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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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@mikeisaac, @mandywrites_, @nytimes, @newsbyschmidt, @texasobserver, @cliffordlevy, @mega2e, @cliffordlevy, @sltrib, @dannydb, @tlangford, @danielpmcdermot, @billy_penn, @karambutan, @jmsummers, @jennymedina, @vpmarybeth, @ceciliakang, @neenahyena, @ohthatflo, @cristianafarias, @sarahkliff, @katiekings, @jialynnyang, @ericalg, @carolynryan, @dlboardman, @poynter, @tktaylor, @rebeccaplevin, @nytimespr, @laurengorla, @evanasmith, Trust, Media and Democracy, @hmongilio, @newsalliance, @itsren, @ckrewson, @jbenton, @marclacey, @danbarrynyt and MediaPost
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Rat King / @mikeisaac: the @nytimes created a search tool to help people find and support local news orgs through donations Press Freedom Day is May 3rd, so there's no better time to find an outlet near you and donate if you are able https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mandy Salazar / @mandywrites_: Hey, this definitely isn't a complete list of local publications, but The New York Times out out this great database where you can support local news outlets. Please consider giving a donation (any size) to my paper, Kings County Politics!! 💙 #localnews https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@nytimes: If you do not see your news organization listed in this database, please contact INN, LION, NAHP, NMA or NNPA. If you would like to edit an existing listing or have another inquiry for @nytimes, please complete the form on http://nytimes.com/...
Christine Schmidt / @newsbyschmidt: Glad to see @nytimes spotlight ways to find diverse local news, drawing from the important vetting + community-building work that @INN, @LIONPubs, @NNPA_BlackPress and more have done: https://www.nytimes.com/...
@texasobserver: Local news sources are vital to the safety, security and knowledge of our communities, never more so than in these difficult times. This #worldpressfreedomday, consider supporting the Observer or another local news organization you trust. http://nytimes.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: Today is World Press Freedom Day. Please support local news organizations. You can find one in your area here: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Megan Twohey / @mega2e: Local news is critical to the safety, security and knowledge of our communities, never more so than now. Like the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Chicago Tribune, where I learned investigative journalism. Click here to support a local news outlet you trust! http://nytimes.com/...
Cliff Levy / @cliffordlevy: Local journalism is in crisis and at risk of disappearing. Please find a local news organization you trust and support it! https://www.nytimes.com/...
@sltrib: Local news is a vital resource — it is critical to the safety, security and knowledge of our communities, never more so than in these difficult times. We encourage you to support us, The Salt Lake Tribune, on #worldpressfreedomday. Donate here: http://nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Danny DeBelius / @dannydb: Local journalism is critically important in this moment, and the organizations that provide it are at grave risk. This #WorldPressFreedomDay, consider using this @nytimes tool I helped build to find a news organization near you to support. https://nytimes.com/...
T.L. Langford / @tlangford: Um, @nytimes? Is there a reason local public radio stations aren't listed in this? Also, need to fact check. Some defunct pubs -sadly-included in this list. Local journalism helps tell the full story. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Dan McDermott / @danielpmcdermot: My newspaper isn't in here @maggieNYT nor are any of the other local newspapers here and we're all members of the @va_press_assoc It says you have to join one of the listed paid groups to be in. Seems they are supporting those groups, not actual local news outlets. Just saying. https://twitter.com/...
Billy Penn / @billy_penn: It's World Press Freedom Day! We're thrilled to be listed in this NYT database of local news outlets: https://www.nytimes.com/... You can support Billy Penn's work with a tax-deductible contribution here https://billypenn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kara Meyberg Guzman / @karambutan: How cool is this effort! Proud that @theSCLocal is included. https://twitter.com/...
Jennifer Medina / @jennymedina: Southern California has many great local journalism outlets. A few I love: @LAist @LATACO @VoiceofOC @voiceofsandiego @CalMatters & of course, the @latimes - the paper I grew up admiring and pouring over. #WorldPressFreedomDay https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Mary Beth Gahan / @vpmarybeth: .@dallasnews for me! It's on my doorstep each morning before my coffee is brewing. https://twitter.com/...
@ceciliakang: I support the @seattletimes! Thank you for starting this chain - hope it goes viral. https://twitter.com/...
Neena / @neenahyena: thanks @Oregonian for being the paper I grew up with & publishing my letter to the editor about state budget cuts when I was a high schooler! I was against cutting more days in the school year b/c it could hurt IB class credits...I was not popular. subscribe & support local news! https://twitter.com/...
@ohthatflo: I support @openvallejo & @vjotimesherald, both of which are doing important work covering parts of the North Bay the rest of the Bay Area tends to forget about. https://twitter.com/...
