March 2022

CNN officially has a new digital channel with the launch of CNN+. “We are going to be the only global video news subscription company,” said Andrew Morse, CNN Chief Digital Officer and Head of CNN+, said this week when unveiling the subscription streaming service that combines live news coverage, on-demandRead More →

María Elena Salinas has joined ABC News as a contributor. The former longtime Univision news anchor will also serve as a consultant for the Race and Culture unit. ABC News President Kim Godwin sent a memo to staff announcing Salinas to the news division. Salinas recently contributed to CBS News,Read More →

The 2022 Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors are chosen The class of 2022 has 24 members – teachers from across the country who have been chosen to participate in the Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA) program and to fly on the SOFIA aircraft in the next cycle. They will receive a week-long trainingRead More →

Supervisor Ed Romaine (pictured with ‘Curby’, the town’s recycling mascot) announced that registration for Brookhaven’s 14th Annual Big Cleanup is now open. The event, which is co-sponsored by the City of Brookhaven’s Department of Recycling and Sustainable Materials Management and TEACHERS Federal Credit Union, will take place on Saturday, MayRead More →

the Fox Business Network Announced its second season of FBN Prime will feature familiar primetime favorites as well as new shows. The network will kick off its new season on Monday, April 25. “We are thrilled to launch an all-new season of FBN Prime, showcasing the many inspiring stories behindRead More →

By Rich Acritelli In praise of old Nassau we sing, Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Our hearts will give, as long as we live, Thumbs up for Old Nassau. These sacred words represent the proud alma mater of Princeton University, which has acquired the academic and athletic talents of current Rocky PointRead More →

Columnist Harrison Markfield calls for less superficial and less selfish news media. Courtesy of Unsplash Editor’s Note: This is part one of a multi-part series. It’s as if American society, or at least the parts that garner national attention and discussion, has become almost derivative of itself. Our institutions –Read More →

Social media has allowed people to connect and find each other. Unfortunately, this has also provided another outlet for scammers. According to the Federal Trade Commission, “More than one in four people who said they lost money to fraud in 2021 said it started on social media with an advertisement,Read More →

One year after Australia’s news trading law: Money covers more jobs, but deals are murky and wealth not evenly distributed For those of you in Canada and the UK, this is a glimpse of our future. The Australian Media Trading Code has allowed Australian news outlets to extract more thanRead More →

Despite the threat of inclement weather, the Atelier de Flowerfield in St. James hosted an opening reception for the first annual Juried Student Artist Show on March 12. Student artists, their proud parents and teachers were in attendance while the following student artists were recognized for their exceptional work. FirstRead More →

Medications and lifestyle changes can reduce your risk By David Dunaief, MD. Dr. David Dunaief With all the focus on infectious disease prevention over the past couple of years, many have lost sight of the risks of heart disease. Despite improving numbers in recent years, heart disease still accounts forRead More →

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has shared the latest research findings on two separate North Korean government-backed attack groups targeting US news media, IT, crypto- currency and fintech. In a blog post by Adam Weidemann, Threat Analysis Group, on February 10, they discovered that the two groups were exploitingRead More →

Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger-backed outside fund manager Li Lu is quick to say, “The biggest risk in investing isn’t price volatility, but whether you’re going to suffer a permanent loss of capital “. It’s natural to consider a company’s balance sheet when looking at its riskiness, as debt is oftenRead More →

As newsrooms strive to become more inclusive, editors and producers may need to be flexible in how reporters do their jobs. Gestures like giving modest gifts after receiving information from a source are taboo for journalists, but it could put some at odds with their culture. “In many Indigenous culturesRead More →

Photo courtesy of SUNY New Paltz Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Barton Gellman, left, 2022 James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor of Journalism, speaks during a Q&A hosted by SUNY New Paltz President Donald Christian, to the right. Gellman will give a talk titled “Secrets, Leaks and the National Security State,” onRead More →

Fox Company FOXA has announced that FOX News Media will expand the distribution of its streaming services across AT&T DIRECTTV platforms owned by T. FOX Nation, FOX News Media’s subscription streaming service, is now available on DIRECTV as a premium add-on, starting March 20. FOX Nation features approximately 5,000 hoursRead More →

The media is finding creative ways to circumvent Kremlin efforts to block independent reporting in Russia, using everything from carbon-copy websites to encryption tools and anonymous browsers. Why is this important: While old-fashioned workarounds like shortwave radio are reintroduced, journalists trying to break through the Russian Iron Curtain for theRead More →

