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Nexta Telegram channel founder Roman Protasevich arrested as Belarus, under orders from Lukashenko, sends fighter jet and forces Ryanair flight to land in Minsk — The dissident, Roman Protasevich, co-founded a Telegram channel that is a popular opposition outlet in Belarus.
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@ryanairpress: Our FR4978 flight has landed safely in Vilnius at 19:25hrs UK time (21:25hrs local time). Here is Ryanair's statement on today's diversion to Minsk Airport 👇 https://twitter.com/...
@gitanasnauseda: Unprecedented event! A civilian passenger plane flying to Vilnius was forcibly landed in #Minsk. Belarusian political activist & founder of @NEXTA_EN was on the plane. He is arrested. 🇧🇾 regime is behind the abhorrent action. I demand to free Roman Protasevič urgently!
@franakviacorka: BREAKING! The regime landed @Ryanair plane, which was flying from Athens to Vilnius,in order to arrest the famous Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich. In Belarus, he faces the death penalty. Belarus has seized a plane,put passengers in danger, in order to repress an opponent https://twitter.com/...
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / @tsihanouskaya: The regime forced the landing @Ryanair plane in Minsk to arrest journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich. He faces the death penalty in Belarus. We demand immediate release of Raman, @ICAO investigation, and sanctions against Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times: Belarus Scrambles Jet to Force Down Plane Carrying Dissident
Ursula von der Leyen / @vonderleyen: It is utterly unacceptable to force @Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk. ALL passengers must be able to continue their travel to Vilnius immediately and their safety ensured. Any violation of international air transport rules must bear consequences.
Andrew Roth / The Guardian: Belarus KGB believed to be on plane forced to land in Minsk, says Ryanair CEO
Bill Bostock / Insider: Belarus had KGB agents on the passenger plane that was diverted to arrest a dissident journalist, Ryanair CEO says
CNN: Founder of Nexta Telegram channel, which covered Belarus protests, arrested in Minsk after passenger plane was forced to land, allegedly after a fake bomb scare
@krisjaniskarins: Concerning reports about forced landing of @Ryanair flight in Minsk and safety of all the passengers. We call for independent international investigation of this incident and immediate release of Belarusian opposition activist Roman Protasevich arrested on this flight.
Prime Minister GR / @primeministergr: The forced landing of a commercial plane to detain a journalist is an unprecedented, shocking act. We demand all passengers' immediate release. Tomorrow's #EUCO must address the need to step up pressure on Belarus. Enough is enough.
@ingridasimonyte: Passengers and crew of Ryanair flight en route from Athens to Vilnius have been put in danger - when forcibly landed in Minsk. We demand that the plane and passengers be allowed to fly to Vilnius immediately!
Tadeusz Giczan / @tadeuszgiczan: What we know so far: KGB operatives boarded the plane in Athens this morning together with Roman Protasevich (he noticed dodgy-looking ppl taking pics of him at the gate). Then when the plane has entered Belarus airspace KGB officers initiated a fight with the Ryanair crew (1/2)
Anne Applebaum / @anneapplebaum: The Belarus government has forced down a commercial airplane flying over its territory in order to arrest a passenger - an opposition journalist. This is state-sponsored hijacking. https://twitter.com/...
Christophe Deloire / @cdeloire: What happened may seem extravagant, in reality it is extremely serious. Hijacking a plane to arrest a journalist is pushing state treachery to the extreme. We expect from the international community sanctions commensurate with this perfidy. #PressFreedom #Belarus https://twitter.com/...
Tom Jones / Poynter: The Associated Press fired a reporter over social media use — and what it means for other news outlets
Shawn Pogatchnik / Politico: Ryanair CEO calls Belarus landing a ‘state-sponsored hijacking’
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: A new low for Belarus President Lukashenko: his forces endanger a commercial jet flying over its territory to force it down and arrest a dissident journalist on board. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Sarah McLaughlin / @sarahemclaugh: Mrs. Lincoln took part in a night at the theater. Following a delay, she departed the theater safely after the performance. https://twitter.com/...
Jim Sciutto / @jimsciutto: And the costs are clearly survivable. If Russia can poison and then jail its main opposition leader (and throw others out windows), Belarus calculates it can hijack a plane to arrest its own. And the cycle goes on. https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post: E.U. promises swift retaliation after Belarus forces airliner to land and detains dissident
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast: Girlfriend of Belarusian Activist Also Snatched From Hijacked Commercial Flight
David Thornton / The Racket News: Belorus airline intercept threatens air travel everywhere
Andrew Roth / The Guardian: Belarus accused of ‘hijacking’ Ryanair flight diverted to arrest blogger
David Coltart / @davidcoltart: Belarus President Scrambles Jet to Force Down Plane Carrying Dissident . Tyrants are the same the world over. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Tadeusz Giczan / @tadeuszgiczan: insisting there's an IED onboard. Eventually the crew was forced to send out SOS (literally moments before the plane would've left Belarus airspace). MiG-29 took off and escorted it to Minsk. Security services entered the plane and arrested Protasevich. (2/2)
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: Strong statement. Question is, what will be the consequences? https://twitter.com/...
Molly Jong-Fast / @mollyjongfast: This is fucked up https://twitter.com/...
@cjcmichel: Needless to say, unless there's massive pushback against this from the West, we're going to see repeats of this new tactic in Russia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, etc. https://twitter.com/...
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Lucian Truscott Newsletter: Ryanair flight forced down by military jets in Belarus
@jesselynradack: Remember when the U.S. asked European countries to force down the plane of Bolivian President Morales bc they thought @Snowden was aboard?? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Peter Weber / The Week: Lithuania is investigating Belarus for potential terrorism over ‘state hijacking’ of RyanAir jet
Denis MacShane / @denismacshane: Well said https://twitter.com/...