Cristian Farias / @cristianafarias: Because I find its reporting immensely valuable, today I decided to support @sfchronicle, which covers people and places far away from me. If you can, please consider doing the same for local papers that enrich your worldview. https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Kliff / @sarahkliff: I support @wamu885 and @ggwash, two of my go-to news sources for Washington, D.C. coverage. Let @nytimes help you find some of your local news sources that you can support: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Kathleen Kingsbury / @katiekings: Local journalism matters. That's why I'm a proud subscriber to @journalsentinel, @capitalgazette, @washingtonpost and @bostonglobe, and supporter of @MLK50Memphis. Consider subscribing to your local paper today. https://twitter.com/...
Jia Lynn Yang / @jialynnyang: In addition to my hometown paper @washingtonpost I proudly subscribe to @latimes, the paper I read on my aunt's kitchen table every time I visit L.A. And the one paper that gave me a summer internship in 2004 and taught me lessons I still use every day. https://twitter.com/...
Erica L. Green / @ericalg: It's no secret that I left part of my heart at @baltimoresun. Last night, my friends voted for pay cuts and furloughs to help save the paper. Please help them. @SaveOurSun Local journalism helps tell the full story - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/...
@carolynryan: Everything I've done in journalism I owe to the local papers that first gave me a shot. Please subscribe to your local newspaper. It's vital, especially right now. https://www.nytimes.com/...
David Boardman / @dlboardman: Love that @nytimes is doing what it can to help its local-news siblings. Type in your town, then subscribe! https://www.nytimes.com/...
@poynter: What else could national newsrooms offer local newsrooms? “The recognition that a lot of hard work is done at the level of those members,” said @LIONPubs' @ckrewson “who are a crucial part of the local news ecosystem.” https://www.poynter.org/...
Tracey Taylor / @tktaylor: Kudos to @nytimes for recognizing that local journalism is in crisis, that it is critical to the safety, security and knowledge of communities, especially now, and that it needs to be supported. #WorldPressFreedomDay — https://www.nytimes.com/...
Rebecca Plevin / @rebeccaplevin: As a reporter for a small but mighty local newspaper, I really appreciate this effort 🙏🏻 https://twitter.com/...
@nytimespr: @HMongilio @nytimes @frednewspost Hi @hmongilio, thanks for your feedback. If you don't see your publication listed, please contact your news association or fill out the form at http://nytimes.com/...
Lauren Gorla / @laurengorla: I LOVE THIS. (and even though we haven't officially launched it yet) we also have a new way of giving directly to our newsroom. Check it out: http://givebutter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Evan Smith / @evanasmith: .@nytimes: “On World Press Freedom Day and every day, we encourage you to find a local news organization you trust and support it.” You know, I can think of one https://www.nytimes.com/...
Heather S. Mongilio / @hmongilio: Dear @nytimes, I really love your new tool for finding local newspapers to support. It's really appreciated. But please include @frednewspost. We're a local paper in Frederick, Md. You've even referenced some of the stories we broke in your paper. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@newsalliance: Local news is a vital resource — it is critical to the safety, security and knowledge of our communities, never more so than in these difficult times. We encourage you to find a local news outlet you trust and support it. #worldpressfreedomday https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Krewson / @ckrewson: So thrilled that @LIONPubs members are included in this effort. It's an honor. https://twitter.com/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: This is a lovely gesture by @nytimes. One feature request: Let me search by zip code so I can find outlets near places other than where my IP address says I am. (You can search for an individual city or state, but no way to say “show me outlets near Rayne, Louisiana.") https://twitter.com/...
Marc Lacey / @marclacey: Local news is a vital resource — it is critical to our communities. Find a local outlet you trust and support it at http://nytimes.com/... #worldpressfreedomday I support @TheBuffaloNews, the first to support me (with a paycheck).
Dan Barry / @danbarrynyt: Please support local journalism! Most of what I learned in life came from working at the @JournalInquirer in Manchester, Connecticut, covering school boards, local elections, and the occasional religious cult. As always, we need an informed electorate. http://nytimes.com/...
Sara Guaglione / MediaPost: ‘NYT’ Launches Campaign To Support Local News
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Columbia Journalism Review:
An overview of the News Ecosystem Mapping Project, which offers researchers a granular look at the local news landscape in NJ to help understand disruption — Local journalism has become more important than ever. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, researchers were seeking new ways …
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@editorpublisher: Researchers (have been) seeking new ways of seeing the local news landscape amid constant disruption. The Center for Cooperative Media's News Ecosystem Mapping Project, which maps local news in New Jersey, is a response to this desire to better understand. https://www.cjr.org/...
@chanders: This research, by @SarahStonbely and @JesseHolcomb, mapping the New Jersey media ecosystem, is significant in conceptual, methodological, and empirical ways. A major step forward for the field. Bravo. https://www.cjr.org/...
Joshua Benton / @jbenton: One more example of why the UNC “news deserts” database isn't really sound enough to rely on: UNC said last year there were only 152 newspapers in New Jersey. When @SarahStonbely and @JesseHolcomb took a closer look, though, they found 308. https://www.cjr.org/... https://twitter.com/...
