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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Berkeleyside to launch a journalism venture in Oakland in spring 2020 with $3.12M in funding from the Google News Initiative and the American Journalism Project — A new Oakland, California-based journalism venture will launch next spring with $1.56 million in funding from the Google News Initiative (GNI), executives tell Axios.
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Oakland Newsroom, Nieman Lab, The Keyword, @lknobel, MediaPost, Berkeleyside, @googlenewsinit, @tasneemraja, @coryweinberg, @tasneemraja, @emilybell, @berkeleyside, @nat_orenstein, @ucbsoj, @niemanlab, @tasneemraja, @idothethinking, @ljfernandez, @ramonagiwargis, @jaconi, @berkeleyside and @bedwardstiek
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab: Berkeleyside is launching a sister site in Oakland to help fill the void left by pillaged newspapers
Tracey Taylor / The Keyword: A new commitment to local journalism in Oakland
Lance Knobel / @lknobel: Big news from @berkeleyside. A moment to be optimistic about local news @jayrosen_nyu @kathykiely @dangillmor @qhardy @JeremyLittau @jeffjarvis https://twitter.com/...
Melynda Fuller / MediaPost: ‘Berkleyside’ To Launch Local News Platform With Google News Initiative, American Journalism Project
Tasneem Raja / @tasneemraja: @NPRCodeSwitch @thetylerloop @berkeleyside We lay out our founding values in a living and evolving document here: https://www.berkeleyside.com/ .... They include: * Building a newsroom that reflects Oakland * Listening first * Working with others already doing the work * Sharing the mic * Reflecting the value of our communities
Cory Weinberg / @coryweinberg: will be fun to follow a new (Google backed) Oakland news nonprofit much needed. the Chron doesn't (appear to) prioritize Oakland, and the Trib has been gutted. https://www.axios.com/...
Tasneem Raja / @tasneemraja: @NPRCodeSwitch @thetylerloop @berkeleyside @GoogleNewsInit @JournalismProj @colegoins You can learn more about our listening program, and how we seek to respectfully collaborate with others serving information needs in Oakland, here: https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: Founders of Berkeleysider are starting a newsroom funded by co-funded by Google - initial staff of 8 hoping to grow to 20. Third of Google's direct investments in local , $1.56m is the (low) $ amount from Google . Very much in Google's back yard. @tasneemraja to edit https://twitter.com/...
@berkeleyside: “Consider this a local journalism power couple: Both The Tyler Loop and Berkeleyside started as homegrown, funding-free independent outlets that put in a lot of groundwork to get to know their communities.” Thx for the great @NiemanLab story @newsbyschmidt https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Natalie Orenstein / @nat_orenstein: Have you heard?! @berkeleyside is launching a new Oakland platform. I'm lucky to work for folks who actually care about local news & and outlet that's *expanding* in this day and age. Check out Editor @tasneemraja's inspiring vision for an equitable approach to Oakland journalism https://twitter.com/...
UC Berkeley J / @ucbsoj: Our friends @berkeleyside are launching a new non-profit journalism venture to serve #Oakland—funded by @GoogleNewsInit + @JournalismProj— and have made a fabulous choice for its EIC, @ucbsoj alum Tasneem Raja ('10): https://berkeleyside.com/.... #proud @UCBerkeley #localnewsmatters https://twitter.com/...
@niemanlab: Why Berkeleyside is seeking millions of dollars in funding for its Oakland expansion: “I really question, if you want to do something effective and significant, whether bootstrapping would be something viable to do in the size and complexity of Oakland.” https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Tasneem Raja / @tasneemraja: @NPRCodeSwitch @thetylerloop @berkeleyside We also share what Oakland residents have told us they want from local journalism: * Information tools to help them have impact * Reporting on root causes, not just symptoms * Opportunities to share their own stories * Opportunities for young people https://www.berkeleyside.com/ ...
@idothethinking: Extremely excited to see Berkeleyside level in-depth coverage in Oakland. And a commitment to hiring people who reflect its neighborhoods. Feels like a resurgence in local media after the decline of the Tribune. https://twitter.com/...
Lisa Fernandez / @ljfernandez: The Oakland news site is slated to have 8 editorial staffers, making it one of the largest newsrooms in the city. In addition, it will host a reporter from Report for America, a program that places emerging journalists in local news organizations to report on under-covered issues https://twitter.com/...
Ramona Giwargis / @ramonagiwargis: This is such exciting news! I'm so encouraged to see @berkeleyside expand its decade of success by launching a nonprofit newsroom in #Oakland. Like San Jose, this public service journalism is much needed. Congrats! https://twitter.com/...
Michelle Jaconi / @jaconi: “Unlike previous projects Google has previously backed, this initiative isn't serving a small town. Oakland has 425,000 residents and sits in Google's back yard.” https://twitter.com/...
@berkeleyside: Drawing from our initial conversations with local stakeholders, we've developed this set of foundational values that will guide our growth in Oakland: https://www.berkeleyside.com/ ...
Brian EdwardsTiekert / @bedwardstiek: I am trying to hold several feelings: -Berkeleyside does great, rigorous reporting -Oakland needs more local reporting -To cover Oakland, the foundation world is dropping $3m on an org located in Oakland's whiter, wealthier neighbor, with no Black or Latinx editorial staff https://twitter.com/...
