Wade Goodwyn reported for NPR for three decades and was known for his deep Texas bass and keen reporting observations and sharp writing. He's pictured here at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2018. Allison Shelley/NPR hide caption
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Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Kevin Merida says the decision to lay off 13% of newsroom staff is "agonizing." Kevin Wolf/Invision/AP hide caption
Chris Licht was chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide. Mike Coppola/Getty Images for CNN hide caption
Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London on Tuesday to testify against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
Journalists at two dozen Gannett Co.-owned newspapers across the country staged a walk-out Monday and Tuesday to protest pay and working conditions. The NewsGuild noted their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
"Meet The Press" moderator Chuck Todd speaks on SiriusXM's Author Confidential on December 3, 2014 in Washington, DC. Larry French/Getty Images hide caption
USA Today has appointed NPR Vice President for Newsgathering and Executive Editor Terence Samuel as its next editor in chief. He will inherit a newsroom with a national reputation buffeted by repeated cuts. Stephen Voss/NPR hide caption
How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community
Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney, on June 9, 2021. Australia's most decorated living war veteran, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith, committed a slew of war crimes while in Afghanistan, including the unlawful killings of unarmed prisoners, a judge ruled on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption
The standoff in California is the latest scuffle between the tech giants and the news industry. Facebook and Google also resisted efforts in Australia and Canada that aimed to force the companies to cut deals with news publishers. LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ivy Lee, founder and editor of the independent Chinese-language magazine Sino Monthly, stands behind her desk at the magazine's N.J. headquarters. Tsering Bista/NPR hide caption
'Like milk': How one magazine became a mainstay of New Jersey's Chinese community
Picketers pass near stage 5 at a studio entrance during a Writers Guild rally outside Warner Bros. Studios, on Wednesday, in Burbank, Calif. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
Evan Gershkovich at a court hearing in April to consider an appeal on his arrest. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A federal investigation found former U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack (at right) repeatedly engaged in abuses of power and gross mismanagement. Pack, shown last year at a party with conservative politician and publisher Steve Forbes, sought to stamp out all hints of anti-Trump sentiment at the agency, the Voice of America, and other networks funded by the federal government. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, April 21, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
New York Times chairman and publisher A.G. Sulzberger, shown above, on Monday called for journalists to operate independent of government pressure, corporate influence, partisan agenda - and personal ideology. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption
The New York Times' Sulzberger warns reporters of 'blind spots and echo chambers'
Martha Stewart arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. At 81, Stewart isn't slowing down and some might say she's heating up as one of Sports Illustrated's 2023 cover models. In an Instagram post Monday, May 15, 2023, the businesswoman and media personality wrote she hopes the cover inspires people "to try new things, no matter what stage of life you're in." Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Vice Media offices on Feb. 1, 2019 in Venice, Calif. The once-hot media startup filed for bankruptcy after failing to sell itself. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Hodding Carter III, then-president, CEO and trustee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, answers a question during a news conference in Washington, on Nov. 24, 2003. Carter has died at age 88. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
MTV news correspondent Sway Calloway and Hillary Clinton speak to Iraq War veterans during a taping of MTV's "Choose or Lose" on March 18, 2008 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Jeff Fusco/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association Convention in Indianapolis on April 14. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption
Agence France-Presse journalist Arman Soldin smiles as a cat stands on his shoulders in November in Ukraine. Colleagues of Soldin, who was killed in Ukraine on Tuesday, gathered solemnly at the press agency's Paris headquarters the day after his death to remember the 32-year-old. Bulent Kilic/AP hide caption