Alison Saldanha

The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.

The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."

Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.

www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...

"Here’s what we don’t say out loud: There’s no money in journalism anymore. No fame, no glamour, no prestige. But there’s lots and lots of money in media—in being a brand, an influencer, a personality. We stopped paying journalists and started rewarding performers."

Supreme Court Case Threatens Mail-in Ballots for Black Voters Various historical barriers to casting ballots in person make having a mail-in option crucial.

Various historical barriers to casting ballots in person make having a mail-in option crucial. https://capitalbnews.org/black-voting-rights-mississippi-mail-in-case/

Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Epstein’s journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.

'What are young and/or struggling journalists supposed to think when the most successful people in the business are the ones with malleable ethics and poor judgement (and, to be honest, pretty bad writers)?'

This is a great read from @marisakabas.bsky.social
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A new statement from the Dallas News Guild: 26 of our members at @dallasnews.com are being outsourced—a violation of our contract.

The national news cycle this week : 🫨🫨🫨

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.

I was recently laid off by ARTnews, a few days before the theft at the Louvre. The terms of my TN work visa means I can't freelance unless I donate the funds to charity. I'm open to new FT roles in business reporting and communications, and am willing to relocate to other cities, including Toronto.

That is a blood curdling howl of anguish characteristic of Mariners fandom at this point.

As the shutdown drags on, these people will lose if health care subsidies expire If Congress doesn’t extend certain ACA tax credits set to expire at the end of the year, subsidized health care plans will increase in cost, putting it out of...

Millions of Americans will face hard choices as state or federal marketplace health insurance plans will be up for renewal in November.

Lamster: Keep your hands off Dallas City Hall Why demolishing I. M. Pei’s iconic building would be a financial boondoggle and an architectural travesty.

Friends: Please join me in the fight to save Dallas City Hall. Spread the word. 
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Texas heat has overstayed its welcome, and could break a record soon. What’s causing it? There’s some exciting news for fall lovers, though: Change is coming.

If a low in the 50s still hasn’t arrived by Thursday – which is not predicted in the forecast – this year will see the latest arrival of the fall chill ever recorded.

How D’Angelo helped launch the career of Dallas’ Erykah Badu If not for R&B singer D’Angelo, who died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at age 51, the world might never have known Erykah Badu.

If not for R&B singer D’Angelo, who died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer at age 51, the world might never have known Erykah Badu.

Cover of The Economist, 23 Aug 2025: "All-American silicon, the fantasy of home-grown chipmaking", after Norman Rockwell's painting Freedom From Want

Norman Rockwell's painting Freedom From Want

Love this cover, especially all the phones on the table

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Trump Sues Wall Street Journal Publisher Dow Jones Over Jeffrey Epstein Article Defamation lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal court.

President Trump filed a lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, alleging the newspaper defamed him in an article about a birthday letter sent to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

New WA hotline to report hate crimes launches in 3 counties • Washington State Standard Washington has launched a hotline to report hate crimes and bias in King, Spokane and Clark counties, three of the state’s biggest.

Most years, Washington sees 500 to 600 hate crime incidents reported to police, according to the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. This places Washington consistently in the top five states with the most reports. (Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard)

In the Mississippi Delta, Black Farmers Are Rebuilding the Legacy of Land Ownership They are reviving the mission of an association of Black churches that fed and educated Black families after the Civil War.

Someone recently asked: “Why [aren’t] Mississippians in particular no longer passing on farming knowledge?”

My response: They are, and here are some of the Black farmers who are training up the next generation in the Mississippi Delta.

MY LATEST: capitalbnews.org/black-farmer...

Multiple firefighters on scene of fast-moving blaze that has reached homes in Selah SELAH — Firefighters are battling a fast-moving blaze that began in brush and has reached homes.

Level 3 “go now” evacuation notices are in effect for the area. (Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic)

Over 20 girls from Camp Mystic unaccounted for after flash flooding, Dan Patrick says Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp for girls, had to be evacuated overnight after “catastrophic” flooding along the Guadalupe River.

Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp for girls in Hunt, had to be evacuated overnight after “catastrophic” flooding along the Guadalupe River.

Coco Gauff is upset at Wimbledon by Dayana Yastremska in first round Gauff, the No. 2 seed, was ousted in straight sets just weeks after winning her second Grand Slam title at the French Open.

Coco Gauff went down in a shocking first-round Wimbledon upset to Dayana Yastremska in straight sets.

Gauff, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, was coming off her second Grand Slam singles title with a win in the French Open last month.

Ex-SMU president Gerald Turner on what bothers him about Dallas — and colleges today Five questions with the longtime head of Southern Methodist University, who never did get used to the summer heat.

SMU's former president discusses what bothers him about Dallas, the changing landscape of higher education and more with High Profile writer Sarah Hepola.

Mamdani Helped a Rival Candidate. She Isn’t Returning the Favor.

“The Democratic establishment, I see them take a lot from progressives but they don’t give a lot back,” said @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social . “That’s why we have Donald Trump in the White House and that’s how we keep recycling people like Andrew Cuomo.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...

The Oak Cliff Film Festival wants you to come back to the theater for real movies This year’s festival is June 26-29 and features a lineup of genres that includes comedy, thriller, documentaries, LGBTQ, foreign and a selection of short films.

This year’s festival is June 26-29 and features a lineup of genres that includes comedy, thriller, documentaries, LGBTQ, foreign and a selection of short films.

A 'perfect' season for Washington's sweet cherries turns sour because of deportation fears - Northwest Public Broadcasting Cherry growers say the threat of deportations under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is keeping the migrant workforce they rely on this time of year from showing up to work. They…

To supply the world with cherries, growers rely on a roving migrant workforce that follows the ripening season from the Southwest, to California, to Washington. It’s a carefully timed migration, and any delay can be costly for farmers. (Monica Nickelsburg / KUOW)

Sixteen venomous species—including cobras, rattlesnakes and mambas—sank their teeth into Tim Friede. The goal? To immunize himself against the world’s deadliest snakes.

Now, his blood has been used to create a prototype for a universal antivenom. 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/45ABKNB

The Farmers Harmed by the Trump Administration Four months ago, the government cut funding to agricultural labs. Kansas farmers and researchers say they can see the damage.

Great story by @peterslevin.bsky.social tracing how agricultural research in Africa helps U.S. farmers.

Starts with aphid-resistant sorghum in Kansas, then other reasons we created these programs in the first place; features Tim Dalton (my first PhD student!), Dave Tschirley & other #FoodEcon folks

TSA urges people to stop trying to use a Costco card as a sufficient REAL ID The TSA is expressing frustrations with travelers who are not providing a proper REAL ID to fly.

TSA urges people to stop trying to use a Costco card as a sufficient REAL ID

If you're going, please find me at the @ire.org conference in New Orleans next week where I'll be leading a resilience workshop with the incomparable Parul Somani!