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Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
American Journalism Project announces its first 11 recipients, with $8.5M distributed among them, comprising 15-30% of their 2020 budgets; AJP has raised $46M — “The grants will fund an organization's first dedicated revenue positions, or grow an existing revenue team.
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Jason Alcorn / American Journalism Project: American Journalism Project Announces First Grants with $8.5 Million to Support Civic News …
David Leonhardt / New York Times: Save Local Journalism!
@rosental: This is BIG! American Journalism Project announces 1st grants with $8.5 Million to support 11 Civic News Organizations across the country. Grantees build sustainable nonprofit news models as a response to the newspaper industry decline http://www.theajp.org/... Via @JournalismProj https://twitter.com/...
@jenniferpreston: Congrats to 11 nonprofit news orgs joining the first cohort of the @JournalismProj — a philanthropic venture capital effort that began with vision from @elizwgreen & @thorntonaustin and $20M in funding from @knightfdn. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Ann Marie Lipinski / @amlwhere: Some good news about the news. Cheering for these @JournalismProj recipients and the communities on which they report. Special hurrah for Nieman Fellow @wendi_c_thomas and her @MLK50Memphis. So much to do; this is a start. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@berkeleyside: Congratulations to our fellow @JournalismProj grantees @cpipr @city_bureau @CTMirror @inewsource @MSTODAYnews @MLK50Memphis @noiseomaha @Underscorenews @vtdigger @WyoFile! We're honored to be part of this impressive cohort of civic news organizations. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
@rosental: “The American Journalism Project will measure the health of publications largely through their ability to raise other money, such as through memberships or reader donations. To receive support, a publication will need to demonstrate that readers consider it valuable.” https://twitter.com/...
Mississippi Today / @mstodaynews: Mississippi Today is honored to be one of 11 nonprofit civic news organizations to receive a grant from the @JournalismProj. We are thrilled for this opportunity to grow our business, fundraising and technology capacity. Thank you, AJP! http://www.theajp.org/...
Rebekah / @rsm: Nice work, @lionpubs. And biggest ups to my former coworker @anikaanand00 who's helping to lead the charge. https://twitter.com/...
Ted Allen / @thetedallen: Finally, some good news for journalism. I agree that nonprofit, philanthropic support is the closest thing we've got to the answer. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alexander Kaufman / @alexckaufman: Very cool to see @cpipr — the San Juan-based watchdog whose reporting helped topple a governor and expose water contamination issues across Puerto Rico — included on this list of grant recipients http://www.theajp.org/...
@berkeleyside: We're also honored to be among the first cohort of grantees from the @JournalismProj, which will expand our business, technology and fundraising capacity to drive the organization's focus on revenue and sustainability: http://www.theajp.org/...
Laurene Powell Jobs / @laurenepowell: Our democracy is forged in large part by reporters walking beats, bearing witness, holding the powerful accountable. As local newspapers cut staff and even close, our freedoms are under threat. So proud to be supporting this vital effort. https://twitter.com/...
Wendi C. Thomas / @wendi_c_thomas: If @AMLwhere hadn't chosen me to be a Nieman, I wouldn't have had the time and resources to incubate @MLK50Memphis. I am beyond grateful for her faith in me. https://twitter.com/...
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
How WaPo published “The Afghanistan Papers”, which includes interviews with key figures critiquing the US war in Afghanistan, after years of legal battles — The path to The Afghanistan Papers started with Michael Flynn. — In the summer of 2016, as the retired Army general became renowned …
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@jkeefe, Quartz, CNN, @postbaron, @roxanecoche, @itspbrooks, @itspbrooks, Washington Post, @dlboardman, @qz, mailchi.mp, New York Times, Politico, The Atlantic, Longreads, Techdirt, @judywoodruff, @jmartnyt, The Guardian, @mitchellreports, @abtran, Columbia Journalism Review, @brianstelter, @danlamothe, @ggreenwald, The Guardian, @karolcummins, @tomdreisbach, @bbcsanasafi, @alicdonaldson, @journogeoffz, Slate and Mediaite
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John Keefe / @jkeefe: Investigative editors & reporters know finishing that project in December is ideal — because Pulitzers. I ran the numbers to see how often that happens! https://qz.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Marty Baron / @postbaron: .@washingtonpost sued twice for release of these docs over 3-year FOIA battle that continues. 2,000 pages of unpublished notes & transcripts from 428 interviews were released. Docs ID 62 interviewees. Post still seeks 366 names that remain blacked out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Roxane Coche / @roxanecoche: Did anyone really think it couldn't happen again though?
Brooks Fuller / @itspbrooks: Truthfully, yes I think so. I encounter the occasional skeptic in class who views the Pentagon Papers matter as an artifact or mere cautionary tale. Sometimes it's because they believe in the power of journalism as a preventative. Sometimes it's naïveté.
Brooks Fuller / @itspbrooks: To anyone who teaches anything even tangentially related to the Pentagon Papers, and to any students who think it couldn't happen again. https://twitter.com/...
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post: AT WAR WITH THE TRUTH … A confidential trove of government …
David Boardman / @dlboardman: A truly shameful phenomenon in which I regretfully participated. Why publish your best material when readers are the most busy and distracted? https://twitter.com/...
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic: The Doves Were Right. I Was Wrong.
