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Journalism & Media
December 22, 2020

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In Today's news:   Number of journalists killed for their reporting doubled in 2020, Congress expands payroll assistance to local news outlets and Newsmax issues a clarification about claims that a voting software company manipulated election results.
Top Stories

Number of journalists killed for their reporting doubled in 2020
Oscar Lopez / The New York Times / Dec 22, 2020


U.S. Congress agrees to expand payroll assistance to local news outlets
David Shepardson / Reuters / Dec 20, 2020


Newsmax issues clarification on Smartmatic, Dominion claims
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill / Dec 21, 2020

Media Business

Sinclair, Fox strike affiliation renewal deal
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter / Dec 21, 2020


Group Nine Media forms SPAC to acquire competitors
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap / Dec 21, 2020

Press & Government

View: The enduring lessons of a New Deal writers project
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / Dec 22, 2020

About Misinformation

Report: Social media manipulation affects even US senators
Erika Kinetz / The Associated Press / Dec 21, 2020


Why social media hasn’t been able to shut down vaccine misinformation
Alexandra S. Levine / Politico / Dec 21, 2020

International

Afghan journalist killed in central Ghazni province
Reuters / Dec 21, 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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