Top News:
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
US House candidate Greg Gianforte “body-slams” Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs in Montana, is charged with misdemeanor assault; audio captures altercation — Audio obtained of Greg Gianforte attacking a reporter on the eve of a special election to fill a congressional seat vacated by a member of the Trump administration
Discussion:
Vox, @bencjacobs, Columbia Journalism Review, Gallatin Media Center, Washington Post, YouTube, Observer, @kyledcheney, @bencjacobs, Media Matters for America, Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Politico, @kylegriffin1, @alexis_levinson, @alexis_levinson, Committee to Protect …, BuzzFeed, ABC News, Business Insider, New York Times, New Jersey Online, USA Today, New York Times, TVWeek.com, Fast Company, @foxnews, HuffPost, @blakersdozen, vice, New York Magazine, The Independent, @justinjm1, Gallatin Media Center, Fortune, LifeZette, Longreads, @mlcalderone, Hit & Run, Morning Consult, Variety, The Big Lead, The Daily Beast, Racked, Real Stories, Common Dreams, The Daily Caller, @vicenews, The Wrap, @andrewmseaman, Los Angeles Times, @jmartnyt, Rewire, Mediaite, @hadas_gold, @natashabertrand, @hadas_gold, TheBlaze, The Rural Blog, Infowars, Vanity Fair, Business Insider, www.wnyc.org, @bcappelbaum, Simple Justice, Fox News, The Week, AOL, @alexis_levinson, NBC News, @alexis_levinson, INSIDER, Occupy Democrats, Editor & Publisher, Recode, @gdebenedetti, The Resurgent, TVNewser, Newser, Quartz, The Gateway Pundit, Mother Jones, @alexis_levinson, Mashable, NPR, @blakersdozen, The FADER, Boing Boing, Snopes.com, Press Gazette, Strong Language, Political Insider blog, @alexis_levinson, Associated Press, @forecasterenten, @charlesornstein, @dgardner, @mattyglesias, Billings Gazette, New York's PIX11, @carolleonnig, @mattdpearce, @guardian, Reuters, @jbarro, @dominicru, @mepfuller, @sarahkendzior, Roll Call, @maggienyt, @dylanbyers, @popehat, @jgreendc, @mattdpearce, @kyledcheney, @ryanjreilly, @mitchellreports, @ddale8, @ryanlizza and @fmanjoo
RELATED:
CNNMoney:
Montana papers including The Missoulian, The Billings Gazette, and The Independent Record pull endorsements after Gianforte is charged with misdemeanor assault — GOP candidate allegedly ‘body slams’ journalist — Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in Montana's special congressional election …
Discussion:
New York Times, Missoulian, Helena Independent Record, The Guardian, Washington Post, Associated Press, Vox, Observer, Business Insider, HuffPost, ABC News, The Resurgent, Newseum Institute, Mother Jones, Boing Boing, The Hill, The Daily Caller, @dylanbyers, @dylanbyers, www.wnyc.org, Mediaite, The Week, AOL, Occupy Democrats, New York Magazine, The Wrap, TheBlaze, Real Stories, Fast Company and Variety
Michael Calderone / HuffPost:
Gianforte's attack shows the peril of asking questions in Trump's America, as reporters have described being arrested, slapped, and more in the past three weeks — Political reporters have described a pattern of being arrested, pinned, slapped and body slammed.
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Guardian, Poynter, @mlcalderone, Sunlight Foundation, @mkraju, The NewsGuild - CWA, Media Matters for America, BuzzFeed, vice, Washingtonian, Business Insider, Fortune, www.bozemandailychronicle.com, @mlcalderone, TheBlaze, Fox News, @mlcalderone, @mlcalderone, @sulliview, @mlcalderone, @sdkstl, Occupy Democrats, The Week, Mediaite, The Wrap, TVWeek.com, ABC News, The Daily Caller and @wangcecillia
James Ball / BuzzFeed:
President Trump has ordered the DOJ to launch an inquiry into leaks about the Manchester attack investigation, saying the culprit should be prosecuted — “The leaks of sensitive information pose a grave threat to our national security.” — Donald Trump announced he had ordered the Department …
Discussion:
The Guardian, New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, Washington Post, @jimwaterson, @patrickwintour, TheBlaze and Fast Company
RELATED:
Steven Hopkins / HuffPost UK:
The New York Times defends running leaked Manchester bombing photos, saying its coverage has been “comprehensive and responsible” — The New York Times has defended its decision to publish crime scene photographs from the Manchester Arena bombing which police said were “distressing” to the victims families.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Instant Articles to begin supporting Google AMP and Apple News Format, after several publishers pulled out of the platform due to poor ad revenue — One of the problems publishers face today in making their content more readable on mobile devices is that there are multiple, competing formats available for this purpose.
Discussion:
Facebook Media, Nieman Lab, GitHub, Adweek, The Verge, Marketing Land, 9to5Mac and 9to5Google, more at Techmeme »
Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times:
Spotify adds four directors to its board, including former Disney COO Tom Staggs and YouTube's former head of product, Shishir Mehrotra — Appointment of former Disney COO Tom Staggs hints at ambitions in streaming video — Read next … Spotify, the music streaming service …
Discussion:
Hollywood Reporter, RAIN News and hypebot
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Talent agent, film producer, sports promoter, and a former Univision owner, Jerry Perenchio dies at 86 — In his long career, Jerry Perenchio, who died Tuesday at his Bel-Air home, deftly pulled the levers of power to create culturally defining media events, propel political candidates …
Discussion:
Variety, Multichannel News, Washington Post, Deadline, Fresno Bee, The Wrap and Hollywood Reporter
David Uberti / Columbia Journalism Review:
Columbia Journalism Review asks for help from journalists to track local staff cuts; recent request about Gannett found at least 60 jobs cut in 15 newsrooms — America's local journalists are disappearing. But nobody knows exactly how quickly. — Earlier this month it was Gannett …
Discussion:
@zachary_cohen, @zeynep and @daviduberti
The Moscow Times:
Dmitry Popkov, who reported on police corruption in Russia as editor of the Ton-M newspaper, has been shot dead — A journalist who reported on police corruption has been killed in the Russian city of Minusinsk. Dmitriy Popkov, editor-in-chief for local newspaper Ton-M …
Discussion:
@christopherjm, Associated Press and @moscowtimes
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism:
Molly de Aguiar of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation is named managing director of the News Integrity Initiative, a project of Tow-Knight Center at CUNY — The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is pleased to announce the appointment of a managing director and an executive committee …
Discussion:
@merrillbro, @mollydeaguiar and @jeffjarvis
Corinne Grinapol / Adweek:
CNN announces a new digital site, CNN Tech, focusing on tech and science and led by Sam Grobart, who joined CNN from Bloomberg Businessweek in March — It joins other standalones like CNNMoney and CNN Politics — CNN announced the launch of CNN Tech today, moving its tech coverage …
Discussion:
Multichannel News
Shan Wang / Nieman Lab:
Parse.ly report: Google sends traffic to newsy articles on tech, business, sports; Facebook sends traffic to lifestyle, politics, and local events stories — When you're publishing to Facebook, or tweaking a headline to align with some carefully honed SEO strategy, how closely do you take note of story topic?
Discussion:
24/7 Wall St., Business Insider and Mashable, Thanks:@amontalenti
Commissioning Editor - Practical Law — 
Energy Markets Reporter, London — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