Krista Stevens / Longreads: ‘The American People Have Been Constantly Lied To’
Mike Masnick / Techdirt: The Afghanistan Papers v. The Pentagon Papers: How A Whistleblower Worked Much Better Than Endless FOIA Litigation
Judy Woodruff / @judywoodruff: the reason we need journalists https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Martin / @jmartnyt: “The path to The Afghanistan Papers started with Michael Flynn.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ben Armbruster / The Guardian: The Afghanistan war is more than a $1 trillion mistake. It's a travesty
Andrea Mitchell / @mitchellreports: Extraordinary investigative work by our colleagues @WashingtonPost at a critical time when @realDonaldTrump is restarting cease fire talks with Taliban. The 1st comprehensive look at decades of misleading statements under 3 Presidents summarized @Today https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Ba Tran / @abtran: It started with a simple FOIA request. But then Trump got elected and the day after Michael Flynn was nominated, the request was denied. And it took three years and two federal lawsuits for @washingtonpost to pry loose 2,000 pages of interview records. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: The Pentagon Papers redux
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Daniel Ellsberg wholly agrees with the Pentagon Papers / Afghanistan Papers analogies. “What these documents show are the similarities in situations,” he told me... https://mailchi.mp/...
Dan Lamothe / @danlamothe: “The purpose of FOIA is to open up federal agencies to public scrutiny. But officials determined to thwart the spirit of the law can drag out requests for years, hoping requesters will eventually give up.” — @CraigMWhitlock One thousand times, yes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: The US military & security state lie constantly, reflexively & by design. The more important the issue, the more they lie. It's horrific that we're always required to treat their pronouncements as honorable & credible. It's even more disturbing that they now fill news outlets. https://twitter.com/...
Karol Cummins / @karolcummins: 💣B O O M💣 How The Post obtained The Afghanistan Papers The Washington Post received a tip that Flynn had given a lengthy unpublished interview railing about the war in Afghanistan https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Tom Dreisbach / @tomdreisbach: .@CraigMWhitlock's FOIA battle to get the Afghanistan Papers is inspiring. What he and the Post have been able to obtain, I hope, will open the doors to a lot more government transparency (I say as I start Monday with a set of new FOIAs...) https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@bbcsanasafi: “The Post's efforts to obtain the Afghanistan documents also illustrate how difficult it can be for journalists — or any citizen — to pry public information from the government.” How The Post obtained The Afghanistan Papers |@CraigMWhitlock https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ali Donaldson / @alicdonaldson: The only thing more infuriating than reading the @washingtonpost's Afghanistan Papers is reading the lengths @CraigMWhitlock had to go to get them. “The path to The Afghanistan Papers started with Michael Flynn...” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Geoff Ziezulewicz / @journogeoffz: Good on @CraigMWhitlock and the @washingtonpost for fighting this #FOIA fight. Working in a much-smaller newsroom, these FOIA battles over records to which we are legally entitled take up so much of our time and energy. There's tons of reporters out there in the same position. https://twitter.com/...
Fred Kaplan / Slate: The War in Afghanistan Was Doomed From the Start
Christine Schmidt / Nieman Lab:
How Recode's Open Sourced, a just-launched, Omidyar Network-funded project, aims to explain the consequences of tech using reader questions to guide coverage — Yes, social media companies are irrevocably altering our way of life, our information streams are more tainted than ever …
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Vox, @voxdotcom, @rebeccaheilweil, @sarahdrinkwater, @omidyarnetwork, @voxdotcom, @jcstearns, @amandablair, @terryparrisjr and @saramorrison
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Samantha Oltman / Vox: Open Sourced: The hidden consequences of tech, revealed
@voxdotcom: Introducing Open Sourced, a year-long project from @recode on the hidden consequences of tech. We'll focus on the most controversial and least understood: AI, algorithms, personal data, and privacy — and we'll need your help. https://www.vox.com/...
Rebecca Heilweil / @rebeccaheilweil: tell me what you want to know more about! https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Drinkwater / @sarahdrinkwater: Great to see Open Sourced launch; proud to fund! Much conversation around technology's harms is impenetrable. It shouldn't be this way. Open Sourced demystifies how systems are built, why they matter, & the consequences. & they need *your* help; join the reporting network! https://twitter.com/...
@omidyarnetwork: .@voxdotcom's Open Sourced is a new project exploring the hidden consequences of tech through videos and articles responding to crowdsourced questions: https://www.vox.com/... #OpenSourced
@voxdotcom: Our new project Open Sourced exists to make the world of data, privacy, algorithms, and AI more transparent and accessible. We're starting by being transparent with you. Here's what we know about you when you click on this link, and what we do with it. https://www.vox.com/...
Josh Stearns / @jcstearns: “What we know about you when you click on this article” (great to see Vox sharing this kind of informaiton with its readers) https://www.vox.com/...
Blair Hickman / @amandablair: A huge congratulations to the Open Sourced team on today's launch — and especially to @Laur_Katz and @KatBorgerding for their hard work on crowdsourcing and engagement to get this off the ground. Join the Open Sourced Reporting Network! http://vox.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sara Jerde / Adweek:
Bloomberg has bought The Atlantic's CityLab, its first acquisition since Businessweek in 2009; CityLab will continue to operate as a standalone site and brand — The brand will continue to operate as a standalone entity — Another media acquisition is afoot.
