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Kristen Hare / Poynter:
NYT launches online campaign encouraging people to support their local newsrooms with a searchable database of for- and nonprofit local news orgs in the US — The Times marketing team launched a campaign Friday — The New York Times marketing team launched a campaign online …
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Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
LA Times Guild accepts 20% cut in pay and hours for its members for 12 weeks starting May 10, saving the paper $2M+; the guild represents nearly 440 journalists — Los Angeles Times' newsroom guild agreed Friday to accept a 20% reduction in pay and hours for its members amid a devastating decline …
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Aaron Freedman / American Prospect:
Five years ago, unions barely existed in digital media, and now 35 digital media brands are unionized; organizing continues amid the pandemic — Five years ago, unions barely existed in digital media. Today, they may save the industry from the worst of the COVID-19 depression—and provide a model to other working professionals.
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump's new press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held the first official White House press briefing since March 11, 2019, and claims “I will never lie to you” — President Trump's new press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held her first White House briefing on Friday, the first official press briefing since March 11, 2019.
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Pew Research Center:
Pew survey of US adults: national news is major source of info on COVID-19 for 56%, local news for 46%; 50% find it hard to tell what's true about the outbreak — Americans continue to pay close attention to news about the coronavirus outbreak both nationally and locally.
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NYT Open:
How NYT comment moderators work with ML system Perspective to maximize the stories that allow comments while also creating a safe discussion forum — Concerns over implicit bias in machine-learning software raised important questions about how New York Times comment moderators can leverage …
Reuters:
Sources: NBCUniversal has reportedly started discussing cost-cutting measures, including significant layoffs across its media and entertainment properties — (Reuters) - Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) owned NBCUniversal is evaluating a significant reduction of staff across its portfolio of media …
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Teresa Mioli / Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas:
On World Press Freedom Day, press advocates mark the occasion with online events and social media campaigns focused on journalist security during the pandemic — As it has done with most things, the current COVID-19 pandemic has made its mark on the annual celebration of World Press Freedom Day …
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Benjamin Mullin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: theSkimm, a news-curation startup known primarily for its current-events newsletter, is laying off about 20% of its staff of about 130 employees — Founders Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin pledge to take pay cuts, plan only one round of layoffs — TheSkimm, a news-curation …
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Ben Smith / New York Times:
News Corp says David Rhodes, a former Fox News exec and once CBS News president, has been advising News Corp's UK operation, speculating a return to Fox News — David Rhodes, a news executive who has held leadership roles at CBS News and Bloomberg, has been advising the media empire's British operation.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism:
Independent News Emergency Relief Coordination, chaired by Reuters Institute, launches to help funders provide relief to independent news orgs amid the pandemic — Funders and others come together to coordinate emergency funding relief. The Reuters Institute will chair the group and provide analysis
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
Report for America's co-founders explain decision to send journalists to Gannett and McClatchy outlets, saying doing so better serves readers and communities — How much support do newspapers owned by cost-cutting corporate chains deserve? It's a dilemma.
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