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Bill Birtles / ABC:
China has forced out 19 foreign journalists in 12 months, including Chris Buckley, the respected Australian reporter for NYT who has covered China for 24 years — After 24 years reporting in China, Chris Buckley — a highly regarded and experienced foreign journalist …
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Al Jazeera:
DHS tightens visa restrictions for journalists from China, limiting visas for Chinese reporters to 90 days, with the option for extension — New visa restrictions seen as a retaliatory measure after China expelled American journalists from three US newspapers.
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Pew Research Center:
Pew survey of US adults: 59% say news media provides information they need about COVID-19 while 24% disagree; partisan divide over media's usefulness persists — Even in crisis, Republicans and Democrats remain starkly divided in their attitudes toward journalists — How we did this
Washington Post:
Megyn Kelly debuts first on-camera interview of Biden accuser Tara Reade on Kelly's YouTube channel, after Reade canceled scheduled appearances on Fox and CNN — Megyn Kelly says she became curious about Tara Reade from the intermittent and irregular bursts of news coverage about her accusations against Joe Biden.
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Laura McGann / Vox:
To hold up to scrutiny, #metoo reporting has been built on extraordinary amounts of evidence and multiple accusers, factors missing in the case of Tara Reade
To hold up to scrutiny, #metoo reporting has been built on extraordinary amounts of evidence and multiple accusers, factors missing in the case of Tara Reade
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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Forced to cancel moneymaking in-person events, some media companies have switched with success to virtual events that have driven audience growth and revenue — New York (CNN Business)Fans of Bon Appétit's Test Kitchen chefs were invited to the “Best Weekend Ever” event in New York City last fall.
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Ruth Michaelson / Columbia Journalism Review:
Ruth Michaelson, the Guardian reporter kicked out of Egypt for covering a study that modeled the COVID-19 outbreak in Egypt, describes her last days there — The warning that I would be expelled from Egypt began with a few simple words. “They just want to see your visa,” …
Variety:
How streamers like Bytedance have prospered in China while the country has lost 20% of its theatrical release capacity and 5K+ film and TV companies — Things got weird on the Chinese Internet in January. — With at least 760 million of the nation's residents — a group more than twice …
Diana Falzone / VICE:
The five women who sued NY1 for age and gender discrimination in 2019 say they have had to endure retaliation that has created an even more toxic environment — Last June, five female anchors and reporters at the New York cable news channel NY1 sued their employer, alleging systemic gender and age discrimination.
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Internal email: US News & World Report imposes 90-day furloughs affecting 10%-15% of the company's roughly 320 employees, a move that closely follows pay cuts — U.S. News & World Report on Thursday apprised staffers that it is instituting 90-day furloughs across the company's divisions …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Music streaming company LiveXLive acquires Courtside Group, owner of podcast network PodcastOne, for ~$18M; Podcast One generates 2B+ episode downloads annually — Music livestreamer LiveXLive is diversifying its business with the acquisition of PodcastOne, a podcast network that hosts shows …
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Savannah Jacobson / Columbia Journalism Review:
Natasha Daly, a National Geographic reporter and editor, hopes to encourage healthy skepticism as she fact checks return-of-the-wild stories amid the lockdown — These days, people are desperate for good news. Cheerful stories about animals reclaiming their territory—elephants roaming free in China …
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Victor Pickard / The Nation:
Converting post offices into places to produce community media, with public broadband, would strengthen the original USPS purpose of delivering news and ideas — The postal service is a core democratic infrastructure—and it's time we remember that and fund it appropriately.
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