1 year of E&P's "Photo of the Month"

"Texas Storm" E&P Photo of the Month for May 2024

Being there at the right time and right place?  Photographer Douglas Kirk was on a three-story tower in September 2013 looking out across the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio when this weather system turned into a beast.

"Wolf Moon" E&P Photo of the Month for April 2024

The January full moon, also known as the Wolf Moon, rises over the bison at Kendrick Park in Sheridan, Wyoming on Jan.24, 2024.

"Fire in Beeville" E&P Photo of the Month for March 2024

A lone volunteer fireman battles an early morning blaze in October 2023.

"Morning in Elko." E&P Photo of the Month for February, 2024

The Ruby View Golf Course was covered in a thick blanket of snow on January 11, 2024. The golf course in Elko made for an interesting morning walk following a snowstorm. Trees, signs and even flags peek above the snow, and some signs of life, like paw prints, let those walking by know they were not alone. The National Weather Service said there was a chance of rain or snow expected later in the week.

"Bodyslam." E&P Photo of the Month for January, 2024

A bodyslam punctuated the action at a September 2023 fundraiser in Flatwoods, Kentucky, which featured a gospel sing followed by wrestling.
E&P Exclusives
When journalists are looking to improve their work, understand how to dig deeper into important topics, or discover new trends in journalism, there are many training options across the country. The National Press Club Journalism Institute provides many of the same types of professional training you’d see at other places. However, unlike many other institutions, the Journalism Institute dives into the person who does the work, not just the work itself.
What started as a plan to combat disinformation and fake news, The Legitimate Platform has become the app that works to support journalists. Legitimate started in January 2020 and is a one-stop shop for journalists to spread information quickly. Conceived by Caoimhe and Gerard Donnelly, it acts as a conduit, offering items such as three hours of transcription service with unlimited uploads and, using artificial intelligence, creating article outlines in its free version.
For the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, dabbling in new ideas is at the center of the organization’s identity as they have a new CEO and publisher at the helm. Whether the company is expanding into the greater Minnesota community, creating partnerships or investing in products, changes are happening in an effort to build on the paper's 157-year legacy.
Industry News
The board of directors of the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees (IAPE), Local 1096 of The NewsGuild-CWA, has authorized a strike vote to be conducted by its members working at Dow Jones & Company.
The News/Media Alliance applauds additional publications for filing a lawsuit today in the Southern District of New York against Microsoft and OpenAI. Similar to the suit filed by The New York Times in December, the newspapers claim that the two tech companies have violated copyright law by using millions of the newspapers’ copyright protected articles in the training of their generative AI bots.
A group of eight major daily newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News, sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Tuesday, joining the backlash to artificial-intelligence companies that have used copyrighted work to train their algorithms without compensating content owners.