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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
May 01, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Unions accuse Gannett of delaying elections, controversy over South Carolina's Post and Courier requiring staff to return to newsroom, and a look at press freedom globally.
Top Stories

Gannett has been stonewalling elections for three newspaper unions
Kerry Flynn / CNN / Apr 30, 2020


The Post and Courier is requiring staff return to the newsroom, leaving its reporters angry and frustrated
Tom Jones / Poynter / May 1, 2020


5 charts on views of press freedom around the world
Aidan Connaughton / Pew Research Center / May 1, 2020

Press & Government

Pence staff threatens action against reporter who tweeted about visit to clinic without surgical mask
Paul Farhi / The Washington Post / Apr 30, 2020

Newspaper News

Publisher of La Cañada Outlook to revive Burbank Leader, Glendale News-Press and Valley Sun
Meg James / Los Angeles Times / Apr 30, 2020


The New York Times’ morning email newsletter is getting an official “host and anchor”
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab / Apr 30, 2020

Television News

Fox News’ Facebook Live kids show gets 350k viewers per episode
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / May 1, 2020

Media Business

Boss flees Slack as workers deride corporate greed
Laura Wagner / Vice / Apr 30, 2020


Massive layoffs with a side of union-busting — how Advance dismantled its print staff in Cleveland
Rick Edmonds / Poynter / Apr 30, 2020


Nekesa Mumbi Moody named editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter
Sara Fischer / Axios / Apr 30, 2020

Technology & News

Newsroom information security after Snowden
Jennifer R. Henrichsen / Columbia Journalism Review / Apr 30, 2020

International

Tech firms criticised for ‘lack of answers’ on Covid-19 disinformation
Jim Waterson / The Guardian / Apr 30, 2020


View: Free media can be a life-saver in a pandemic; let’s save it from extinction
James Dean, Nishant Lalwani / Devex / May 1, 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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