Experience: I write fake news
I’m furthering ignorance, certainly, but I don’t think people have died as a result of my work
How the Drudge Report ushered in the age of Trump
Twenty years ago, Matt Drudge’s reports on the Lewinsky affair nearly brought down Bill Clinton. He was seen as the wellspring of a new, hyper-aggressive American conservatism – but has he been outflanked by his imitators?
Rupert Murdoch tells Facebook: pay ‘trusted’ publishers for their content
Amid policy changes at social network, media mogul criticizes it for failing to ‘adequately reward’ publishers that add value and integrity
Why Facebook’s news feed changes are bad news for democracy
News organisations say they have seen a steady drop off in Facebook referred traffic
Why Facebook has abandoned news for the important business of trivia
Mark Zuckerberg has clearly decided that real news has become too troublesome to bother with any more
Italians asked to report fake news to police in run-up to election
Online service launched for flagging up instances as concern grows about rise of phenomenon
Breaking news: why does Hollywood gloss over the world of magazine journalism?
While Steven Spielberg’s drama again venerates the men who report the news, cinema still portrays magazine offices as the realm of shallow, shameful women
The Post is a timely reminder of the struggle between press freedom and government lies
Steven Spielberg’s new film about Nixon’s attempt to gag the US press remains disturbingly relevant
Dan Sabbagh: ‘Editing news is intense, thrilling and ultimately exhausting’
The Guardian’s outgoing national news editor reflects on his years at the helm of one of the busiest desks in the building
Journalists cast as villains need to recall their heroes
The press is proud of its triumphs. But now, under attack as never before, it needs to hold itself to its own values of transparency and rigour too
In ‘fake news’ era, reporters are back on screen as bringers of justice in The Post
Spielberg’s new film, telling the story of a female newspaper boss battling political corruption, gives the media a heroic face again in the age of Trump
‘I met my wife on a train platform’: Twitter responds to Elon Musk with positive public transport stories
Elon Musk’s dismissal of public transport as ‘painful’ prompted Twitter users to share their stories under the hashtag #GreatThingsThatHappenedonTransit
Tory MP Anna Soubry submits dossier of violent threats against her
Document given to Speaker includes dozens of examples of threats, including calls for Brexit ‘mutineer’ to be hanged
Twitter suspends Britain First leaders as it enforces new anti-abuse rules
Jayda Fransen and Paul Golding suspended as social media platform takes steps to protect those targeted by abuse
Tina Brown: ‘What is it with old men and bathrobes?’
At 29, Tina Brown moved to New York to edit Vanity Fair – and went on to have bruising encounters with Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and Garrison Keillor. She meets Emma Brockes