Mediagazer: Women correspondents lead the way in Iraq and Syria for CBS (Alex Weprin/Capital New York)

8:25 AM ET, June 20, 2014

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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Why The New York Times and The Washington Post (and Mozilla) are building an audience engagement platform together — Both excitement and skepticism surrounded Thursday's announcement that Knight has invested $3.89 million to help The New York Times, The Washington Post …

Discussion: Scripting News and @niemanlab

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Washington Post, New York Times and Mozilla team up for new Web site comment system — In an unusual partnership, The Washington Post, the New York Times and software developer Mozilla will team up to create digital tools that will make it easier for readers to post comments and photos …

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:
Technology can't vanquish trolls completely, says leader of comments project

Discussion: @poynter and @craigsilverman

Myles Tanzer / BuzzFeed:

“Time spent” vs. page views: representatives of Gawker, Chartbeat, SB Nation, others weigh in — The Page View Just Won't Die — What does an attention-obsessed media look like? And do we want it? — Via chartbeat.com — Every few months media types seem to loop …

Tony Horwitz / New York Times:

An author describes a cautionary experience publishing a digital best seller with Byliner — I Was a Digital Best Seller! — WEST TISBURY, Mass. — FIVE months ago I published a short book called “Boom.” Commercially it was a bust. No news in that: Most books lose money …

Andrew Dugan / Gallup:

Americans' Confidence in News Media Remains Low — Across newspapers, TV, and Internet, confidence no higher than 22% — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' faith in each of three major news media platforms — television news, newspapers, and news on the Internet — is at or tied with record lows …

Discussion: Poynter, Mediaite, Radio & Television …, New York Times, @antderosa, The Daily Caller, The Week, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal and Business Insider

Alex Weprin / Capital New York:

Women correspondents lead the way in Iraq and Syria for CBS — In the world of television news, foreign correspondents are part of an elite club, one that comes with a healthy air of mystique and bravado. The job description can include the ability to sneak into war zones before battles begin …

Jason Evangelho / Forbes:

Polygon's Brian Crecente Is Experimenting With Livestreamed Game Journalism, And It's Oddly Compelling — At some point later today, Polygon will publish a comprehensive article about Nintendo's Wii U console and the impact both first-party games and third party publishers like Warner Bros. and Ubisoft may have on their hardware sales.

Discussion: @crecenteb

Nicole Schilit / Committee to Protect Journalists:

Forced to flee: A timeline of journalists' flight into exile — Every year, dozens of journalists are forced to leave their homes under threat of imprisonment, torture, violence, or even death, because their work has angered the powerful. Over the past 12 months, the Committee …

Kara Swisher / Re/code:

Gabriel Stricker to head Twitter's media unit; Adam Bain taking over business development — Bain Officially Gets Biz Dev, While Media Unit Moves to Stricker at Twitter (Plus TV Memo!) — As Re/code reported last week, Twitter sales leader Adam Bain will take over business development at Twitter …

Discussion: VatorNews and Wall Street Journal

Dylan Byers / Politico:

David Brock to launch institute to fund journalism exposing conservative power in Washington — David Brock to launch journalism institute — David Brock, the founder of Media Matters for America and public defender for Hillary Clinton, is set to launch an institute to fund journalism that exposes …

Anna Clark / Columbia Journalism Review:

The Plain Dealer drops PolitiFact, but keeps on factchecking — Truth in Numbers feature brings reader ratings to the truth squad movement — DETROIT, MI — Josh Mandel didn't just lose his 2012 bid to unseat Sherrod Brown and claim one of Ohio's spots in the US Senate.

Edirin Oputu / Columbia Journalism Review:

News organizations are the new journalism schools — Politico and Condé Nast will soon be training rookies — Politico and Condé Nast are entering the j-school business. Last week, Politico announced the creation of a 10-day Journalism Institute for college students …

Discussion: Mediashift and WWD Media Headlines

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Washington Free Beacon suspended from Clinton archives — The University of Arkansas has blocked the Washington Free Beacon from its special collections after the conservative website published audio recordings of Hillary Clinton without asking for the university's permission, the site reported on Thursday.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller and @sonnybunch

Todd Spangler / Variety:

ProSieben's Studio71 YouTube Network Launches First U.S. Channel, L.A.-Based ‘The Mansion’ — Studio71, the YouTube multichannel network owned by German broadcasting giant ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has launched its first foray in the U.S. with The Mansion, a channel exploring life and culture in Los Angeles.

TVNewsCheck.com:

Gannett and Sander Media complete sale of three TV stations to Meredith for $407.5M — Gannett-Sander Complete Phoenix Sale — The sale of KTVK and KASW to Meredith Corp. was part of a deal announced last December that also included KMOV St. Louis. — Gannett Co. and Sander Media LLC …

Discussion: Broadcasting & Cable and Meredith Corporation

Sam Kirkland / Poynter:

AJC's digital reorganization, part 1: Topic teams inspired by Quartz's ‘obsessions’ — When Bert Roughton Jr. was tasked 18 months ago with reorganizing the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's newsroom to better address the newspaper's digital challenges, he looked outside his own newsroom …

Discussion: @poynter