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Journalism & Media
April 17, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Facebook to warn users who liked coronavirus hoaxes, NPR faces steep cuts, a look at how campaign journalism has changed during the pandemic.
Top Stories

Facebook to warn users who ‘liked’ coronavirus hoaxes
Barbara Ortutay, Amanda Seitz / The Associated Press / Apr 16, 2020


NPR chief warns of steep cost cuts amid coronavirus pandemic [Subscription required]
Benjamin Mullin / The Wall Street Journal / Apr 16, 2020


Reporters grounded by pandemic lose ‘that window into the campaign’
Michael M. Grynbaum / The New York Times / Apr 16, 2020

Newspaper News

Deep newspaper job cuts prompt rare plea for federal funding to news media
Jonathan O'Connell / The Washington Post / Apr 16, 2020


McClatchy gets takeover offer from Chatham, Brigade Capital [Subscription required]
Jonathan Randles / The Wall Street Journal / Apr 16, 2020


California Times folds Burbank Leader, Glendale News-Press and La Cañada Valley Sun
Meg James / Los Angeles Times / Apr 16, 2020

Press & Government

“These people aren’t zombies. They’re people, and we don’t know what they’re dealing with.”
Rebecca Onion / Slate / Apr 16, 2020

Online Media

This new newsletter looks to inform the black community about the coronavirus
Adriana Lacy / Nieman Journalism Lab / Apr 16, 2020


From Skype interviews to wire-service video: How NowThis has adapted to remote production
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / Apr 17, 2020

Media Business

Local broadcasting can take a financial punch — but stations are hurting in this pandemic
Rick Edmonds / Poynter / Apr 16, 2020


BuzzFeed News shuts down AM to DM, its morning news show, after Twitter pulls funding
Sarah Scire / Nieman Journalism Lab / Apr 16, 2020

International

Call for windfall tax on tech firms to help UK newspapers survive
Jim Waterson / The Gurardian / Apr 17, 2020


China post-coronavirus: Signs of life, censorship and paranoia
Paul Mozur / The New York Times / Apr 16, 2020


Hit by sharp ad decline, India’s newspapers cut jobs and salaries
Aditya Kalra / Reuters / Apr 16, 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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