets, evolving technology and the loss of federal support, the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) is building new ways to help journalists connect, learn and adapt. In conversation with PMJA’s Executive Director Christine Paige Diers, E&P’s Editor-in-Chief Gretchen A. Peck explores PMJA’s mission, its professional development opportunities, and its distinctive ability to maintain connections among the public media community.

The veteran South Florida media leader was among seven people killed when a sightseeing helicopter crashed in northern Kenya.

Pentagon officials have discussed firing the longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes before his scheduled retirement, U.S. officials told CBS News, as the Trump administration strategizes an overhaul of the military news outlet partly funded by American taxpayers.

The Pulitzer Prizes and American Library Association (ALA) today announced the national tour of Pulitzer on the Road: Prize-Winning Works That Inform, Empower & Inspire, a traveling exhibition that will visit 20 public libraries nationwide, with its debut slated for mid-October in Chicago and Dallas. 

Ross Barkan, who has written for New York magazine and The New York Times, said he had “never intended to crib from anyone’s work.”

Axios is expanding its local coverage in Arizona by launching “Axios Mesa” on Aug. 31 and “Axios Scottsdale” Sept. 1.