Emily Bell / @emilybell: A truly important new piece of work by @SarahStonbely and @JesseHolcomb which redraws the map of how we count local news. Started at the Center for Cooperative Media we are thrilled to support this through @TowCenter https://www.cjr.org/...
Dani Rosales / Local News Lab: Local Fix: #GivingTuesdayNow, Diaries, Press Freedom
Washington Post:
Profile of Matt Pottinger, a former WSJ reporter who faced intimidation in China and is now shaping Trump's China policy, including pushing “Wuhan virus” label — In February, as President Trump was projecting confidence that China's Xi Jinping had the coronavirus under control …
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The Atlantic, @yappelbaum, @theatlantic, @davidnakamura, @dctwining, @klendathucap, @marktfitz, @nspector4, @stuartlauscmp, @thomaswright08, The Guardian and New York Times
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic: The Rest of the World Is Laughing at Trump
Yoni Appelbaum / @yappelbaum: “The outline of a very different, post-American, post-coronavirus world is already taking shape,” writes @anneapplebaum “It's a world in which American opinions will count less, while the opinions of America's rivals will count more.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
@theatlantic: “There is no presidential leadership inside the United States; there is no American leadership in the world,” @anneapplebaum writes. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
David Nakamura / @davidnakamura: New deep dive: Trump aide Matthew Pottinger was among first to push for ‘Wuhan virus’ label after concluding Beijing was pursuing ‘psychological warfare’ to shift blame. His doctor brother Paul treated first victims in Seattle. w/@carolleonnig @nakashimae https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Daniel Twining / @dctwining: Pottinger believes Beijing's handling of the virus has been “catastrophic” and “the whole world is the collateral damage of China's internal governance problems.” Correct. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@klendathucap: “Chinese leaders were engaging in a massive coverup and a “psychological warfare” operation to obscure the origins of the virus... Pottinger urged Trump... to brand the virus with a label so that there would be no mistaking its origins: the Wuhan virus.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mark Fitzpatrick / @marktfitz: Dear Chinese security services, Roughing up reporters can come back to bite you. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Norman Spector / @nspector4: In a personal essay for the @wsj in 2005, he described being videotaped by Chinese police, flushing notes down a toilet to hide them from authorities and being roughed up “by a government goon” at a Starbucks in Beijing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Stuart Lau / @stuartlauscmp: To Pottinger, the critics missed the point: China's state media had named the virus for Wuhan for weeks before suddenly pressuring the World Health Organization to formally name it covid-19. Beijing needed to own it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Maria Bustillos / Columbia Journalism Review:
Media's insistence on false balance in political reporting is part of its role in selling stability and certainty, without which they cannot operate effectively — The earliest mention I could find of “false balance” in news reporting appeared in a 1988 Boston Globe article, “TV Manipulation in the '88 Campaign.”
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@cjr: “MSNBC's hosts shouldn't be waiting until the president tells the public to inject bleach to tell their viewers that the news from Earth-Two is suspect at best, and always has been.” From our MSNBC Public Editor, @mariabustillos https://www.cjr.org/...
Merlin Mann / @hotdogsladies: We're going to remember David Roth as the writer who most nailed this era. The one who best heard the tonal clams that were repeatedly hit and was uniquely gifted at describing how it all felt AS it was happening. https://newrepublic.com/... https://twitter.com/...
David Roth / @david_j_roth: I wrote about how stupid it is to keep asking the same questions of a person who will never be able to answer them. https://newrepublic.com/...
Tim Miller / @timodc: This is a treat. Utterly depressing and devoid of hope but a treat nonetheless. https://twitter.com/...
David Roth / @david_j_roth: I wrote about political media's helpless and unhelpful dedication to pursuing useless answers to useless questions. https://newrepublic.com/...
Josh Androsky / @shutupandrosky: man fuck if @david_j_roth doesn't keep writing the perfect thing to describe every new horrible moment https://newrepublic.com/...
Russ Bengtson / @russbengtson: I have no idea how @david_j_roth continues to write about donald trump, but seeing that he's better at it than anyone else, I am glad he finds a way. https://twitter.com/...
Matt Stiles / @stiles: “very few things about Trump have ever improved—have not instantly unraveled into a tangle of fragrant grifty waste—upon closer examination” — @david_j_roth https://newrepublic.com/...
Jeff Blair / @snjeffblair: Really good read about Trump and his media briefings ... https://twitter.com/...
Bruce Arthur / @bruce_arthur: “It has finally begun to feel as dangerous as it is.” Nobody writes Trump with clearer eyes than @david_j_roth https://newrepublic.com/...
@newrepublic: .@david_j_roth on the useless, mutually beneficial symbiosis between Trump and his media enablers: https://newrepublic.com/...
Schooley / @rschooley: Toss up between, “lacquered roast ducks that hang from hook” and “falling asleep while hanging from an invisible parachute” as my favorite description of the Trump affect in here. https://twitter.com/...