Shaun Kenney / The Republican Standard: TRS Sunday Post | Crumbling Democrats Are Desperate For New Narratives
Rep. Peter Meijer / @repmeijer: The authoritarian Belarusian regime just forced down a civilian Ryanair plane flying from Greece to Lithuania to arrest a political activist who criticized the dictator Lukashenko. This is an egregious violation that deserves condemnation and stronger sanctions against Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Burleigh / @marcburleigh: Latvia's PM on the @Ryanair plane forced to land in #Belarus https://twitter.com/...
Valda Kalnina / TASS: Lithuanian president says Ryanair plane was forced to land in Minsk
Brian Klaas / @brianklaas: This is a crucial point. What happened in Belarus is being watched closely by authoritarian despots around the world. Can you get away with forcing down a civilian aircraft with a fighter jet to arrest someone? The West needs to ensure that the answer is a resounding “No.” https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesworld: Belarus said its president gave an “unequivocal order” to make the plane, carrying Roman Protasevich, do a U-turn and land. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Ryanair's statement fails to mention that 6 people didn't continue on to Vilnius: Roman Protasevich, the Belarusian opposition journalist and his girlfriend who were detained, and four mysterious Russians who decided to end their trip on Minsk. https://twitter.com/...
Kenneth Roth / @kenroth: The Belarus pretext — to address a security threat rather than to arrest a dissident — isn't even credible for its forced down of the Ryanair jet. The jet was already nearer its destination in Vilnius than it was to Minsk where it was forced to land. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Michael Weiss / @michaeldweiss: Belarusian KGB hijacked a plane headed to Vilnius with a fake bomb threat to arrest a journalist wanted by Lukashenko. Extraordinary. https://www.rferl.org/...
Lotte Leicht / @lotteleicht1: Incredible. #Lukashenko's thuggish regime force a commercial plane -en route from one #EU state to another EU state- to land in #Belarus .. for the purpose of arresting a critical journalist on board the airliner. End impunity. #JusticeMatters. https://www.nytimes.com/...
NYT Graphics / @nytgraphics: Belarus sent a fighter jet to intercept a European airliner traveling through its airspace and ordered the plane to land, where a prominent opposition journalist aboard was seized, provoking international outrage. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
James Ball / @jamesrbuk: This action *must* have consequences, or else the reach of dictatorships to suppress free speech will extend even further than it does already. https://twitter.com/...
Mario Seminerio / @phastidio: Waiting for the consequences, then https://twitter.com/...
Radek Sikorski Mep / @radeksikorski: This is a dangerous precedent for travellers everywhere. I shall be tabling a resolution @Europarl_EN to expel Belorus from @ICAO and impose other sanctions until Mr Pratasevicz is freed and the guilty of this outrageous act of state terrorism are punished. https://twitter.com/...
Abhijit Iyer-Mitra / @iyervval: Not unprecedented- in 2010 Iranians did the same to an Emirati plane from Dubai to Bishkek capturing & executing AbdolMalek Rigi. ZERO action against Iran. Notice despite the fury nobody is citing the exact law that prevents a first freedom flight from being forced to land https://twitter.com/...
ND Kirsch / @ndkirschmann: Whelp, definitely NOT taking Ryanair this summer. Seriously, how does this happen? The EU and US need to slap (more) sanctions on these clowns. https://twitter.com/...
Sasha Chavkin / @sashachavkin: Brazen assault on press freedom and the rule of law. Dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus scrambles military jets to force down an international flight carrying an opposition journalist, who was arrested upon landing https://www.nytimes.com/...
@stavridisj: This is beyond outrageous. The international community must take decisive action to demonstrate that this behavior utterly unacceptable. The alternative is to surrender international air travel to the whim of dictators. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Chris Brown / @cbcchrisbrown: This is an incredible story that's unfolding ... https://twitter.com/...
@reedbrody: Reminds me of when the US forced down the plane of #Bolivia president Evo Morales in #Austria in its hunt for whistleblower #EdwardSnowden @snowden. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Jacopo Bertolotti / @j_bertolotti: Immediate sanctions on Lukashenko and his cronies. Thank you @EUCouncil https://twitter.com/...
Patrick Reevell / ABC News: Ryanair flight forced to land in Belarus with top activist on board
Bakhti Nishanov / @b_nishanov: The regime has gone absolutely rogue https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Politi / Slate: Belarus Under Fire After it Diverts Plane to Arrest Journalist: “Unprecedented Act of State Terrorism”
Nicholas Weaver / @ncweaver: One problem that the EU and US face on this: The EU and US did this to the President of Bolivia because we thought Snowden was on the plane, albeit not with a bomb threat. https://en.wikipedia.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@iyad_elbaghdadi: This is an extremely dangerous precedent for all journalists, activists, and journalists in the entire world. If this is allowed to pass without serious - and I mean *serious* - consequence, then it's no less dangerous than the precedent set by the 2018 Khashoggi murder
Rory Cellan-Jones / @ruskin147: Terrifying thread https://twitter.com/...
Ivo Daalder / @ivohdaalder: Outrageous actions by Belarus to force down civilian plane flying from Athens to Vilnius requires strong, concerted action by US and EU, including new sanctions and banning flights from Belarus. https://twitter.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: The president of Lithuania, where the plane reportedly carrying activist Roman Protasevich was headed, is calling for his release https://twitter.com/...
Simon Coveney / @simoncoveney: It is utterly unacceptable. This is an Irish Airline with EU citizens on board, forced to land in Minsk, while travelling between EU cities. A strong an united response from EU needed. EU inaction or indecision will be taken as weakness by Belarus. @dfatirl https://twitter.com/...
Will Stewart / The Sun: PLANE DRAMA Ryanair bomb scare: Plane forced to land after ‘false threat led to fighter jets being scrambled to arrest passenger’
Lisa Nandy / @lisanandy: Intercepting a civilian airliner to detain a journalist is appalling, dangerous, and illegal. It imperils the freedoms of the air and freedom of speech. The Belarus government must face serious consequences. https://twitter.com/...
