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Journalism & Media
September 02, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Facebook removes network of Russian operatives targeting U.S. journalists, a look at how sports news outlets have shifted to covering politics, and French magazine Charlie Hebdo reprints inflammatory cartoons as terrorist trial begins.
Top Stories

Facebook takes down Russian operation that recruited U.S. journalists, amid rising concerns about election misinformation
Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin / The Washington Post / Sep 1, 2020


ESPN and competitors ditch their ‘stick to sports’ mantra. Politics is now fair game
Kerry Flynn / CNN / Sep 1, 2020


French magazine Charlie Hebdo republishes Prophet Muhammad cartoons as trial begins
Saphora Smith, Nancy Ing / NBC News / Sep 2, 2020

Television News

A new way to measure sports
Sara Fischer, Kendall Baker / Axios / Sep 1, 2020


Local TV stations team up to launch streaming service [Subscription required]
Lillian Rizzo / The Wall Street Journal / Sep 1, 2020

Press & Government

At Voice of America, Trump appointee sought political influence over coverage
David Folkenflik / NPR / Sep 2, 2020

Local News

How two local newsrooms are sewing diversity into the fabric of their organizations
Eliana Miller / Poynter / Sep 1, 2020


For BIPOC communities, local news crisis extends beyond major cities
Andrea Wenzel, Letrell Deshan Crittenden / Columbia Journalism Review / Sep 1, 2020

Coronavirus

When you’re supposed to stay at home all the time, service journalism fills a new role
Rachel Del Valle / Nieman Journalism Lab / Sep 1, 2020

Media Ethics

Omar, Tlaib call on MSNBC host Joy Reid to apologize after comments deemed Islamophobic
Sam Dorman / Fox News / Sep 1, 2020


View: Journalists need to remember that not all news readers are White
Marc Lacey / Nieman Reports / Sep 1, 2020

Social Media

Twitter to add context to trending topics
Nicole Perlroth, Kate Conger / The New York Times / Sep 1, 2020

International

One Free Press Coalition spotlights journalists under attack
Wired / Sep 1, 2020


View: I’m a Black journalist in the UK. That simple fact still makes me unusual
Niellah Arboine / The Guardian / Sep 2, 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, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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