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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
September 24, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:  American Public Media CEO to step down amid frustration regarding racial and gender equity, the administration proposes weakening the legislation that protects social media companies from being held liable for content on their sites, and fact-checkers collaborate to tackle misinformation.
Top Stories

American Public Media CEO to resign amid pressure for institutional change
Mary Louise Kelly / NPR / Sep 23, 2020


Trump eyes ‘concrete legal steps’ against social media sites for alleged bias against conservatives
Tony Romm / The Washington Post / Sep 23, 2020


The sheer amount of misinformation is forcing fact-checkers to collaborate
Susan Benkelman, Harrison Mantas / Poynter / Sep 24, 2020

Election 2020

Broadcast networks boost election content in final weeks of presidential campaign
Ted Johnson / Deadline / Sep 23, 2020


“Connect the dots”: Marty Baron warns Washington Post staff about covering hacked materials
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair / Sep 23, 2020

Media Business

Paywalls: New York Times chief Meredith Kopit Levien says 100m will pay for online news by 2030
William Turvill / PressGazette / Sep 23, 2020


CNN shuts down streaming news network ‘Great Big Story’
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post / Sep 23, 2020

About Misinformation

Reddit squashed QAnon by accident
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Atlantic / Sep 23, 2020

Radio News

Radio Milwaukee launches podcast about its city’s systemic racism
Grace George / Current / Sep 23, 2020

Media Ethics

View: As a female broadcaster, I know how ‘lookism’ holds women back
Afua Hirsch / The Guardian / Sep 24, 2020

International

Sir Harold Evans, crusading publisher and author, dies at 92
Hillel Italie / The Associated Press / Sep 24, 2020


Wuhan Covid journalist missing since February found, says friend
Helen Davidson / The Guardian / Sep 24, 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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