Emma Grimshaw / Mirror.co.uk: Ryanair plane ‘forced to land’ in Belarus with fake bomb scare as journalist ‘detained’
@edgarsrinkevics: This is completely unacceptable and contrary to the international law. Plane and ALL passangers must be released immediately and should continue to their destination. International reaction must be strong and effective https://twitter.com/...
X Soviet / @xsovietnews: It's now reported that a Belarusian fighter jet was scrambled to escort the Ryanair flight to Minsk so that journalist Roman Protasevich could be arrested. “On the orders of the commander-in-chief.” https://twitter.com/...
Ray Dubicki / @raydubicki: Not that you needed more to pay attention to, but keep an eye on Belarus. Forcing down a civilian flight with a sham terrorist attack in order to arrest a journalist is bad stuff. https://twitter.com/...
Alexander S. Vindman / @avindman: Good thread on events in Belarus. Yes, the Gov. of Belarus forcing down a Ryanair flight to detain an opponent is a Human Right violation. Yes, this was a terror act. It is also violation on international norms with grave implications for vital US national interests. https://twitter.com/...
Bojan Pancevski / @bopanc: A Ryanair airliner flying between two EU/Nato countries was hijacked and escorted by warplane on the personal order of Belarus's dictator to kidnap a dissident. How will Europe respond? https://www.nytimes.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Correction: the Belarusian opposition journalist arrested on the commandeered Ryanair flight faces the death penalty! https://twitter.com/...
Gabrielius Landsbergis / @glandsbergis: Disturbing news regarding @Ryanair plane from Athens to Vilnius forced landing in Minsk. Working with international partners to secure safe passage back to Vilnius for all passengers.
Josep Borrell Fontelles / @josepborrellf: We hold the government of Belarus responsable for the security of all passengers and the aircraft. ALL passengers must be able to continue their travel immediately. (2/2)
Sara Nelson / @flyingwithsara: Deeply concerning reports coming out of a Belarus that the government there essentially hijacked a Ryan Air flight, forced it to land and then arrested a journalist onboard https://twitter.com/...
Luis Garicano / @lugaricano: Dear Mme @vonderleyen This kidnapping shows that the dictators-first Putin, then Erdogan, now Alexandr Lukashenko have discovered there is nothing behind our “we condemn” and our “we strongly condemn”. Let's save ourselves the words now, and take action. https://twitter.com/...
Vladislav Davidzon / @vladdavidzon: French, Belgian, Greek, Romanian and almost a hundred Lithuanian citizens have been taken hostage after Belarus hijacks plane in midair to capture a political opponent. https://twitter.com/...
Linas Linkevicius / @linkeviciusl: It just turned out that Pratasevich was detained at #Minsk airport. All this reckless and lawless ‘operation’ by 🇧🇾 special services deserves strong response, not just condemnation. One can't use airspace controlled by regime criminals. https://twitter.com/...
Boris Ryvkin / @bryvkin: von der Leyen to Lukashenko: all passengers must be able to continue their travel to Vilnius immediately! Lukashenko to von der Leyen (who he regards as utterly impotent): have a carrot. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: Unbelievably brazen move by Belarusian dictator Lukashenko to fake a bomb threat, scramble a jet, & force a @Ryanair flight to land in Minsk to arrest @nexta_tv founder @pr0tez, who helped organized last years protests against Lukashenko. Protasevich could face the death penalty. https://twitter.com/...
Bianna Golodryga / @biannagolodryga: 🚨An authoritarian regime forced the landing of a plane en route to Lithuania to arrest a journalist. This is outrageous and requires immediate response from the EU. Beyond just a harsh statement. https://twitter.com/...
Bill Browder / @billbrowder: Truly shocking and unprecedented: Ryanair flight carrying Belarusian journalist critical of the regime forced to land in Minsk. The journalist was subsequently arrested and faces 15 years in prison. A true nightmare. This is why I'll never fly over Russia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: Here's the president of Lithuania reacting to today's absolutely mad events. The Ryan Air fight was headed to his capital of Vilnius. The Irish airline had flown through EU airspace before crossing into Belarusian airspace. https://twitter.com/...
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie: This is incredibly messed up: A leading opposition figure has said the Belarusian regime “forced the landing of the plane in Minsk to arrest journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich. https://www.cnn.com/...
Carl Zimmer / @carlzimmer: Belarus Forces Down Plane Carrying Dissident and Seizes Him https://www.nytimes.com/...
Giulio Boccaletti / @g_boccaletti: This is insane. A civilian passenger plane of a European airline forcibly landed. No one is safe if @EU_Commission tolerates a dictator and autocrat at its gates hijacking a plane. It must respond. https://twitter.com/...
Mathieu von Rohr / @mathieuvonrohr: #Ryanair leave out of their statement that one of their customers was kidnapped in #Minsk by state authorities https://twitter.com/...
RFE / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Belarusian Journalist Arrested After His Flight Diverted To Minsk By Military Fighter Jet
Josep Borrell Fontelles / @josepborrellf: Closely following developments around today's @Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius, which was forced to land in Minsk over an alleged security threat. This is totally inadmissible. (1/2)
Christopher Miller / @christopherjm: Reaction from the Belarusian opposition leader in exile who'd have likely won last year's presidential election if it hadn't been rigged. She's asking for an international response, including further sanctions against Lukasheno's regime. https://twitter.com/...
@vloracitaku: This is absolutely unacceptable. The way how EU will respond to this act of aggression will determine whether such despicable actions conducted by states will become a norm in the future. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: And this context is spot on. It's a risk calculation and any failure to respond appropriately for press freedoms and international law only increases risk to press and democracy globally. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Butcher / @mikebutcher: The head of Russia Today: “I have never envied Lukashenko. But now i do. A beautiful performance by Bat'ka” - translates like “Daddy” #Protasevich https://twitter.com/...
Deth Veggie / @dethveggie: https://www.bbc.com/... How is this not hijacking? This is incredibly messed up. https://twitter.com/...
Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw: The Belarusian govt reportedly forced a plane down in order to arrest a journalist on board. https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Hamilton / @danielrhamilton: It doesn't just require a response on the part of the EU, @biannagolodryga; it requires coordinated action on the part of the *entire* international community to exclude Belarus from the global banking system, end debt financing and to impose ban on dual-use exports. https://twitter.com/...
Nina Jankowicz / @wiczipedia: Absolutely unacceptable behavior from Belarus. Protasevich and NEXTA have played an integral role in informing citizens during the past year or protest; he should be freed, and the EU & US must act to discourage this wanton disregard for int'l norms. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Alec Luhn / @asluhn: Roman Protasevich of the Nexta Telegram channel, which exposed Belarus police brutality, has been arrested after his Athens-Vilnius flight made a surprise landing in Minsk due to a “bomb threat” https://meduza.io/... https://twitter.com/...
Chris Murphy / @chrismurphyct: Just a run of the mill unscheduled 7 hour layover in Minsk for a journalist kidnapping. Sorry for the inconvenience! Apply online for a voucher! https://twitter.com/...
Arjun Basu / @arjunbasu: Wow. This is nuts. https://twitter.com/...
Timothy Ash / @tashecon: No plane is safe flying over Belarus airspace after this. https://twitter.com/...
Anton Troianovski / @antontroian: A Russian MP's reaction to the Ryanair forced landing today: “A brilliant special operation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Evan Hill / @evanchill: Belarus appears to have staged a snatch operation to force a commercial aircraft flying over its airspace to land in order to arrest 26-year-old opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Henry Foy / @henryjfoy: Belarus media reporting that a @Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius, while over Belarus airspace was ordered to land in Minsk, where a journalist critical of the Lukashenko regime was taken from the plane and detained. Some reports say a fighter jet was also used https://twitter.com/...
Erin Burnett / @erinburnett: See Anne's full thread about how this went down - KBG on board forced plane down https://twitter.com/...
Bob Rae / @bobrae48: This is the world we are in - the authoritarian world ! https://twitter.com/...
Max Seddon / @maxseddon: Strong statement on Roman Protasevich's detention in Belarus from the head of the EU commission. But the bloc's options are pretty limited. “We will be super concerned and demand his release,” one diplomat told me. “But the EU can't do much, sad as it is.” https://twitter.com/...
Andrew Kimmel / @andrewkimmel: Belarus secret police hijacked a commercial airliner to arrest a journalist. https://twitter.com/...
Guy Verhofstadt / @guyverhofstadt: This is big ! International community must condemn this hostile act & demand his immediate release. Time for EU to step up sanctions ! https://twitter.com/...
Thin / @thinink: What the actual eff? This is going to embolden the world's dictators even more... https://www.nytimes.com/...
Julia Angwin / @juliaangwin: This is horrifying and will transform the threat models for journalism - and global air travel - if it goes unchallenged. https://twitter.com/...
David Rothschild / @davmicrot: “Belarus security service, still known as KGB” https://twitter.com/...
Mitchell Prothero / @mitchprothero: Official: Belarus conducted an operation on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania to force the plane down in Minsk so they could arrest a dissident journalist on board. i'm having a difficult time processing how illegal this is under various international laws and treaties https://twitter.com/...
Charles Arthur / @charlesarthur: Fine while Lukashenko was just imprisoning people inside his country. Now he's detaining overflying jets? Things are going to change. Of course, have to hope this isn't Gavrilo Princip's sandwich. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Tension is rising at WNYC amid HR complaints about bullying and a formal complaint to the NLRB about an alleged campaign by the EIC against her internal critics — In public radio, there is either an epidemic of bullying or an epidemic of whining, depending on whom you ask.
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Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: As ‘On the Media’ turns: Brooke Gladstone says Bob Garfield deserved to be fired
Mark Di Stefano / @markdistef: Feel like everyone in this story needs some combo of a nap/holiday/long look in the mirror. Chrissst. https://twitter.com/...
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / contextisking.com: Finesse meets Force: The legend of the Gordian Knot
Daniel W. Drezner / @dandrezner: In the future, whenever I think that university politics are getting to be too much, I'll re-read this @benyt column and count my blessings. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jill Filipovic / @jillfilipovic: Having some mixed feelings about this piece, but it's clear that one problem with the media industry (and many industries) is that the professional trajectory rewards talent with promotions to managerial roles. And a talented journalist is not necessarily a good manager. https://twitter.com/...
Jody Avirgan / @jodyavirgan: WNYC says it is reining in Gothamist for “an element of editorializing to its coverage that can be interpreted as bias.” If your *official* position is basically “we're worried about what bad faith critics will think” then you're in real trouble. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Matt Pearce / @mattdpearce: where do you even begin https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gerry Doyle / @mgerrydoyle: the implication that there is some level of jerkish behavior that is ok or even expected in journalism/the media is pretty bad https://twitter.com/...
Lauren Wolfe / @wolfe321: “Audio production makes literal many of the inequalities that journalists complain about... .(It's sort of like TV, but with less camera-ready people and without a fat salary to make up for the indignities.)” Good read about controversies at WNYC by @benyt https://www.nytimes.com/...
Damon Beres / @dlberes: Everything else aside, Substack really, really needs to start investing seriously in diverse talent to fight back against the well-earned image that it's for powerful white dudes with an axe to grind. I guffawed seeing Bob Garfield is starting one tomorrow https://www.nytimes.com/...
Will Saletan / @saletan: One of @benyt's best skills (or maybe it's a disposition) is looking into conflicts that seem largely ideological, and unearthing the peculiar personal dynamics that shape how they turn out. Culture matters, but you have to understand the people involved. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: Just added @fredmogul's response to tonight's column, after his earlier email to me somehow went to spam — for which mea culpa. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Dave Weigel / @daveweigel: “WNYC fired him for violating its anti-bullying policy, and he is starting a newsletter on Substack on Monday.” https://twitter.com/...