Jon Green / @_jon_green: if David stapled the essays he's written about Trump together and called it a book I'd buy it https://twitter.com/...
Ed Zitron / @edzitron: Once again David manages to put into words something that's been in my mind for months. Hes so good https://twitter.com/...
Gregg Gonsalves / @gregggonsalves: The Cancer in the Camera Lens. “When the news itself is unstable—when leaders and institutions are crashing and flailing all around us, conventional media is with few exceptions incapable of providing an accurate picture of the facts.” https://newrepublic.com/...
Elise Hu / @elisewho: Even in this life or death crisis, our media culture still does things the old way. @david_j_roth: “Covg that focuses on the stupid things Trump says will be ltd to responding to those things and so will remain unresponsive to the more urgent problems” https://newrepublic.com/...
David Roth / New Republic: The Cancer in the Camera Lens
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: “National news organizations like MSNBC cannot operate effectively outside the assumption of calm, professional equanimity. Their real stock-in-trade is the impression, the conviction, that they know what is going on in the world.” https://www.cjr.org/... A brilliant column.
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Trump's press briefings should be seen in full with all of his contradictions and incoherence because quotes in articles only help him articulate his worldview — We're committed to keeping our readers informed. … To get to the White House Rose Garden during the pandemic …
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Michael Gordon / @michaelgordonus: If there's one thing R's and D's can agree on, it's that #Trump's daily briefings were a national embarrassment. https://nymag.com/... #DisinfectantDonald #TrumpPressConf @Olivianuzzi @NYMag
AGirlHasNoPresident / @bttr_as1: As someone who has screamed against airing trump briefings, this changed my mind. I believe I was wrong. IMNO { #InMyNewOpinion 😬}, the media outlets should air trump. Allow him to expose himself in all his glory. https://nymag.com/...
Kara Swisher / @karaswisher: Fascinating take on Trump pressers by @Olivianuzzi, such as: “When you listen to what he says, and how he says it, you are confronted by his insanity in a way that is more powerful ...” https://nymag.com/...
@nymag: “Show Trump as he is, in all of his contradictions and incoherence,” argues @OliviaNuzzi. “The American people can handle it — they may just not want to.” https://nymag.com/...
Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy: “When we extract [Trump's] words in clips or quotes...when we divorce them from their rambling context to place them in the context of the real world...we are also helping him articulate a semi-coherent worldview and ideology when there usually isn't one.” https://nymag.com/...
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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@pewjournalism, @johngramlich, @niemanreports, @arimelber, Media News and Pew Research Center
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@pewjournalism: % of U.S. adults who say __ is a major source for coronavirus news: National news outlets - 56% Public health orgs and officials - 51% Local news outlets - 46% State/local elected officials - 36% Trump & the coronavirus task force - 31% https://www.journalism.org/... https://twitter.com/...
John Gramlich / @johngramlich: This is interesting for those of us in the publishing world, too: While the coronavirus is obviously the story that dwarfs all others, it may not be the only thing Americans want to see/hear/read about these days. https://twitter.com/...
@niemanreports: About nine-in-ten Americans (87%) are following coronavirus news fairly or very closely, according to new @pewresearch, but many of them need to take breaks from it https://www.journalism.org/...
Ari Melber / @arimelber: Pew Poll: 71% of Americans say they need to take breaks from coronavirus news About half find it hard to sift through “what is true and what is not” https://www.journalism.org/... @asmitch
Travis Mitchell / Pew Research Center: How Pew Research Center is covering COVID-19
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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L.A. Times Guild, @mattdpearce, @byalexzaragoza, @saraqdavid, @arashmarkazi, Variety, @jenwsheehan, @sarahparvini, @bermudezwrites, @megjameslat, @jessicamartinez, @samaugustdean, @economistmeg, @mattdpearce, @sarahljaffe, @mgafni, @haileybranson, @felixsalmon, @thebenbergman and @stevedaniels27
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Anthony Pesce / L.A. Times Guild: L.A. Times Guild strikes deal to avoid newsroom layoffs
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: This is a painful cut at L.A. Times, but at @latguild, we think we've found a powerful tool to fight layoffs that other newsrooms should closely consider. Work-sharing has its roots in the Great Depression, and it's how Germany keeps unemployment so low. https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Tijuana Maxx / @byalexzaragoza: Cuts are never a positive, but I applaud the LAT Guild of doing the hard work of making the best out of a bad situation. The work share program would ensure employees keep their jobs and their insurance, which is absolutely imperative at a time like this. https://twitter.com/...
Sara David / @saraqdavid: really amazing work from la times union—media companies are doing a huge disservice to themselves and their employees by not considering workshare 👀 with health insurance tied to employment, this could literally save lives https://twitter.com/...
