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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
August 22, 2019

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Bipartisan concern voiced about Hong Kong misinformation, Alaska public broadcasters lose state funding and local investigators end their investigation into whether a local newspaper in Oregon harassed county officials.  
Top Stories

Lawmakers sound alarm on China’s disinformation campaign in Hong Kong
Emily Birnbaum, Olivia Beavers / The Hill / Aug 22, 2019


Alaska public broadcasters lose state funding
Tyler Falk / Current / Aug 21, 2019


Sheriff in conservative county defends free press
Andrew Selsky / The Associated Press / Aug 21, 2019

Television News

ABC releases new details for 3rd Democratic debate in Houston
Orion Rummler / Axios / Aug 21, 2019

Online Media

Big tech, a conservative provocateur and the fight over disinformation
Nicholas Confessore, Justin Bank / The New York Times / Aug 21, 2019


AT&T restores service to Breitbart after buying out upstart ad company
Russell Brandom / The Verge / Aug 21, 2019


Can TikTok save journalism? The Washington Post is set to find out
Daniel Green / journalism.co.uk / Aug 21, 2019

Media Ethics

Recession watch: Does anyone know what they’re talking about?
Zainab Sultan / Columbia Journalism Review / Aug 22, 2019

Newspaper News

‘Washington Examiner’ launches daily political podcast with Cumulus Media
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost / Aug 21, 2019


The Boston Globe continues its regional expansion experiment, with students in a suburb
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Journalism Lab / Aug 21, 2019

Other News

2 top researchers quitting MIT Media Lab over Epstein ties
Frank Bajak / The Associated Press / Aug 21, 2019

Press & Government

View: Trump’s ‘chopper talk’ puts media on the defensive
Michael Calderone, Daniel Lippman / Politico / Aug 22, 2019

International

Tech-savvy Iranians stay connected on social media despite regime restrictions
Ali Arouzi, Dan De Luce / NBC News / Aug 21, 2019

 

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, Elizabeth Grieco, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking and Mason Walker.

 
 
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