Harry McCracken / @harrymccracken: I don't remember ever witnessing anyone screaming at work, or even shouting. Is that normal? https://twitter.com/...
Alan Montecillo / @alanmontecillo: One of many 👀 details: 'On Sunday, the company's labor union filed a formal complaint against the station's editor in chief, Audrey Cooper, with the National Labor Relations Board, for reportedly waging a “coordinated and aggressive campaign” against her internal critics.' https://twitter.com/...
Kainaz Amaria / @kainazamaria: “Ms. Cooper sought to professionalize Gothamist away from its bloggy and irreverent roots, telling reporters to be less openly hostile to the New York Police Department in their reporting, two reporters said.” 👀 https://www.nytimes.com/...
Byron Tau / @byrontau: WNYC fired veteran journalist Fred Mogul for plagiarism on the grounds that he included a snippet of AP copy in an online story. At a staff meeting, stunned radio reporters explained this was standard practice on air. “Fire all of us,” one host said. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jeremy Fuster / The Wrap: WNYC Accused of ‘Coordinated and Aggressive Campaign’ Against Internal Critics In SAG-AFTRA Complain to NLRB
Anne Helen Petersen / @annehelen: Framing's weird here! https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after his racist remarks about Native Americans at an event last month — The former GOP senator lost his contract with the network after claiming there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers arrived.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety: CNN Cuts Ties With Contributor Rick Santorum
Jesus Jiménez / New York Times: CNN Drops Rick Santorum After Dismissive Comments About Native Americans
Brian Steinberg / @bristei: CNN is cutting ties with contributor and former Republican Senator Rick Santorum, the latest in a parade of conservative commentators at the network whose off-camera behavior made keeping them on air untenable.... https://variety.com/... via @variety
Jennifer Bendery / @jbendery: “Leadership wasn't particularly satisfied with that appearance. None of the anchors wanted to book him,” this CNN senior executive tells me “So he was essentially benched anyway.” https://www.huffpost.com/...
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: CNN confirms that it's parting ways with Rick Santorum, but doing so without issuing a statement about his offensive comments about Native Americans. Network exec tells @HuffPost: “Leadership wasn't particularly satisfied with that appearance.” https://www.huffpost.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Pramila Jayapal / @repjayapal: Good. Santorum's comments were outrageous—racist and arrogantly uninformed. https://www.huffpost.com/...
@mrddmia: So @CNN canceled its token conservative (@RickSantorum). But it let (liberal) news anchor @ChrisCuomo go unscathed after it leaked that he advised his corrupt politician-brother @NYGovCuomo & his top advisors to be “defiant” in the face of 7 allegations of workplace sexual abuse https://twitter.com/...
Tim O'Donnell / The Week: 10 things you need to know today: May 23, 2021
@pamkeithfl: Thank you @JasonOverstreet and EVERY other person who wouldn't be quiet about this. https://twitter.com/...
Mike Toole / @michaeltoole: scary times in america!! all it takes for a conservative commentator to get canceled is to be unbelievably racist on national TV, followed by an entire month of sustained public outrage that continues to mount until the man's employer finally, grudgingly acts https://twitter.com/...
Mark Halperin / Wide World of News: Aren't These Fish Incredible? — If it's a slowish news Sunday, it's my S-U-N-D-A-Y gimmick format.
Kanishka Singh / Reuters: CNN drops former senator Rick Santorum after remarks on Native American culture
Julian Brave NoiseCat / @jnoisecat: CNN has never had a regular on air Native reporter or commentator. Now would be a great time to change that. https://www.nationalobserver.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Seth Abramson / @sethabramson: Keep in mind that this is a network that frequently had on Jason Miller, Kellyanne Conway, Jeffrey Lord, and others I would consider even worse than Santorum. I have no objection whatsoever to conservative commentators; some of the folks CNN has had on are well beyond the pale. https://twitter.com/...
Soledad O'Brien / @soledadobrien: Took a few weeks but... https://twitter.com/...
Joe Concha / @joeconchatv: Scoreboard: Cuomo stays - no reprimand for a host of ethical breaches. Toobin - no decision after the Zoom incident (this is a family show). Santorum- Out. https://twitter.com/...
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post: CNN parts ways with pundit Rick Santorum, former senator who made much-criticized comments about Native Americans
@wajahatali: The 900 lives of white conservative men on cable news finally ran out. Well, at least for Rick Santorum. CNN will be better for this. https://twitter.com/...
Marc Lamont Hill / @marclamonthill: According to reports from CNN execs, the network decided to part ways after Santorum failed to redeem himself (or even apologize) in an interview with Chris Cuomo. Interesting that he was given such an opportunity... https://m.huffpost.com/...
Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1: CNN has terminated its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum after racist, inaccurate remarks he made about Native Americans, HuffPost has learned. https://m.huffpost.com/...
Jordan Zakarin / @jordanzakarin: Compare the number of years and chances CNN gave an outright bigot like @RickSantorum versus how immediately the AP just dumped @vv1lder at the slightest bad-faith whine by outright bigots. https://twitter.com/...
Keith Olbermann / @keitholbermann: Moving with lightning-fast speed, @cnn fires @RickSantorum just three weeks after the latest in a series of racist, misogynistic, homophobic, trump-excusing, fact-free comments on @cnn that began just four years ago https://www.huffpost.com/...
Jamal Yaseem Igle / @jamaligle: As opposed to all the other sexist and bigoted things he's said? https://twitter.com/...
Daniel Kibblesmith / @kibblesmith: When they get around to googling everything he said and did *before* they hired him, then they're gonna feel *really* embarrassed. https://twitter.com/...
Yashar Ali / @yashar: CNN has terminated its contract with Rick Santorum over racist remarks he made about Native Americans @jbendery reports https://www.huffpost.com/...