Arash Markazi / @arashmarkazi: I know I normally do a fun sales pitch complete with Venmo and sandwiches but I'll cut to the chase this time: Please consider subscribing to the @LATimes. This is my paper, this is your paper, this is our city's paper. Let's make sure that never changes. https://checkout2.latimes.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Gene Maddaus / Variety: L.A. Times Newsroom to Take 20% Pay Cut for Three Months
Jennifer W. Sheehan / @jenwsheehan: This is such a good program. Unfortunately @tribpub could not be bothered to consider it when we proposed it. It would have allowed us to have more journalists in the newsroom to cover the pandemic https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Parvini / @sarahparvini: Through hard work and grit, @latguild found a way to stop what would have been more than 80 layoffs. From May 10 to Aug 1, we'll work a 20% reduced weekly schedule to cut payroll by more than $2 million while we weather this unprecedented economic crisis. https://latguild.com/...
Esmeralda Bermudez / @bermudezwrites: L.A. Times guild OKs 20% cut in pay, hours amid coronavirus. Nearly 440 journalists will have their wages cut for 12 weeks. Journalists will work four days each week instead of the usual five days. The reductions are expected to save more than $2 million. https://www.latimes.com/...
Meg James / @megjameslat: L.A. Times guild journalists accept 20% pay reduction for 12 weeks amid coronavirus. Advertising has virtually disappeared during the crisis. https://www.latimes.com/...
Jessica Martinez / @jessicamartinez: Nearly 440 journalists represented by the Media Guild of the West will have their wages and hours cut for 12 weeks, beginning May 10. Journalists will work four days each week instead of the usual five days. More from @MegJamesLAT: https://www.latimes.com/...
Sam Dean / @samaugustdean: Some fun facts about our upcoming four-day workweek at the LA Times! California was the first state in the US to introduce work sharing, in 1978, thanks to a bill introduced by Bill Greene, a state senator repping Southeast LA, Watts and Compton. https://latguild.com/...
Megan Greene / @economistmeg: Work sharing, FTW https://latguild.com/... Also my column on why the US doesn't use it much, and why we should in some cases: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: And critically — this is the detail most people don't know — short-time compensation programs like work-sharing trigger eligibility for the FPUC CARES Act benefit. Those stories about coffee shop owners laying people off to get them stimulus money — they don't have to do that! https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Jaffe / @sarahljaffe: Leaving aside that it is terrible to be cutting journalists in the midst of massive crisis, shorter hours for all is a great way to do things: https://twitter.com/...
Matthias Gafni / @mgafni: LA Times Guild avoids more than 80+ newsroom layoffs by cutting work 20% over 2+ months to save $2 million in payroll costs. Support local journalism https://latguild.com/... @latguild
Hailey Branson-Potts / @haileybranson: Los Angeles Times journalists, including myself, will be working 20% fewer hours over the next few months. Amid steep financial losses because of COVID-19, this plan to cut costs avoids more than 80 layoffs, per @latguild. Please consider subscribing: https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Felix Salmon / @felixsalmon: This is fascinating: People working 4 days a week can also collect unemployment benefits. The LA Times is taking advantage of this as a way to avoid layoffs https://latguild.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Ben Bergman / @thebenbergman: Glad there are no layoffs but we need more journalists working more hours right now, not fewer. (This move will save $2 million for a paper owned by someone worth $6.9 billion.) https://twitter.com/...
Steve Daniels / @stevedaniels27: .@latimes union appears to have found a way to preserve jobs, allow its employer to cut costs to cope with #COVID19 and take advantage of beefed up unemployment benefits so that workers can feed their families. This should be available to @tribpub https://latguild.com/...
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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
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@freedaaron, @sokane1, @theprospect, @mikeelk, @rkgwork, @john_thom_, @mikeelk, @michaelsocolow, @cb1rd, @rebekahlsanders, @caitmunro, @hearstunion, @hearstunion, @bfnewsunion, @ddayen, @jeffyoung, @freedaaron, @ddayen, @saraqdavid, @jeffyoung, @dylanmatt, @yourmandevine and @kerrymflynn
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Aaron Freedman / @freedaaron: If you're looking for an uplifting May Day weekend longread, check out my feature in @theprospect on the rise of labor unions in digital media https://prospect.org/...
Sean O'Kane / @sokane1: “Just a few years ago, this outpouring of not just support for, but identity with, a digital media union would have been unimaginable.” https://prospect.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@theprospect: 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. https://prospect.org/...
Mike Elk / @mikeelk: “According to a report in the Harvard Business Review, the number of unionized workers in internet publishing has grown twenty-fold since 2010” @yairtar predicted this trend at the Louisville Statement of Media Workers Right - man @rivercityjp was there https://prospect.org/...
R Givan / @rkgwork: “When I was organizing, what mattered to me was, are you willing to put yourself out there for your colleagues in the unit. There is a way in which I had never truly lived my politics until I helped organize my workplace.” - @John_Thom_ https://prospect.org/...