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@erikwemple, @joshpetri, @schadenfraade, @natbullard, @taylormundo, @tanvim, @ariellacohen, @brigidbergin, @richard_florida, @fimoculous, @fromedome, @patrickcsisson, @natbullard, Nieman Lab, @walthickey, @eacrunden, @justin_b_smith, @emilymbadger, @buttermilk1, @streetsblognyc, @sommermathis, MediaPost and The Wrap
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Erik Wemple / @erikwemple: Bloomberg Media will be acquiring Atlantic Media's CityLab in a deal that'll close at year's end. CityLab is a site that covers urbanism, sustainability and such. Below is the note from Atlantic Media President Michael Finnegan: https://twitter.com/...
Jordan Fraade / @schadenfraade: Given Bloomberg's financial resources, I really really hope this means more investment in original reporting & analysis, and not just CityLab's transformation into “Better Things Aren't Possible and the Rich Deserve to be Rich: Urbanist Edition” https://twitter.com/...
Nat Bullard / @natbullard: So, we @business have just acquired @CityLab. Welcome, CityLab - I'm a huge fan. https://www.adweek.com/...
Taylor Moore / @taylormundo: Really hoping CityLab is able to stay CityLab under Bloomberg Media ownership. It's one of the most consistently good news sites I read, and I'd hate to see that go away. https://www.adweek.com/...
@tanvim: I love my old colleagues at @citylab — I couldn't have asked for a smarter, kinder, and more generous team to spend my first 5 years in american journalism with. I hope Bloomberg realizes how talented and valuable this team is. https://twitter.com/...
Ariella Cohen / @ariellacohen: Another big change in the urbanist mediasphere. It will be fascinating to watch how @CityLab walks the editorial tightrope as part of the Bloomberg empire. Bloomberg Philanthropies is a significant force & funder in the world covered by Citylab reporters. https://twitter.com/...
Brigid Bergin / @brigidbergin: Very interesting. Will there be any limitations to the coverage of @CityLab journalists because of this? https://twitter.com/...
Richard Florida / @richard_florida: Been in meetings all day. But this is great news. Some relevant history. @Justin_B_Smith current CEO of Bloomberg was former CEO of @TheAtlantic & a key figure in the creation of Atlantic Cities which became @CityLab. https://www.adweek.com/...
Rex Sorgatz / @fimoculous: Weird. This makes me wonder, is there a future where media companies buy franchises from other media companies? What would The Cut's “I Think About This A Lot” go for on the open market? https://www.adweek.com/...
Patrick Sisson / @patrickcsisson: So Bloomberg (candidate) says Bloomberg (news org) can't cover him during election. Wondering if a version of this edict carries over to CityLab (which Bloomberg is evidently buying) & covering Bloomberg Philanthropies, which is heavily invested in cities? https://www.adweek.com/...
Nat Bullard / @natbullard: And it's 10 years - to the day! - since @business acquired @BloombergNEF (and with it @EthanAll, @solar_chase, @wr_young, @albertwycheung, @SebHenbest and of course @MLiebreich...) https://www.adweek.com/...
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: Bloomberg Media is buying CityLab from The Atlantic (and some of its fans are nervous)
Walter Hickey / @walthickey: this is very very interesting and I happen to really enjoy literally every website involved in this transaction https://twitter.com/...
@eacrunden: CityLab does some incredible and vital work (on so many issues, very much including climate change) and I deeply hope their staff benefits from this, as opposed to anything negative: https://www.adweek.com/...
Justin B. Smith / @justin_b_smith: We are thrilled to welcome @CityLab to @BBGMedia. In a world of tech platforms and questionable content, quality journalism-based media brands that serve defined audiences will be a winning strategy https://www.adweek.com/... via @Adweek
Emily Badger / @emilymbadger: Wow, Bloomberg is acquiring CityLab. I hope they keep and invest in its special brand of nerdy-curious-devoted urban coverage. https://www.adweek.com/...
Sarah Goodyear / @buttermilk1: Interesting. I was lucky enough to be able to write a lot for CityLab back in the day, and there are so many people doing great work there now. I hope the site has a solid future ahead. https://twitter.com/...
Streetsblog New York / @streetsblognyc: Looks like @JSadikKhan and @BloombergCities are going to need some editors! @SethSolomonow, call us. We know everyone! @CityLab is a national treasure. https://twitter.com/...
Sommer Mathis / @sommermathis: The @CityLab staff are just the best humans/journalists you could wish for. Sending them all the good vibes I can muster while they wait to learn more about what's next for the site. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost: Bloomberg Media To Acquire CityLab From ‘The Atlantic’
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: Bloomberg Media Acquires CityLab From The Atlantic
Diana Falzone / Vanity Fair:
Fox Nation host Britt McHenry sues Fox News and former co-host George Murdoch, alleging sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and retaliation — McHenry alleges she received multiple sexually explicit text messages from her ex-Un-PC cohost, Tyrus, and that the network did not adequately address the situation.
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Variety, HuffPost, TVNewser, Mediaite, The Wrap, @tamaraholder, @vanityfair, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, TVWeek.com, @gretchencarlson, @gretchencarlson and @vanityfair
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: Fox News Sued By Streaming Host Britt McHenry, Who Alleges Harassment
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost: Fox News' Britt McHenry Sues Network For Sexual Misconduct
Caleb Ecarma / Mediaite: Fox Nation Host Britt McHenry Sues Fox News and Contributor Tyrus for Sexual Harassment
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap: Fox Nation's Britt McHenry Sues Network Over Sexual Harassment, Retaliation
Tamara Holder / @tamaraholder: Proud of @BrittMcHenry for standing up for herself & proud of @dianafalzone for her story: https://www.vanityfair.com/...
