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Journalism & Media
September 09, 2019

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:  ThinkProgress shuts down, NPR names a new CEO, and new research on how Americans think journalists should express themselves on social media.
Top Stories

ThinkProgress, a top progressive news site, has shut down
Sam Stein, Gideon Resnick / Daily Beast / Sep 6, 2019


NPR names government broadcasting exec John Lansing as CEO
Tyler Falk / Current / Sep 6, 2019


Americans endorse reporter-audience social media interaction
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup / Sep 6, 2019

Media Ethics

Director of M.I.T.’s Media Lab resigns after taking money from Jeffrey Epstein [Subscription required]
Jeremy C. Fox / Boston Globe / Sep 7, 2019


Online harassment is the largest safety concern for female journalists, new study finds
Clare Duffy / CNN / Sep 8, 2019

Television News

Lester Holt’s path from country music DJ to the most powerful perch in news
Sarah Ellison / The Washington Post / Sep 6, 2019

Newspaper News

View: As readers move more toward digital, how are newspapers fulfilling their needs?
Evelyn Mateos / Editor and Publisher / Sep 9, 2019


View: The long and winding road to the GateHouse-Gannett merger — as told to the SEC
Rick Edmonds / Poynter / Sep 6, 2019

Media Business

Group Nine Media raises additional $50 million from Discovery and Axel Springer
Benjamin Mullin / The Wall Street Journal / Sep 9, 2019


‘We’re really confident in our differentiation’: Atlantic President Michael Finnegan discusses its long-awaited paywall
Max Willens / Digiday / Sep 6, 2019

Social Media

New fake-news worry for Instagram
Alexi McCammond / Axios / Sep 9, 2019


Democrat O’Rourke presses U.S. social media companies to combat disinformation
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters / Sep 6, 2019

International

Hong Kong journalists warn of rising police violence against them
Erin Hale / The Guardian / Sep 9, 2019


Advocates condemn xenophobic op-ed by Calgary instructor calling for end to diversity
Sarah Rieger / CBC / Sep 7, 2019


How one journalist covered Robert Mugabe’s rise to power: Cue the carrier pigeons
The New York Times / Sep 6, 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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