John Thomason / @john_thom_: for this May Day I provided some halfway intelligible remarks about “being at the mercy of the boss” for this very intelligible and excellent piece by @freedaaron https://prospect.org/...
Mike Elk / @mikeelk: Fascinating @freedaaron on lessons of digital media unionization stuff. Never realized that @hamiltonnolan got recruited into union organizing w/ @WGAEast as a result of covering Vice issues. It's wild the things labor reporting will make you do sometimes like unionize! #Sol https://twitter.com/...
Michael Socolow / @michaelsocolow: “@Gawker acted as a training ground for the digital-media union movement, with former staffers playing instrumental roles in organizing other newsrooms.” Unionization of journalists is good for journalism, and @Gawker was a good website. https://prospect.org/...
Cameron Bird / @cb1rd: This is what collective power is all about. Much respect for the @latguild. https://latguild.com/...
Rebekah L. Sanders / @rebekahlsanders: .@latguild has reached a deal to avoid 80+ layoffs and other cuts to their newsroom, while shielding their journalists from financial harm. https://twitter.com/...
Cait Munro / @caitmunro: thank goddess for unions https://prospect.org/...
Hearst Magazines / @hearstunion: One reason to organize your newsroom: breaking down silos between you and your colleagues. A member of @vox_union's organizing committee told @theprospect: “I really wanted to fight for my workers because I got to know them and got closer to them.”
Hearst Magazines / @hearstunion: Organizing is transformative. As @hamiltonnolan said so well: https://twitter.com/...
@bfnewsunion: We celebrated May Day with a bargaining session! Couldn't be prouder to stand with all the workers in the world who are fighting for their rights, today and every day. https://twitter.com/...
David Dayen / @ddayen: Here's a great May Day feature on digital media unions:how they originated, how they caught on, & how they transformed a profession that was standoffish (at best) with labor into a community with class consciousness. Real proud of this one from @freedaaron https://prospect.org/...
Jeffrey Young / @jeffyoung: This article does a great job illustrating how union organizing in media works and what the benefits are, including those that go far beyond whatever any of us negotiated in our collective bargaining agreements. https://prospect.org/...
Aaron Freedman / @freedaaron: There is no future for the US Left w/o a large, militant labor movement. The growth of unions in digital media—nearly 20x since 2010—shows that the 60% of US workers who are professionals can organize AND develop working class consciousness in the process. https://prospect.org/...
David Dayen / @ddayen: Gotta re-up this great @freedaaron piece about unionization of digital media, featuring actions at @vice, @voxmedia and more. The bargaining units, once laughed off, have become an essential part of the identity of many members. Read it! https://prospect.org/...
Sara David / @saraqdavid: HAPPY MAY DAY!! it is my honor and privilege to be part of @viceunion, and i'm so happy i got to talk about it with @freedaaron: https://prospect.org/...
Jeffrey Young / @jeffyoung: Being a small part of this movement has been incredibly rewarding and I want everyone to join us. I love @HuffPostUnion and @WGAEast. 💪🏻 https://twitter.com/...
Dylan Matthews / @dylanmatt: Nice photo back from when @germanrlopez and I could still cuddle https://prospect.org/... https://twitter.com/...
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 …
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Charlie Beckett / @charliebeckett: Fascinating and informative post from @nytimes Open team explaining their use of ML to help moderate comments. Some clever work to counter toxic content by analysing algorithmic bias and using human editing of the system and content. https://open.nytimes.com/...
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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Daniel Dale / @ddale8: She promised never to lie. Then Kayleigh McEnany misquoted the FBI notes on Flynn, misstated what Trump said in a tweet, and exaggerated the cost and outcome of the Mueller investigation. Fact check on the new press secretary's first briefing: http://www.cnn.com/...
@washingtonpost: Analysis: 15 minutes after pledging not to lie, Trump's new press secretary made an obviously false claim https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Rob Rogers / @rob_rogers: The new press secretary promises not to lie and then immediately follows that up by lying — she should fit right in. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mona / @monaheart1229: Kayleigh McEnany said that she ‘will never lie’, yet among other things she said Trump has ‘always told the truth’ @ his sexual assault allegations McEnany is just another hard core cover-up participant She is exactly what we expected #SaturdayThoughts https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Mazzetti / @markmazzettinyt: Headline in print edition: “New Press Aide Vowed Never to Lie. That Was the First Lie.” @anniekarni https://www.nytimes.com/...
Shibley Telhami / @shibleytelhami: When the main job is defending a serial liar, don't expect the truth https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mark Leibovich / @markleibovich: “I'm consistently with him absorbing his thinking, and it is my mission to bring you the mind-set of the president,,” Ms. McEnany said...Via the excellent mindset of @anniekarni https://www.nytimes.com/...
Mehdi Hasan / @mehdirhasan: New York Times with a rare use of the L word. More of this please. https://twitter.com/...