@vanityfair: “Roger Ailes is gone,” said a Fox News insider, “but the people who enabled his actions are still very much there” https://www.vanityfair.com/...
Ted Johnson / Deadline: Fox Nation's Britt McHenry Files Sexual Harassment Suit Against Fox News & Her Former Co-Host Tyrus
Chuck Ross / TVWeek.com: Fox News Sued for Alleged Harassment
Gretchen Carlson / @gretchencarlson: 2) If @foxnews has really turned the corner, this kind of alleged outrageous behavior wouldn't still be happening. Fox should also release all women from NDAs they were forced to sign to receive settlements. Only then will there be full transparency and truth. #liftourvoices
Tali Arbel / Associated Press:
In Q&A, Gannett execs say digital innovation can make classifieds relevant again and that investments from shareholders demanding returns lead to new approaches — In this Aug. 13, 2019, photo Gannett CEO Paul Bascobert poses for a photo in McLean, Va. The Associated Press spoke recently …
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Bill Grueskin / @bgrueskin: Gannett's new CEO is asked if the company will hiring reporters. He responds: “I don't necessarily think that the answer is adding more bodies. There's a lot more interesting innovation to be done through things like use of large datasets” https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ ...
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
A look at the decline of feminist digital media, as sites like Feministing, The Establishment, and others have closed in the past year or are about to close — Soon after Anna Holmes took on the job of building the website Jezebel, in 2007, she set it apart from established publications …
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Christina Warren / @film_girl: This is really smart and important. It's also tragic, how much women's media we've lost this decade. Also, I really like that Bustle isn't mentioned once. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lena Dunham / @lenadunham: Love this article - I miss so many of these publications and the women I got to intersect with through #LennyLetter. I am excited to be an old lady and remember this heady time, hopefully through a lens of change. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Syreeta McFadden / @reetamac: For two years, I was part of the Feministing squad that helped me hone a voice in these internet streets. Grateful to have been part of the moment and movement. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Samhita Mukhopadhyay / @thesamhita: I'm really grateful to you @JessicaValenti for your vision and for inviting me to join this site. I believe we first communicated using Hotmail 👵🏽 https://twitter.com/...
Jill Filipovic / @jillfilipovic: Feminist blogs were so, so important. And I agree that the shuttering of some many of them is more proof of their success than anything else - now there isn't a major publication that doesn't have feminist writers. Still, the community aspect & envelope-pushing are hard losses. https://twitter.com/...
Jessica Valenti / @jessicavalenti: So proud of what @feministing accomplished, and the amazing women who headed the site over the years. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Vanessa / @vanessapamela: support the ones we have left and the ones still yet to launch is the energy i'm taking into 2020 ✨ https://twitter.com/...
@niemanreports: “A lot of these closures were less about any sort of failure and actually about success. These places became so successful at showing women's experiences as full & real...that other companies had to keep up. But it's sad that they're the ones who suffer.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Hannah Bae / @hanbae: So much of my favorite writing came out of these feminist websites that have since closed. You know who's still hanging on and publishing fearless, independent feminist journalism and commentary? @BitchMedia. So support them. 👆👆👆 https://www.nytimes.com/...
@ultraviolet: “As the media industry is grappling with different issues, it's these feminist publications that are shuttered first. It contributes to the long history of erasing women's work.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Important read and, as I think about it, not unlike the shakeout that happened with gay pubs and the mainstreaming of all just when unique voices need to be heard: https://www.nytimes.com/... via @NYTimes
Lori Adelman / @ladelman: So @feministing is featured in the NY Times today. It's a story by @emmabgo about how the early feminist media has both shaped and fallen victim to today's media landscape, and I hope you will read it! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: “As the media industry is grappling with different issues, it's these feminist publications that are shuttered first,” Lindsay Schrupp, the former editor in chief of Broadly, said. “It contributes to the long history of erasing women's work.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Sam Huber / @hubersamj: RIP @Feministing, a brilliant community of writers and activists who built something truly special. Writing for/with them taught me how to write. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: Now is “not a good time for start-up media,” @TheSamhita says, adding, “I worry that people are afraid to align themselves with publications that are explicitly feminist.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jamil Smith / @jamilsmith: It is a tragedy that of late, @feministing and so many other outlets in independent feminist media have been crushed or changed into something unrecognizable. We desperately need them, so support the ones that we have left and the ones still yet to launch. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Magna Global: global TV ad sales fell 4% in 2019, the steepest decline since 2009 with European TV channel viewership between 18 and 49 dropping 7-8% — - Global ad sales still rise, thanks to technology firms — TV viewership falls sharply in U.S., Europe and Asia
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@simonowens, @katranjeet, @richlightshed, @lucas_shaw, @stevesi, @carnage4life, @adambain and @gassee
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Simon Owens / @simonowens: The last recession decimated the newspaper industry. I think the next recession will do the same to the TV industry. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Ranjeet Kate / @katranjeet: ‘Bye Bye TV’? Traditional TV ad rev drops by 4% worldwide in 2019.The viewership trend is even worse...It dropped by 8-9%.Digital video is eating TV's lunch Nandan Srinath @nischalkumtakar https://www.bloombergquint.com/ ...
Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: Great time to relisten/read about @adambain's 2017 podcast with @jyarow and @fmanjoo — at the 36:28 mark he talks about TV's advertising ROI problem — he said it would take three years for TV ads to hit a wall — looks like its actually happening https://lightshedtmt.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Lucas Shaw / @lucas_shaw: Global TV advertising sales fell almost 4% this year despite a strong economy, and growth across the internet + billboards, per @MAGNAGLOBAL https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi: This is a general notion that disruption failed to capture and is a classic concept private equity long ago groked. As mature tech ages out it becomes more expensive because those that value it really really find it valuable. Then the tech goes away, after that. https://twitter.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: TV advertising has been surprisingly resilient because ad prices have been going up as viewership has declined. Super Bowl XLV in 2011 cost $3M per ad slot with 162M viewers, in 2019 the same ad slot was $5M with 149M viewers of the game. https://finance.yahoo.com/...
Sean Murray / TheJournal.ie:
Given video evidence, BBC and ITV journalists apologize for tweeting that a Labour activist had punched a Tory advisor based on info given by Tory sources — THERE WAS FURTHER controversy on the UK general election campaign trail this evening, after a claim on social media reported by a number …
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Laura Kuenssberg / @bbclaurak: Happy to apologiSe for earlier confusion about the punch that wasn't a punch outside Leeds General - 2 sources suggested it had happened but clear from video that was wrong
Freddy Mayhew / Press Gazette: BBC and ITV political editors apologise for false hospital ‘punch’ claim in tweets
Laura Kuenssberg / @bbclaurak: Have video from Hancock leaving Leeds General just come through so you can see for yourself - doesn't look like punch thrown, rather, one of Tory team walks into protestor's arm, pretty grim encounter pic.twitter.com/hD1KwA72gG
Robert Peston / @peston: It is completely clear from video footage that @MattHancock's adviser was not whacked by a protestor, as I was told by senior Tories, but that he inadvertently walked into a protestor's hand. I apologise for getting this wrong.
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: Lobby rules are a busted flush. UK political journalists need to take urgent collective action. Bin them now. At least for last 2 days of campaign. This is not accidental. It's targeted disinformation. Nobody needs or wants to hear from ‘senior sources’ ever again https://twitter.com/...
Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla: They're not “sources”. They're senior politicians/aides spreading misinformation. That is now the story. Who are they? You have the facts. It is literally your job to report them. https://twitter.com/...
Hadas Gold / CNN: The dirtiest UK election ever? Here are some of the lowest moments of the campaign
Laura Kuenssberg / @bbclaurak: Labour says Tories have ‘resorted to bare faced lying’ over the punch, that turned out not to be a punch after all in the footage from the hospital
Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Source: Verizon Media Group, which includes Yahoo, AOL, TechCrunch, and HuffPost, is laying off 150 staffers this week, or about 1.4% of its workforce — New York (CNN Business)Verizon Media Group is laying off 150 staffers this week, which means the telecom company's 2019 is ending much in the same way it started.
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@huffpostunion: Today is a sad day at HuffPost. Several of our colleagues, including one unit member, were laid off. Days like this are why we organized with @WGAEast to guarantee severance and to be a place of support for our colleagues.
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: It's mindblowing that ppl still look at “scale” as a meaningful strategy when this group - elements of which once epitomized “scale”! Yahoo alone! - is still struggling to make a go at it. https://twitter.com/...
Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn: These layoffs include some staffers at HuffPost, per the union's tweet just now https://twitter.com/...
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
RAND US survey: 44% believe news is as reliable as in the past, 41% say it's less so; white and male respondents more likely to believe news is less reliable — Different groups of Americans perceive news very differently: It depends on your race, gender, age, education level …
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Warner Bros. says AJC's claims of defamation in the film Richard Jewell are “baseless” and plans to defend against them, says the film already has a disclaimer — Warner Bros is more than willing to take on one of America's largest newspapers over claims that portion …
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Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: This morning, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked the makers of the Richard Jewell movie to specify that its reporter did not offer sex for a scoop in reporting the story, as the movie depicts https://variety.com/... Warner Bros just released statement, below: https://twitter.com/...
Christie D'Zurilla / Los Angeles Times: A storm is brewing around Clint Eastwood's ‘Richard Jewell.’ Here's why
Leah Sottile / @leah_sottile: Wholly unsurprising that Hollywood continues to perpetuate a fiction that female journalists couldn't possibly get scoops without sex. The real way we get scoops? Working harder and faster despite knowing we will always be seen for our gender before our skill and brains. https://twitter.com/...
James Gleick / @jamesgleick: At some point, consulting their lawyers, the movie makers must have said out loud: We can get away with this, because the reporter can't sue us. She's dead. https://twitter.com/...
Dan Saltzstein / @dansaltzstein: What a nonsense statement. If there's an “ultimate irony” here, it's that a movie about a man whose “reputation and life were shredded” also features wholesale fabrications about a main character who is dead and can't defend herself. https://twitter.com/...
LaTesha Harris / Variety: ‘Richard Jewell,’ ‘The Cave’ to Play at Sun Valley Film Festival as Part of Variety Screening Series Partnership
Rukmini Callimachi / @rcallimachi: I wonder why Hollywood always needs to depict female reporters as trading sex for scoops? Borrowing from Madonna, “if only it were that easy.” Second, the way female reporters get scoops is so much more exciting, grueling, difficult - in a word, suspenseful & cinematic - than sex https://twitter.com/...
