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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
March 20, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News [link removed]
In Today's news: Twitter bans coronavirus misinformation tweets, the effects of the pandemic on local newspapers, and President Trump works to free American journalist held in Syria.
Top Stories
Twitter will ban tweets that spread misinformation about coronavirus ([link removed])
Nick Visser / HuffPost / Mar 19, 2020

‘We were on borrowed time’: Coronavirus could strike final blow to local newspapers ([link removed])
Abené Clayton / The Guardian / Mar 20, 2020

Trump asks Syrian government to ‘work with us’ to free journalist who disappeared ([link removed])
Carol Morello / The Washington Post / Mar 19, 2020

Television News
Meredith stations develop COVID-19 emergency plan ([link removed])
Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting and Cable / Mar 19, 2020

‘Today’ show goes on, with a homebound Savannah Guthrie ([link removed])
John Koblin / The New York Times / Mar 19, 2020

Technology & News
Facebook has a coronavirus problem. It’s WhatsApp. ([link removed])
Hadas Gold, Donie O'Sullivan / CNN / Mar 19, 2020

Messenger app a new tool for breaking news ([link removed])
Dawn Terrick / TVNewsCheck / Mar 19, 2020

Press & Government
Trump drops his coronavirus media detente ([link removed])
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico / Mar 19, 2020

Rep. McCaul warns China’s expulsion of U.S. journalists undermines global security ([link removed])
Lauren Meier / The Washington Times / Mar 19, 2020

Radio News
Keep calm and listen to Brian Lehrer ([link removed])
Jazmine Hughes / The New York Times / Mar 19, 2020

Coronavirus
News organizations drop paywall for coronavirus information ([link removed])
David Bauder / The Associated Press / Mar 20, 2020

‘We’re figuring it out day by day’: Media faces extreme uncertainty in the wake of ad pullbacks ([link removed])
Tim Peterson / Digiday / Mar 20, 2020

“Total annihilation”: Coronavirus may just be the end for many alt-weeklies ([link removed])
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab / Mar 19, 2020

Sports News
SportsCenter’s Van Pelt on coronavirus impact: We might ‘have to ration news out like it’s canned beans’ ([link removed])
Joe Concha / The Hill / Mar 19, 2020

International
In the air ([link removed])
Betsy Morais / Columbia Journalism Review / Mar 19, 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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