@msnbc: During her debut press briefing, White House Press. Sec McEnany told reporters “I will never lie to you.” AP Reporter Jill Colvin: “Despite answering that question and saying she would never lie ... there were certainly mischaracterizations.” https://www.msnbc.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Much better take than those giving her a pass. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Kruse / @michaelkruse: “The Trump White House is not putting the briefing back on in order to inform the public,” says @danpfeiffer. “They're doing it to create a gladiator style show where the new press secretary will bash the press and Trump will fire up his base.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: Minutes after promising to not lie, new White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany lied a whole bunch https://www.vox.com/...
Bad Fox Graphics / @badfoxgraphics: My timeline looked like this...I just copied and pasted 👇 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Eric Columbus / @ericcolumbus: When your predecessors set the bar very, very, very low. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: The @nytimes is such a mess. The President's Press Secy says she'll never lie. Immediately after that she lies. Here's how the @nytimes described it: “(She) found that vow almost immediately tested.” https://twitter.com/...
Joe Lockhart / @joelockhart: I test she arguable failed or did enough today to indicate she will fail soon. Changing the wording of a FBI document, saying the President was fully exonerated etc put her on very thin ice. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: Deliberate lies or slip-ups? “We can't be certain; since it was @PressSec's first time at the podium after being hired in April, we'll be generous in our choice of words. Regardless of her intentions, though, her comments were laden with inaccuracies...” https://www.cnn.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: “At the first official briefing by a White House press secretary in 417 days, Kayleigh McEnany promised journalists, ‘I will never lie to you.’ McEnany proceeded to say a bunch of things that weren't true.” https://www.cnn.com/...
Victor Garcia / Fox News: WH press secretary calls out Dems who say Fauci was ‘blocked’ from testifying in House: A ‘publicity stunt’
Philip Bump / Washington Post: 15 minutes after pledging not to lie, Trump's new press secretary made an obviously false claim
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany in First Press Conference: ‘I Will Never Lie to You’ (Video)
Paul Rosenberg / @paulhrosenberg: When a liar promises never to lie, that's called, “clearing their throat.” https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: Comes now @ddale8 to fill out the list, with @PressSec's misrepresentations about the Mueller probe and the Michigan tweet. But he is too kind about her virus deception. https://www.cnn.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dan Froomkin / @froomkin: New @presssec's first briefing was a mishmash of misrepresentations and misinformation. Pay no attention to the stenographers. https://presswatchers.org/... via Press Watch
Aaron Rupar / Vox: Minutes after pledging to not lie, the new White House press secretary lied a whole bunch
Michelangelo Signorile / The Signorile Report: Michael in Alabama calls to praise Trump's “pure” press secretary
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: New White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany began her first briefing with a promise to not lie. The good times lasted about 15 minutes. https://www.vox.com/...
Aaron Rupar / @atrupar: “The salacious, awful, and verifiably false allegations that were made against Justice Kavanaugh” — McEnany just lied, breaking the promise she made not to just minutes ago. The allegations against Kavanaugh were not verifiably false. It was a good run. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Dale / @ddale8: McEnany claimed the Russia probe ended with “$40 million of taxpayer money being lost in a complete and total exoneration of President Trump.” The final total was $32M, per official figures; govt. expected to recoup about $17M; Mueller report explicitly said it didn't exonerate.
@factcheckdotorg: WH Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany criticized the W.H.O., saying it “praised China's leadership on the 22nd of January.” But on that same day President Trump said he trusted China, and two days later he thanked China for its “efforts and transparency.” https://www.factcheck.org/...
Aaron Blake / @aaronblake: White House @PressSec Kayleigh McEnany goes after the WHO, including: “They praised China's leadership on the 22nd of January.” Trump did this too: -On Jan. 24 -On Feb. 7 -On Feb. 26 -On March 4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Ann Coulter / @anncoulter: Kayleigh McEnany: beautiful, Christian, conservative ... designed by nature to enrage MSNBC viewers.
Jim Acosta / @acosta: New press sec McEnany at first traditional WH briefing in more than 400 days: “I will never lie to you. You have my word on that.”
Yamiche Alcindor / @yamiche: McEnany: Pres Trump has swiftly denied sexual assault allegations. You are bringing up issues from 4 years ago. They were asked & answered when Trump was elected. Context: Accusations are not just from 4 years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alayna Treene / @alaynatreene: McEnany announced that she plans to continue holding on-camera press briefings moving forward, a regular practice that ended during Sarah Sanders' tenure. Stephanie Grisham, McEnany's predecessor, did not hold a single briefing https://www.axios.com/...
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair: Wildly Petty Pence Staff Threatens to Punish Reporter Who Blew Up Its Mayo Mask Spot
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News: In her first briefing, Trump's new press secretary vows to ‘never lie’ despite history of false claims on coronavirus
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter: New Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Says White House Daily Briefings Are Back
Andrew Solender / Forbes: White House Holds First Formal Press Briefing In Over A Year
Justin Sink / Bloomberg: Trump's New Press Secretary Promises She'll Never Lie
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart: Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Hosts First White House Briefing: ‘I Will Never Lie to You’
Daniel Politi / Slate: New White House Press Secretary Vows “I Will Never Lie to You” Before Telling a Few Lies
Sam Dorman / Fox News: Former press secretaries assess Kayleigh McEnany's first briefing performance
David Smith / The Guardian: Trump ‘cannot tell a lie’ - but can Kayleigh McEnany, his new press secretary?
