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8:30 AM ET, May 21, 2021

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Eric Ting / SFGATE:
Emily Wilder, fired by AP after harassment from conservatives prompted a review of her social media, says her firing was “selective enforcement” of AP's policy  —  Emily Wilder, a journalist and 2020 graduate of Stanford University, started a new job as an Associated Press news associate based …
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Ray Stern / Phoenix New Times:
AP has fired reporter Emily Wilder after conservative media wrote about her prior pro-Palestinian activism; AP told Wilder she violated social media policy  —  The Associated Press' Phoenix bureau fired former Arizona Republic writer Emily Wilder this week following negative articles …
CNN:
In 2020, the Trump administration secretly sought and obtained two months of phone and email records from 2017 of CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent …
Washington Post:
Sources: Chris Cuomo took part in Governor Cuomo's strategy sessions on how to respond to harassment allegations; CNN says his involvement was a mistake  —  CNN anchor Chris Cuomo advised his brother, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and senior members of the governor's staff on how to respond …
Nir Eyal / OneZero:
NYT uses “dark patterns” to make it harder for readers to cancel subscriptions, even as a member of its editorial board derided such tactics in a recent op-ed  —  ‘Dark patterns’ aren't always malicious mind control.  They're often a symptom of disjointed company culture.
Discussion: The Rebooting
Associated Press:
The Knight Foundation, which funds the UNC professorship offered to Nikole Hannah-Jones, is urging the university to reconsider its decision to deny her tenure  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The foundation that funds the University of North Carolina professorship offered to investigative …
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Hussman Faculty / Medium:
About 40 members of UNC's journalism school faculty sign a letter demanding tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones as Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism
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Over 200 journalism faculty from across the US protest UNC's declining of tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones, calling the move “blatant partisanship and racism”
Gilad Edelman / Wired:
A look at CaliberAI, a company that develops a tool for detecting potentially libelous claims, which may be particularly valuable for short-staffed newsrooms  —  CaliberAI wants to help overstretched newsrooms with a tool that's like spell-check for libel.  But its potential uses go far beyond traditional media.
Discussion: @neilpbrady
The Verge:
Twitter is rolling out its new verification program, with revamped categories that include activists and journalists; applications will be reviewed by humans  —  It also previewed potential changes coming to profiles  —  Twitter is relaunching its public verification program, allowing anyone to apply for a coveted blue check mark.
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
A look at big Tribune shareholder Patrick Soon-Shiong's early days as owner of The LA Times, ahead of his vote on Tribune's sale to Alden on Friday  —  As he geared up for his new sideline as a newspaper publisher, biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong invited four veteran executives …
CNN:
BBC apologizes after a report finds Martin Bashir used “deceitful” methods to get his interview with Princess Diana and that BBC covered up Bashir's behavior  —  (CNN)The BBC has offered an unconditional apology after a report found a prominent journalist used “deceitful” …
 
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Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Ethiopia expels an Irish journalist, Simon Marks, who was working for NYT, without explanation a month before much-delayed Parliamentary elections
MDIF:
Media Development Investment Fund launches MDIF Ventures, which will invest $1M in 12 young media companies in places where access to news is threatened
Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters:
Spotify partners with Audible rival Storytel, allowing the latter's subscribers to listen to books on Spotify; Storytel has 500K titles and 1.6M subscribers
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Two USA Today Network journalists were arrested in NC while covering a protest of the lack of criminal charges in the death of Andrew Brown Jr., then released
Alice Yin / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago mayor said she would talk only to reporters of color on one day to confront lack of newsroom diversity; NABJ says it can't support excluding journalists