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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Felicia Sonmez shares her account of suspension from WaPo, says Managing Editor Tracy Grant had concerns that the tweets didn't pertain to her coverage area — The Post has suspended reporter Felicia Sonmez following her social-media activity over the death of NBA great Kobe Bryant.
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Washington Post Guild:
Washington Post Guild issues scathing critique of the paper's suspension of Felicia Sonmez, says WaPo should let her return and provide a security detail
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Ariel Zilber / Daily Mail:
WaPo suspends Felicia Sonmez after she tweeted a story about a rape allegation against Kobe Bryant, responded to criticism, and detailed abuse sent to her email
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
News startup Scroll debuts today with ad-free access to ~300 partners, including BuzzFeed News, BI, and Vox, for $2.49/mo. for first six months then $4.99/mo. — After a long period of invite-only beta testing, Scroll is officially launching today, offering ad-free access to sites like BuzzFeed News …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP held “townhall” meetings on racial sensitivity in its journalism after it was slammed for mistakenly cropping out an African climate activist on Friday — NEW YORK (AP) — A “terrible mistake” in cropping an African climate activist out of a photo sent to customers …
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@ap, @vanessa_vash, @breenewsome, @deardean22, @ericholthaus and @valeriabrownedu
Brian Stelter / CNN:
NPR's Michele Kelemen has been removed from Mike Pompeo's press pool for a trip to UK and Ukraine, a few days after Pompeo responded angrily to an NPR interview — New York (CNN Business)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appears to be escalating his criticism of NPR — this time not just with words but with actions.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Flipboard will now feature local news coverage in 23 cities in US and Canada and start recommending stories based on IP address — Flipboard, the personalized news aggregation app used by 145 million users per month, is today launching a new feature aimed at bringing local news coverage …
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Columbia Journalism Review and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
Former Fox News executive producer Jennifer Williams named head of editorial video strategy for Facebook News — Scoop: Facebook has tapped former Fox News executive producer Jennifer Williams to head video strategy for Facebook News, the dedicated news tab that will launch wide later this year, a source familiar with the move tells me. https://link.nbcnews.com/...
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The Citizen Lab:
A link to a site with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware was sent to NYT journalist Ben Hubbard by an operator tied to Saudi Arabia who also targeted Saudi dissidents — Key Findings — New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was targeted with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware via …
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New York Times, @rondeibert, @nytben, @marietjeschaake, @razhael, @kimzetter and @dangillmor
Leo Barraclough / Variety:
Meet Cute, a company that produces and distributes romantic comedy podcasts, which are published in three five-minute chapters, raises more than $3M in funding — Meet Cute, a New York-based podcast company that focuses on romantic comedies, has secured more than $3 million in funding …
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Hot Pod News and @listenmeetcute
ProPublica:
Craig Newmark Philanthropies donates $1M to ProPublica for its Electionland collaboration and related reporting on voting issues around the 2020 US elections — Gift from organization of craigslist founder to support national and local reporting on voting issues around 2020 U.S. elections
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New York Times:
India restores internet access in Kashmir to 301 “whitelisted” sites, including Netflix and NYT, after nearly six months, but all social media remain blocked — The announcement applied only to 301 websites, and many Kashmiris said they were still in an information black hole.
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MediaNama, @kenroth, @kenroth, @alfonslopeztena, @netshutdowns, ZDNet, Washington Post, American Press Institute and The Next Web
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Times and Sunday Times to launch digital ad-free talk radio station in partnership with radio group Wireless, which is also owned by News UK — The Times titles are launching their own talk radio station which promises “provocative and well-informed” news and current affairs analysis.
Knight Foundation:
CUNY Center for Community Media announces national expansion to support outlets providing coverage of underrepresented people and issues with $1.45M in funding — ORGANIZATION WILL SUPPORT MEDIA OUTLETS SERVING MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES WITH FUNDING FROM KNIGHT FOUNDATION, DEMOCRACY FUND AND FORD FOUNDATION
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