John T Bennett / The Independent: Donald Trump's fourth press secretary passes test in briefing room debut - but real challenges lie ahead
Brian Flood / Fox News: Kayleigh McEnany says ‘news cycle’ and ‘needs of American people’ will determine press briefing schedule
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Chuck Todd on Kayleigh McEnany's First Press Briefing: Felt More ‘Normal’ …
WARC:
UK ad market to contract 16.7%, from £25.36B in 2019 to £21.13B in 2020; TV ad spend to drop 19.8%, magazines 25.1%, regional news 24.1%, national outlets 20.5% — Ten years of continuous ad market growth peaked in 2019 at £25.36bn, but the COVID-19 outbreak will wipe …
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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@wsj: Comcast's NBCUniversal is reviewing operations across its portfolio of media and entertainment properties as part of a cost-cutting effort that could result in a significant reduction of staff, people familiar with the matter said https://www.wsj.com/...
Tate James / @hailseitan6969: if you're an nbcuniversal employee and you would like to talk about unionizing, my dms are open and secure email is in my bio https://www.wsj.com/...
Spencer Wells / @spwells: Under the cost-cutting microscope at NBCUniversal: the theme-parks division and Universal Pictures, both of which have been grounded as a result of the coronavirus 🦠 https://www.wsj.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / @ashkan: 50/ theme parks I'd understand but to hear of cutbacks at media & entertainment is disconcerting https://www.wsj.com/...
Lillian Rizzo / @lilliannnn: NBCUniversal is weighing significant layoffs in various divisions as the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on its business, https://www.wsj.com/... w/ @JBFlint on @WSJ $CMCSA
Oliver Willis / @owillis: In 2016, NBCUniversal gave Megyn Kelly a $69 million contract. Her tv shows were a ratings and critical disaster and she was let go in 2019 with her entire contract intact. At the time she was hired NBC did not have a news bureau in Puerto Rico, where 3.2m Americans live. 👏🏽 https://twitter.com/...
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 …
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
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@risj_oxford: 1. Today we are launching the Independent News Emergency Relief Coordination #INERC, an effort to help funders willing and able to provide financial support for independent news media better understand where need is greatest and coordinate their efforts https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ...
Catarina Carvalho / @catcar16: The media need unprecedent help in unseen ways. Independent News Emergency Relief Coordination (INERC) is being launched to coordinate help during the pandemic at the @risj_oxford Institute for the Study of Journalism @rasmus_kleis https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ...
@jamesmdeane: Delighted that @bbcmediaaction has helped get this going. We need a long term response in the shape of an International Fund for Public Interest Media but in meantime, the emergency response to the financial crisis engulfing media needs good, data driven, donor coordination#ifpim https://twitter.com/...
Nishant Lalwani / @nishantlalwani: @luminategroup is very pleased to support @risj_oxford to launch Independent News Emergency Relief Coordination (INERC): a global, data-driven effort to increase the impact of media funding during #covid. If you are funding journalism, or thinking about it: please get in touch. https://twitter.com/...
Wan-Ifra / @newspaperworld: WAN-IFRA is part of the Independent News Emergency Coordination launched today to coordinate emergency funding relief for news media during pandemic https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ...
@pressgazette: The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism will chair a new group of funders coming together to provide emergency relief for independent news media during the pandemic. Founding members include Facebook, Google and the BBC Media Action charity https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ...
Molly de Aguiar / @mollydeaguiar: This is smart https://twitter.com/...
Jodie Ginsberg / @jodieginsberg: Glad to see this effort to coordinate research and help better direct funding for media globally - and look forward to collaborating with data and insights from the @Internews @InternewsEurope Rapid Response Fund. #informationsaveslives #covid19 https://twitter.com/...
Luminate / @luminategroup: There's been a strong response to the crisis that #COVID19 poses to media, but how can we ensure support has the greatest impact? That's where the Independent News Emergency Relief Coordination initiative comes in. Learn more: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac .uk/ ... #INERC
Cima / @cima_media: CIMA is proud to be a founding member of the Independent News Emergency Relief Coordination (INERC). The COVID-19 pandemic has created a potentially catastrophic situation for independent media, which is why it is important for global coordination to address the crisis. #MediaDev https://twitter.com/...
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen / @rasmus_kleis: At it's most fundamental level, #INERC is based on this brutal fact: if independent news media don't get through short-term, they won't have long-term future. And we will be better able to help them get through crisis if we work together to coordinate emergency funding relief. https://twitter.com/...
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