NEW YORK & EL SEGUNDO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 21, 2022– FOX News Media will expand the distribution of its streaming services on DIRECTV platforms, the two companies announced today. FOX News Media’s subscription streaming service FOX Nation will now be available on DIRECTV as a premium add-on that debuted yesterday withRead More →

In an increasingly modern, information-based economy, survival requires an ability to adapt to a changing environment. On the other hand, those who shrink in the face of change will have the hardest time navigating this new normal. This week, TBR News Media had the chance to speak with several leadersRead More →

Flint, MI—Flint Beat won ten Michigan Press Association awards for its coverage in 2021, including “News Media Publication of the Year,” in the local broadcast category. “The team always inspires and amazes me with their dedication not only to the Flint Beat newsroom, but to the Flint community as well,”Read More →

Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Dennis A. Crall, director of Command, Control, Communications and Computers/ Cyber ​​and chief information officer Joint Staff, J6, holds a briefing in the Pentagon. Crall answers questions about the Joint All Domain Command and Control implementation plan via Zoom Date Taken: 03.18.2022Read More →

INMA’s Subscription Benchmarking Service is designed as an international peer-to-peer exchange, promising an active benchmarking community and offering data-rich dashboards with actionable insights and personalized subscription best practices . The paying service is accessible to INMA member companies that publish at least one online information service. Publishers are not boundRead More →

An unexpected but extraordinary display of dissent against the war in Ukraine unfolded on television sets across Russia earlier this week when Marina Ovsyannikova, editor-in-chief of Russia’s Channel One, burst on the board of a live broadcast and chanted: “Stop the war. No to war. To drive home the point,Read More →

A former village clerk is set to take over the mayor’s seat. Donna Koch Residents of the Village of Northport voted for Donna Koch for mayor on March 15. She beat current administrator Dave Weber Jr. for the spot, with an unofficial result of 1,015-799. Until 2020, Koch worked asRead More →

The news media are “essential stakeholders” for major events and should play a central role in all future planning and delivery discussions, according to a government report. The recommendation is among a number of recommendations made by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in a new report on majorRead More →

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq March 14 (THEWILL) — The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has concluded plans to empower 75,600 beneficiaries of Lots A and B of the N-Power scheme financially. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,Read More →

By Chris Ryon Many years ago, I convinced my neighbor Helen Giles to donate a bell that her late husband had bought from my other neighbor, Carl Erikson. Helen’s husband, Bruce, owned the building at the corner of Old Coach Road and 25A in East Setauket and dreamed of restoringRead More →

The Huntington Arts Council has announced that the board has chosen Kieran Johnson as the organization’s new executive director. Most recently, HAC’s Director of Community Partnerships and Development, Johnson has been an integral part of the organization since joining as Chief Business Officer in July 2017. He currently serves asRead More →

At the March 3 city council meeting, Councilwoman Jane Bonner paid tribute to a group of Rocky Point High School tech students who created a prosthetic hand for Anun Suastika, a six-year-old Indonesian boy born without fingers on the right hand. Anan’s father appealed on a website called E-name forRead More →

Passive and active voice graph by Anders BehrmanPicture by André Medhat to Unsplash The best news is about the action. You want to capture that in your writing and grab your audience’s attention. One of the ways is to choose the active voice. Strong verbs are the best words toRead More →

The 50and the anniversary celebrations of the NGO CSW/NY, which organizes the civil society component of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), begin this month. The civil society forum is the central stage for global advocacy to promote women’s empowerment, human rights and gender equality. Russia’sRead More →

The New York Times pulled its reporters out of Russia on Tuesday, the latest precaution taken by a major media company in response to the Kremlin’s punitive new “fake news” law. Why is this important: “Even in the depths of the Cold War, under the Soviet dictatorship, this never happened,”Read More →

Tourists visit the Great Salt Lake on November 19, 2021. The lake officially hit its lowest level on record in October 2021. (Laura Seitz, Deseret News) Estimated reading time: 4-5 minutes SALT LAKE CITY — In the days following his arrival in what is now the Salt Lake Valley, BrighamRead More →

By Barbara Beltrami My mom never made mac and cheese so when I was a kid it was Franco-American straight out of the box. In my youth, I made macaroni and cheese for my children from the Kraft packet which included the elbow macaroni and a small packet of powderedRead More →

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that Starlink, the satellite internet division of his rocket company SpaceX, would not block Russian news sources. Musk on Twitter wrote that he would only do so at gunpoint. “Some governments (not Ukraine) have told Starlink toRead More →