Graeme Wood / @gcaw: To think that reporters literally prostitute themselves for stories is like thinking that football teams win by stealing their opponents' playbooks, or that lawyers win by bribing the judge. As magicians say about tricks, “it's twice as fun when you know how it's done” https://twitter.com/...
Scott McLaughlin / @smclaughlin9: Yeah, no fucking chance I'm giving this movie my money. They continue to completely miss the point. Btw, the AJC was the only media outlet Jewell sued that DIDN'T settle. Because their reporting was actually accurate, and held up against the charges. https://twitter.com/...
Lindsay Beyerstein / @beyerstein: It would cost them nothing to set the record straight, but instead they're doubling down on slandering the reporter. They hate the press so much that they're defaming a dead reporter. https://twitter.com/...
Melissa Santos / @melissasantos1: This statement not only ignores the core criticism — that this movie portrays a nonfictional female reporter exchanging sex for tips, when in real life she did not — it also seems to blame the reporter for accurately reporting on law enforcement's actions. Very lame. https://twitter.com/...
Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery: Fictional portrayals of female journalists sleeping with sources is one reason why so many sources hit on so many female journalists. By perpetuating this narrative you increase the risks—at least to being treated the same as male colleagues—to female journalists.
Lindsey Adler / @lindseyadler: Stunning that directors continue to make films that feature this stupid sexist trope when the seminal work showing reporters doing unethical things for a scoop already exists and it's called All The President's Men 🙂 https://twitter.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: well that clears it up https://twitter.com/...
Quentin Hardy / @qhardy: Boycott. Reality, and the destruction of reputations, is non-negotiable. https://twitter.com/...
David Heinzmann / @davidheinzmann: Warner Bros attacks newspaper trying to stick up for its late reporter after Clint Eastwood fabricates story line that she traded sex for information. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Marchand / @andrewmarchand: Two wrongs make a right defense. Try again, Clint Eastwood and company. I think just apologize for being sexist and inaccurate. https://twitter.com/...
Whitney McIntosh / @whitneym02: Clint Eastwood is assassinating the character of a female journalist who is not alive to defend herself but Warner Bros. is claiming that the AJC, by trying to do right by their former writer, is maligning *the movie* ??? L O L absolutely not https://twitter.com/...
Robyn Pennacchia / @robynelyse: So basically they're taking a stand against falsely suggesting that someone did a thing... by falsely suggesting someone did a thing. HUH. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @buzzfeedben: Trumpiness is now just sort of an option in the corporate comms playbook https://twitter.com/...
Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia: This is a gross response from Warner Bros. https://twitter.com/...
Tim Murphy / @timothypmurphy: very bold move to use the “an innocent man was smeared” movie to needlessly smear another, different person https://twitter.com/...
Will Bunch / @will_bunch: Warner Bros. and Clint Eastwood To Truth: Drop Dead https://twitter.com/...
David Uberti / @daviduberti: “The media” as a concept is almost always just a stand-in now for “everyone but us” https://twitter.com/...
Nate Day / Fox News: ‘Richard Jewell’ backlash leads Atlanta newspaper to demand disclaimer on film's portrayal of reporter
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution demands disclaimer that the film “Richard Jewell” took dramatic license when portraying its late journalist as trading sex for tips
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News: Ahead of ‘Richard Jewell’ release, controversy swirls over Atlanta newspaper at center of Clint Eastwood film
Paul Farhi / Washington Post: Neither of the sources in credits for the Richard Jewell film mention any romantic tie between reporter Kathy Scruggs and the FBI agent thought to be her source
Kaila JM / @kaila_jm: I don't know a single woman journalist who's traded sex for scoops. I do know many women journalists who have had to endure being hit on by men while trying to do their jobs, though. https://twitter.com/...
Zack Stanton / @zackstanton: Wow, “Richard Jewell” depicts Kathy Scruggs — a real Atlanta Journal Constitution reporter — sleeping with an FBI agent to land a scoop about the '96 Olympic bombing. But there's no evidence it happened, and Scruggs died in 2001 and cannot defend herself. https://variety.com/...
Mark Joseph Stern / @mjs_dc: Please do not pay to see movies that feature fictional female journalists who sleep with with sources for a story. It's an egregiously sexist, demeaning, insulting trope and at this stage I don't see an appropriate response other than a flat-out boycott. https://variety.com/...
Hannah Smothers / VICE: Cool! Another Movie Where a Female Journalist Attempts to Bang a Source
Jackie Hong / @xjackiehong: Shoutout to: -the Toronto TV reporter who asked me at the scene of a murder whether I'd slept with an editor to get ahead -source who refused to give me access to public documents unless I went for coffee with him -all the dudes who've asked if I'd ever had sex to get a scoop https://twitter.com/...
Khushbu Shah / The Guardian: Atlanta newspaper sues Clint Eastwood over film's portrayal of reporter
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Calls to Boycott ‘Richard Jewel’ …
Wagatwe Wanjuki / @wagatwe: If #metoo scared men in Hollywood nearly as much as they pretend, they wouldn't have made such an unnecessary sexist addition to her story. Yeah, I get artistic license. Doesn't make the choice any less sexist and lazy. https://twitter.com/...
