Former IndyStar reporter Ryan Martin returns as executive editor
Martin was part of a team of journalists from IndyStar and three other news organizations that won the 2021 Pulitzer in the category of national reporting.
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Nate Feltman becomes sole owner of IBJ Media
IBJ Media CEO and Publisher Nate Feltman purchased the shares of Indianapolis businessmen Mickey Maurer and Bob Schloss this month.
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Indianapolis Star printing plant to close; operations shifting to Illinois
A 120-year run of local printing of The Indianapolis Star will end with the closure of the Pulliam Production Center.
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Indiana Local News Initiative hires Oseye Boyd for editor’s role
Ball State University alum Oseye Boyd will exit her role at The Indianapolis Star to lead the not-for-profit media startup’s newsroom.
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Newspapers in Columbus, 3 other regional cities to reduce print publication days
Aim Media Indiana’s newspapers in Columbus, Greenfield, Franklin and Seymour plan to reduce the number of print publication days starting next month.
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Award-winning Hoosier sports writer Bob Hammel dies at 88
Hammel, who was closely associated with legendary IU basketball coach Bob Knight, won 16 Indiana Sportswriter of the Year awards and covered many of the biggest stories in Indiana sports history.
News team that provides content to Indiana public broadcasters to be dismantled
Indiana Public Broadcasting News is in peril after the Indiana Legislature removed millions of dollars earmarked to support public stations.
Major newspapers ran summer reading list with book titles made up by AI
Two major newspapers find themselves at the center of an AI-related gaffe after they published syndicated content packed with unidentifiable quotes from fake experts and imaginary book titles.
IndyStar’s executive editor exiting job to return to Colorado
Eric Larsen is the fourth consecutive IndyStar executive editor to hold the position for less than two years.
IBJ wins 9 honors, Indiana Lawyer earns 4 at Indiana journalism event
Combined, the publications won eight first-place awards Friday night at the Best of Indiana event in Carmel.
John Feinstein, author of ‘A Season on the Brink,’ about Bob Knight, dies at 69
When “A Season on the Brink” appeared in 1986, it was immediately recognized as a breakthrough in sports writing.
A reporter keeps asking about Caitlin Clark. Players want her banned.
The Women’s National Basketball Players Association has issued a statement calling for the league to revoke the credential of columnist Christine Brennan, one of the most recognizable sports journalists in the country.
Samm Quinn promoted to IBJ managing editor role
Samm Quinn served as editor of IBJ’s special publications and wrote about the city of Indianapolis as well as North of 96th topics.
IBJ Media names Jim Meyer editor of The Indiana Lawyer
Jim Meyer, news editor of The Herald-Bulletin in Anderson, served in the U.S. Army for eight years before earning his journalism degree.
Eight major newspapers join legal backlash against OpenAI, Microsoft
The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft used copyrighted newspaper articles to train their algorithms without compensating content owners.
Gannett, McClatchy news chains say they will stop using Associated Press content
The decision by Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, severs a century-old partnership.
New York Times sues OpenAI, Microsoft over use of stories used to train chatbots
The suit says OpenAI and Microsoft are advancing their technology through the “unlawful use of The Times’s work to create artificial intelligence products that compete with it.”
AP, other news organizations develop standards for use of artificial intelligence
AP is one of a handful of news organizations that have begun to set rules on how to integrate fast-developing tech tools like ChatGPT into their work.
Gannett sues Google and Alphabet, claiming they have monopoly on digital advertising
The largest U.S. newspaper publisher by total daily circulation alleges in the suit that Google controls how publishers sell their ad slots and forces them to sell an increasing amount of ad space to Google at lower prices.
IndyStar employees to join Gannett protest by withholding bylines
Employees for two-dozen publications at the largest newspaper chain in the country were scheduled to walk off work for a day or two starting Monday, but journalists at the Indianapolis Star planned a smaller protest.
IBJ wins nine awards in Indiana journalism competition
IBJ reporter Susan Orr and Managing Editor Greg Weaver each won two awards at the Best of Indiana Journalism Awards, hosted by the Indiana Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
BuzzFeed News to be shut down in corporate cost-cutting move
Digital advertising has plummeted this year, cutting into the profitability of major tech companies from Google to Facebook. Waves of layoffs have rolled through the tech industry and more are expected.
Not-for-profit news startup launches with editor searches in Indianapolis, Gary
With $10 million in funding, the Indiana Local News Initiative said it intends to report nonpartisan information at no cost to its audience.
Lesley Weidenbener: A few new features for IBJ in 2023
A new year is always a good time to make a change, not just personally but at work as well. And so we are making a few tweaks to IBJ.