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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
January 24, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter

In Today's news:   Looking back at Jim Lehrer's career, G/O Media names new Deadspin editor and new research on media polarization.
Top Stories

Remembering Jim Lehrer



Editor who sharpened Daily News is picked to revive Deadspin



U.S. media polarization and the 2020 election: A nation divided

 
Radio News

Trumpworld has converted the nation’s regional talk radio hosts into a loyal army

 
Press & Government

Views about Ukraine-impeachment story connect closely with where Americans get their news



Anti-Semitic outlet says it was invited by White House to report from Davos summit



Government funding for journalism: Necessary evil or just evil?

 
Newspaper News

Newspapers chase philanthropic grants to fill coverage gaps



Jeff Bezos’ hack inquiry falls short of implicating National Enquirer



View: How the Washington Post pulled off the hardest trick in journalism

 
Social Media

Inside the secret Twitter rooms where Debra Messing, Don Cheadle, and the rest of the celebrity #Resistance organizes



How a disinformation network exploited satire to become a popular source of false news on Facebook

 
Television News

Why can’t these ex-Fox News women get new TV jobs?

 
International

News websites will have to ask readers to declare age or comply with new code, watchdog confirms



Media freedom groups express unease over Ukrainian disinformation bill



Afghan female journalists fight for their place in the newsroom

 
 

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, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.