Frank Conniff / @frankconniff: A @CNN spokesman said that while they have a long history of platforming the kind of white supremacy Santorum represents, it was distracting focus from Chris Cuomo's unethical journalistic malfeasance, which they consider the crown jewel of the network. https://twitter.com/...
Non Fungible Tom Tomorrow / @tomtomorrow: and they will hire some other horrible right wing lunatic and then someday have to fire them when they turn out to be a horrible right wing lunatic, rinse and repeat ad nauseum https://twitter.com/...
Jamie Klingler / @jamieklingler: That took long enough but I'm glad they did it https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Weaver / @ncweaver: However, it is often hard to remove santorum stains, especially if you've let them remain for too long. https://twitter.com/...
Killjoy McCoy / @letsgoayo: I don't know why they hired him in the first place https://twitter.com/...
Mookie Alexander / @mookiealexander: Apparently the 549th shitty thing he did/said was a step too far for CNN. https://twitter.com/...
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: A CNN spokesperson confirms that the network has parted ways with Santorum https://twitter.com/...
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: CNN blasted for ever hiring Rick Santorum after they finally fired the disgraced bigot
Bob Brigham / Raw Story: Disgraced Republican Rick Santorum finally fired by CNN for his racism: report
Neal Broverman / Advocate: CNN Finally Fires Rick Santorum
Chelsea Steiner / The Mary Sue: Finally! CNN Fires Rick Santorum After His Racist Comments About Native Americans
Brett Bachman / Salon: CNN drops Rick Santorum following controversial comments on Native American culture: report
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone: CNN Has Finally Had Enough of Rick Santorum
Jamilah King / Mother Jones: CNN Fires Rick Santorum Over Claim That White Settlers Found “Nothing” in America
Ted Johnson / Deadline: CNN Parts Ways With Contributor Rick Santorum After Furor Over Comments About Native Americans
Dennis Romero / NBC News: CNN drops Rick Santorum following remarks about Native Americans
Daniel Politi / Slate: CNN Gets Rid of Rick Santorum After Comments on Native Americans
Bob Cronin / Newser: CNN Drops Rick Santorum
Brian Stelter / CNN: Rick Santorum departs CNN after criticism of Native American comments
John L. Dorman / Insider: CNN ends contract with Rick Santorum after dismissive comments about Native Americans
Nick Caruso / TVLine: Rick Santorum Out at CNN After Racist Comments About Native Americans and On-Air Non-Apology (Report)
Zoë Richards / Talking Points Memo: CNN Dismisses Santorum After Botched Cleanup Of Remarks About Native Americans
A.J. Katz / TVNewser: CNN Cuts Ties with Rick Santorum After He Made Racist, Inaccurate Remarks at a Speaking Engagement
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg: Rick Santorum Out at CNN After Comments on Native Americans
Alaina Demopoulos / The Daily Beast: CNN Fired Rick Santorum for Racist, Pro-Colonization Comments
Andi Ortiz / The Wrap:
Former Trump spokesman Jason Miller is ordered to pay Gizmodo Media Group $42K to cover legal fees after a second attempt at suing Gizmodo — Jason Miller, a spokesperson for former President Donald Trump, has been ordered by a federal judge to pay Gizmodo Media Group almost $42,000 …
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@sollenbergerrc: A US District Judge has ordered Trump flack Jason Miller to pay Gizmodo nearly $42,000 to cover legal expenses from his failed $100 million defamation suit. The judge found Gizmodo accurately reported a court filing alleging Miller slipped an abortion pill into a woman's smoothie https://twitter.com/...
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast: Trump Flack Jason Miller Ordered to Pay $42,000 in Legal Fees for Failed Suit
Jason Kint / @jason_kint: the $100mm failed lawsuit intended to chill press reporting on Jason Miller and the entire Trump campaign. Notably it was filed against a sister brand of Gawker that was sued into oblivion by Peter Thiel $. So yes it's nice to see Miller has to cove their legal expenses. https://twitter.com/...
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The failure of local investors to block Alden from buying Tribune Publishing was a failure of civic leadership, especially by Chicago's class of plutocrats — It didn't have to turn out this way. — Local investors — especially in a prosperous town like Chicago — could have stepped forward …
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Wesley / @wesleylowery: I keep thinking about this, from @perrybaconjr, and how it speaks to so many of the conversations happening currently in journalism about our values, ethics and standards https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
Katrina vandenHeuvel / @katrinanation: But and yet, shame you shareholders who value the shortterm maximization of profits and dividends more than value of robust local journalism— And these papers were making profit, just lower margins. https://twitter.com/...
Ben Smith / @benyt: There's an alternate history where Trib management makes better decisions,invests in journalism & product, & the Trib is a competitive national brand — maybe right of center, more Midwest focused than NYT/WaPo. It's a huge missed opportunity, and no reason you couldn't do it now https://twitter.com/...
@sulliview: America's rich people could have saved local journalism — and perhaps democracy. They refused. .... My column as a hedge fund buys @chicagotribune @baltimoresun @orlandosentinel @hartfordcourant @NYDailyNews & more https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jennifer W. Sheehan / @jenwsheehan: I'm always going to be proud of our work. We have people solidly behind us and that's a great feeling. The fight now may be different but I'm ready and so are all our unions. #savelocalnews https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: This was the plan of the billionaire who got away and I'd say it was as fanciful and unrealistic as making the LA Times a national paper. There's nothing wrong with being a local paper; that's hard enough. I wish NYC still had one. https://twitter.com/...
Jason Mastrodonato / @jmastrodonato: “This is a terrible outcome, not just for the employees but for every community where Tribune has a newspaper.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Nicholas Dawes / @nicdawes: The reaper prevails. Awful news for the communities Tribune papers serve, and the journalists who work at them. Also a spur to build new local outlets now, rather than awaiting the next round of hollowing-out at legacy institutions. https://twitter.com/...
