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Journalism & Media
March 16, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Fox Business host Trish Regan removed from prime-time slot after dismissing the coronavirus, Google offers clarifications on the COVID-19 information website it is building, and local media addresses the challenge of election-year misinformation.
Top Stories

Fox Business benches Trish Regan after outcry over coronavirus comments
Michael M. Grynbaum / The New York Times / Mar 13, 2020


Google will make a coronavirus site—but not like Trump said
Louise Matsakis / Wired / Mar 15, 2020


Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news
David Klepper / The Associated Press / Mar 15, 2020

Coronavirus

Cleveland’s double crisis — coronavirus and a shrinking number of reporters to cover it
Margaret Sullivan / The Washington Post / Mar 15, 2020


ESPN scrambling to figure out programming while live sports shut down indefinitely
Alex Sherman / CNBC / Mar 13, 2020


How the coronavirus could hurt the news business
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / Mar 13, 2020


Pinterest is blocking coronavirus searches, and people are very happy about it
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed / Mar 13, 2020

Election 2020

Pandemic forces CNN into a debate unique to campaign cycle
David Bauder / The Associated Press / Mar 16, 2020

Newspaper News

High school students fill gap in coverage of their Minneapolis neighborhood through community-driven newspaper
Jeffrey R. Young / Star Tribune / Mar 13, 2020

Online Media

Knewz vowed to diversify the news. Has it?
Pete Brown / Columbia Journalism Review / Mar 13, 2020


Deadspin relaunches in Chicago as sports leagues shut down over coronavirus
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune / Mar 13, 2020

Media Business

Public radio stations weigh whether to fundraise during coronavirus pandemic
Tyler Falk / Current / Mar 13, 2020

International

As China cracks down on coronavirus coverage, journalists fight back
Javier C. Hernandez / The New York Times / Mar 14, 2020

 

The Daily Briefing of Media News is edited by Amy Mitchell and Katerina Eva Matsa and compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including: Michael Barthel, Jeffrey Gottfried, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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