Jacqueline Alemany, WaPo’s congressional investigations reporter, honored as “Outstanding Journalist in Print”
Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post’s congressional investigations reporter, is being honored as the “Outstanding Journalist in Print” at the 10th Annual Washington Women

Three House Republicans launch probe into NIH’s billion-dollar Public Relations “spending spree”
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on

D.C.-area updates: ScienceLogic, DCI Group and 3Pillar Global
ScienceLogic added Tina McNulty as Chief Marketing Officer and Erin Boyd as Vice President of Sales, North America. McNulty, top in photo, states a

Podcasts have become a big part of the normal routine, and news diet, of many Americans, reports Pew
Following a steady increase in podcast listening over the past decade, podcasts have become a big part of the normal routine – and news diet

“Stunning” news: Tucker Carlson departs Fox News Channel; Don Lemon exits CNN
In “stunning” news just before the upfront advertising market is set to begin, leading cable TV prime-time news host Tucker Carlson is departing

Ron Owens, veteran ad industry advocate, dies at age 85
Ron Owens, president of Ron Owens & Associates, died at age 85 of a heart attack. Owens headed a Baltimore-based consultancy which specialized

Facebook users can apply for their portion of a $725 million lawsuit settlement, reports NPR
Facebook users can now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy lawsuit settlement if they had accounts from May 2007 to December

BuzzFeed News shuts down
In an email to staff shared with NBC News, BuzzFeed Inc. CEO and co-founder Jonah Peretti said BuzzFeed News was shutting down, part

NAB releases campaign to help keep AM radios in autos
In its bid to help keep AM radio available in automobiles, the National Association of Broadcasters has released a series of radio spots and

Nine more states join federal lawsuit against Google
More states have joined a federal lawsuit against search giant Google, claiming the company broke antitrust laws while running its large digital advertising business,

WTOP’s Neal Augenstein recovering after lung cancer surgery
When WTOP’s Neal Augenstein shared his cancer diagnosis in late 2022 and the well wishes and prayers began flowing in. On April 18,

Shomari Stone, who spent more than a decade at WRC, joins WTTG Washington as reporter and anchor
Shomari Stone joins WTTG Washington as a reporter and anchor on May 1, reports Broadcasting & Cable. Stone was a correspondent on CNBC’s

New accessibility guidelines available from The Washington Post
The Washington Post announced that accessibility guidelines are available as part of its open-source design system. Launched last year, this system made fundamental

GetGenius introduces AI social media marketing tool
GetGenius has launched getgenius.ai, which, states a release, is “the world’s first AI-driven social media marketing platform that takes content creation,

Standard General and Tegna urge court to force FCC ruling on proposed merger before financing expires
Standard General and Tegna have filed their reply brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, urging the court