Michael Kusek / @mkusek01060: If you live somewhere, like getting local news, and your local newspaper is owned by the Tribune company, you best hope someone starts up an alternative news outlet. https://twitter.com/...
Janice Hough / @leftcoastbabe: Sad for journalism. But another reason to urge Senators to support Amy Klobuchar & John Kennedy's bipartisan “Journalism Competition & Preservation Act” -allows newspaper industry to collectively negotiate w/digital platforms (like Google & Facebook.) We need local & REAL news. https://twitter.com/...
Lenfest Institute / @lenfestinst: “It's a terrible turn of events, if not a surprising one, because Alden has a proven record of slashing newsroom jobs in cities from Denver to San Jose and beyond, and failing to invest in ways that might make its newspapers sustainable in the long run.” https://twitter.com/...
@nytimesbusiness: In the end, the hedge fund got its way. Shareholders of Tribune Publishing on Friday voted to approve the company's sale to Alden Global Capital, an investor with a reputation for slashing costs and cutting jobs. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Jonathan Martin / @jmartnyt: And on this note, read Richard Norton Smith's bio on former Trib owner and Midwest supremacist Col McCormick https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gainor / @dangainor: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. | Tribune shareholders vote to sell legendary chain of newspapers to a hedge fund https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Josh Noel / @hopnotes: You know who benefits when journalists aren't keeping watch over communities they cover? Rich people. https://twitter.com/...
Rudy Chinchilla / @chinchillarudy: This is horrible news. I've had friends in newsrooms destroyed by Alden Global. I hope this doesn't signify the end of the LA Times and others. Sounds dramatic, but Alden really is that bad. https://twitter.com/...
Anjalee Khemlani / @anjkhem: 'In fact, it's no exaggeration to make a more sweeping statement: that healthy local journalism is essential to the functioning of American democracy.' 💯 I'd like to go back to local at some point in the near future. That's where the real news is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
John Warner / The Biblioracle Recommends: Recommendations 5/23/2021: What Short Stories Should We Read?
Katrina vandenHeuvel / @katrinanation: Value @sulliview views — But why should we expect rich people to save journalism, local or other. Cool if they wish to, but shouldn't a country which lectures others about rules based norms & how democracy dies in darkness, have public funding for a robust,accountability media? https://twitter.com/...
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: Joint statement from employee unions representing Tribune newspapers/outlets on Alden takeover https://twitter.com/...
Dan Gillmor / @dangillmor: From all evidence, most of the nation's ultra-wealthy people consider democracy a bug, not a feature, in their pursuit of power and money. We need to rebuild journalism from the neighborhood outward. https://twitter.com/...
Karl Bode / @karlbode: @Sulliview just nails it here. The death of quality local news enables corruption, results in a more divided and less informed public, and can even shift election outcomes. and the folks with the resources to do something about it are letting it happen: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Jason Pontin / @jason_pontin: Don't blame “rich people.” It's not the role of rich people to subsidize media. Newspapers should not have gone free; they should have created things people wanted. And Americans, if they cared about local news, might have paid for it.
Elahe Izadi / @elaheizadi: Our final story: Hedge fund Alden's takeover of Tribune newspapers approved by shareholders today, something many of its journalists had said for a year would be an apocalyptic outcome for journalism in their communities https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: To be clear: I'm told that Soon-Shiong decided to allow Alden bid for Tribune to succeed, despite all of today's confusion The sale was the result he intended https://twitter.com/...
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Orlando Sentinel:
While a spokeswoman for Patrick Soon-Shiong said he abstained, Tribune officials said his ballots lacked a check in the “abstain” box and were tallied as “yes”
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@sulliview: The grim news: Tribune shareholders vote to sell legendary chain of newspapers to a hedge fund. By @sarahellison and @ElaheIzadi who've been on the story for months. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Dom Knight / @domknight: Has any hedge fund anywhere ever left a newspaper in a better position than they found it? Has any hedge fund anywhere ever left a newspaper? https://twitter.com/...
Laura Wagner / Defector:
Both CNN's treatment of Chris Cuomo and the AP's treatment of Emily Wilder show media institutions siding with the powerful over the ethical — On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that Chris Cuomo, CNN's star anchor and brother of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, had participated …
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@janinezacharia: Many have commented on the selective application of social media policies in @vv1lder's firing by @AP and have discussed the need for clearer guidelines and enforcement. I agree that would be helpful. But I want to explain how that isn't the core issue here. (1/12)
Josh Feldman / Mediaite: Stelter Addresses Chris Cuomo Scandal: If He Wants to Call Into Strategy Sessions, 'Shouldn't He Just Take a Leave of Absence from CNN?'
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: “If Chris Cuomo wants to call into strategy sessions with his brother's aides, shouldn't he take a leave of absence from CNN?” Here's our conversation about the Cuomo brothers from today's @ReliableSources https://twitter.com/...
Laura Wagner / @laurawags: wrote about yesterday's cases of (un)ethics in journalism https://defector.com/...
Jason Linkins / @dceiver: if the @AP is mad about this story then I just have to ask where they managed to procure a backbone so quickly https://newrepublic.com/...
Alex Shephard / @alex_shephard: “The precedent being set here—that any level of ‘activism,’ even as a teenager or college student bars a career in mainstream journalism—is an abysmal one. Having been encouraged by the AP, the right will move on to their next victim without much thought.” https://newrepublic.com/...
Ryan Cooper / @ryanlcooper: “That is almost certainly why the AP brass refused to tell Wilder which of her social media posts violated the policy — there weren't any such posts” https://theweek.com/...
Dianne Woodward / @woodwarddiannej: Wilder's firing by the #AssociatedPress for past comments critical of the #Israeli government came less than a week after the Israeli military leveled the AP's HQ in #Gaza pushes tragedy into the realm of farce.. https://defector.com/...
@newrepublic: The Associated Press “folded like a cheap suit in the latest, dumbest example of news organizations being wholly unprepared for bad faith right-wing smears against their employees,” writes @alex_shephard. https://newrepublic.com/...