Jenn Gidman / Newser: Richard Jewell Controversy Now Involves Lawyers
Madeleine Baran / @madeleinebaran: Is there any movie that accurately depicts the work of a female journalist? Seriously. If there is, I haven't seen it and would like to. https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Marchand / @andrewmarchand: This portrayal is disgusting on many levels, but especially because it slanders an actual real person. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Haughey / @mathowie: when I learned the Richard Jewell movie was directed by Clint Eastwood, first thing I asked myself was how he would fuck up the story and throw in right-wing talking points ☑️ Portray journalism as non-rigourous and unethical ☑️ Portray women using sex to get what they need https://twitter.com/...
Kelly McBride / @kellymcb: Feeling quite queezy Richard Jewell movie. It's true that journalists made mistakes. But the work of the the AJC's Kathy Scruggs held up. And she did not sleep with her FBI source as the movie indicates. https://www.ajc.com/...
Sonny Bunch / @sonnybunch: I can't imagine there's anything that would make Clint Eastwood and WB happier than waging a public legal battle with the AJC over their Richard Jewell reporting. That's a $300M domestic gross sort of suit. https://deadline.com/...
Louisa / @louisathelast: Anyone else think this is because Clint Eastwood has contempt for journalists and women? https://twitter.com/...
Katelyn Burns / @transscribe: Oh wonderful, the great male fantasy that women reporters sleep with sources for stories resurfaces again. Trash. https://twitter.com/...
Amanda Katz / @katzish: Truly one of the best parts of Spotlight was that the movie let the @SachaPfeiffer character just do her job as a journalist, like in real life. https://twitter.com/...
Jeffrey Young / @jeffyoung: The lazy, offensive, shitty way screenwriters so often treat female journalists infuriates me. Depicting women using sex to get stories is disgusting and disrespectful. It's also hacky as hell. I was planning to see this movie but not anymore. http://bit.ly/342924I
Nina Metz / @nina_metz: I genuinely don't understand biopic screenwriters who add non-factual details that reinforce ugly tropes and fallacies. If a writer can't develop a compelling story or character without inventing odious details that never happened, that's a problem with the writer not the story.
Chris Roush / @talkingbiznews: I worked at the @ajc during this time. I will not go see this movie. Kathy Scruggs was a great reporter, and this portrayal unfairly further damages the reputation of journalism. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Hernandez / @longdrivesouth: “Kevin G. Riley, editor of the Journal-Constitution, said that reporters in his newsroom and those who knew Scruggs were disturbed by the film's portrayal.” #RichardJewell https://twitter.com/...
Jeffrey Young / @jeffyoung: If you're thinking, “It's just a movie!” I'm here to tell you that this specific stereotype, which exists entirely in the minds of fiction writers, makes my female colleagues' jobs more difficult on a regular basis. Many men who make news believe it and try to sleep with them.
@ajc: Olivia Wilde says she did “an extraordinary amount of research,” including talking to Kathy Scruggs' close friends and family. That's news to those who knew Scruggs best, including her brother. https://www.ajc.com/...
Anita Hofschneider / @ahofschneider: I really, really hate this trope. Esp given that male journalist movie characters aren't sexualized in the same way. It's hard to enough to be taken seriously as a young female reporter IRL — these unnecessary, unoriginal depictions shape perceptions & undermine women's work. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan Teague Beckwith / @ryanbeckwith: This is a bad look for a movie that is all about how the media can be used to smear someone unfairly https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier: It's infuriating that movies and shows so often depict fictional female journalists sleeping with sources to get their stories. In this movie, they're portraying a REAL REPORTER doing so, with no evidence, and she's not alive to defend herself. https://variety.com/...
Annie Lowrey / @annielowrey: What's particularly galling about this is that female journalists get sexually harassed on the job all the time. At best, it's awkward and gross and dehumanizing and tiring. At worst, well. https://twitter.com/...
Hillary Borrud / @hborrud: Hollywood, including @oliviawilde : when you fictionally portray women journalists using sex to do their jobs, you're reinforcing sexism and undermining other female professionals. #TimesUp talk vs. action https://twitter.com/...
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Hires Media Scourge to Threaten Clint Eastwood Over ‘Richard Jewell’
Andrew Bucholtz / Awful Announcing: “Richard Jewell” claims an AJC reporter slept with a source; the AJC has protested, but Warner Bros. has doubled down
Mia Galuppo / Hollywood Reporter: Atlanta Newspaper Demands ‘Richard Jewell’ Add Disclaimer Over “Reckless” Portrayal
Dominic Patten / Deadline: Clint Eastwood & Warner Bros Threatened With “Richard Jewell' Defamation Suit From Atlanta Newspaper
Brian Welk / The Wrap: Warner Bros. Calls Atlanta Journal-Constitution's ‘Richard Jewell’ Legal Claims ‘Baseless’
Ben Feuerherd / Page Six: Atlanta Journal-Constitution demands ‘Richard Jewell’ disclaimer
Sam Barsanti / The A.V. Club: Atlanta newspaper threatens Clint Eastwood and Warner Bros. with defamation suit over Richard Jewell
Charlie Nash / Mediaite: Newspaper Demands Disclaimer in Clint Eastwood's Movie for Showing Real-Life Reporter Trading Sex For Tips
National Post: Clint Eastwood's ‘Richard Jewell’: Atlanta Newspaper Demands Disclaimer on Depiction of Female Reporter
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