David Walker / @davidwalk3: .@Alex_shephard nails this: the @AP really screwed up here. https://twitter.com/...
Alyson Metzger / @alysonmetzger: “This is also a scandal for The Washington Post, as well. It was recently announced that Sally Buzbee, currently the AP's top editor, would be taking over the Post.” https://twitter.com/...
Glenn Kessler / @glennkesslerwp: This is an important thread by @janinezacharia which lays out how news organizations can get sidetracked by disinformation campaigns if they don't have a plan in place to deal with them. Worth retweeting widely and sharing with newsroom managers. https://twitter.com/...
@newrepublic: “The fact that Bari Weiss, known far and wide for her efforts to get an Arab professor fired for his comments on Israel, has been somehow reborn as some anti-censorship crusader is just one of the more baroque absurdities in this era of the Culture Wars.” https://newrepublic.com/...
@newrepublic: The right has tried to push the idea that the mainstream media is insufficiently sympathetic to Israel—a truly wild charge, with no basis in fact. https://newrepublic.com/...
@newrepublic: With Emily Wilder, the Washington Free Beacon played Lucy, holding the football; The Associated Press as the hapless Charlie Brown. https://newrepublic.com/...
Josh Dawsey / @jdawsey1: NEW: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo took part in a series of strategy calls with his brother and his brother's staff on how the governor should respond to misconduct allegations. Network says he shouldn't have participated and won't going forward. w/@sarahellison: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Marie Solis / Jezebel: AP Fires Staffer After Harassment Campaign from College Republicans Over Past Support for Palestine [UPDATE]
Zachary Petrizzo / Salon: How Stanford College Republicans worked with right-wing media to get an AP reporter fired
Maanvi Singh / The Guardian: Outcry after Associated Press journalist fired amid row over pro-Palestinian views
Vivian Kane / The Mary Sue: CNN's Chris Cuomo Couldn't Cover His Brother Andrew's Harassment Allegations so He Secretly Advised Him Instead
@mattnegrin: Caving to the bad-faith right-wing mob is a defining feature of newsrooms and the chilling fear of it is why the media preemptively defaults to language like “voter integrity” instead of voter suppression or “Republicans say” when they're obviously lying https://defector.com/...
Sarah Jones / @onesarahjones: I wrote about Emily Wilder, Chris Cuomo, and what a news outlet is for: https://nymag.com/...
@sulliview: The usual two thoughts on reading @laurawags: god, she's good; and I hope she never comes for me. In @DefectorMedia https://defector.com/...
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost: AP Reporter Fired For Pro-Palestinian College Activism Says She's A ‘Scapegoat’
Clay B. Morris / Poynter:
Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure denial shows UNC is not committed to authentic learning, and it spits in the face of Black students, especially those in journalism — The decision is yet another reminder that for Black Americans, even working 20 times as hard still isn't enough
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Siva Vaidhyanathan / The Guardian: What is at stake with Nikole Hannah-Jones being denied tenure
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer: Today's Paper — Before this week's flap over the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill denying tenure …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic: Why Conservatives Want to Cancel the 1619 Project
Rob Schofield / NC Policy Watch: Message laundering: How the far right is getting its dirty work done at UNC
Melody Moezzi / @melodymoezzi: I agree with @sivavaid on every front here...and I do so as a visiting associate professor at UNCW, currently on a three-year contract within the North Carolina public university system. “She [@nhannahjones] will be just fine. North Carolina, we can't be so sure about.” https://twitter.com/...
Ibram X. Kendi / @dribram: “Conservatives have been howling about the alleged censoriousness of the American left,” writes @AdamSerwer. “But the denial of tenure to Hannah-Jones shows that the real conflict is over how American society understands its present inequalities.” Exactly. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
Jane Bradley / @jane__bradley: “The decision to withhold tenure from Hannah-Jones was a warning shot to other journalists and scholars - not just black women, but especially black women. The power structures of many states will not tolerate freedom of thought or too much success from some kinds of people.” https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan / @sivavaid: She will be just fine. North Carolina, we can't be so sure about. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Kali Holloway / The Daily Beast: White Ignorance Is Bliss—and Power
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: I responded that I take this as promising as I hope the board will offer Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure and will be the first to congratulate them. Otherwise, I am sure many schools would leap at the opportunity to hire a journalist of such singular reputation, and ability. 2/
Victor Ray / @victorerikray: This is an excellent piece made better by the inclusion of @ProfKori's concept of “know-your-place aggression.” https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Richard Stevens, chair of the UNC Board, wants me to share his email with the 300 journalism faculty and deans who signed the letter of protest regarding Nikole Hannah-Jones' appointment to the school. Here it is:1/ https://twitter.com/...
Torin Monahan / @torinmonahan: Superb editorial on my university's latest disaster. —> “What the powers that be in North Carolina have not figured out is that their university needs Hannah-Jones more than she needs it.” @sivavaid h/t: @kreissdaniel https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Excellent, from @sivavaid. And a reminder to journalism faculty, if you want to sign our letter of protest, I'm sending it to UNC administration today: https://medium.com/... https://www.theguardian.com/ ...
Ida B. Wells Society / @ibwellssociety: The Ida B. Wells Society statement on UNC tenure status of co-founder Nikole Hannah-Jones https://idabwellssociety.org/ https://twitter.com/...
Anthony Hatcher / @ahatcher54: A statement of support from @NCNewsWorks for @nhannahjones: “The NC Local News Workshop stands in support of Pulitzer-winning investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones.” Read the full statement here: https://www.elon.edu/...
Daniel Levitt / Inside The Newsroom:
Reporter says he left WSJ after being disciplined for violating company policy with his Substack Inside The Newsroom, even after he anonymized subscriber data — Hello folks, hope we're doing well. Today's newsletter is an emotional one, so bear with me.
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Zoe Sullivan / @zoesullnews: @DanielLevitt32 shares his story of leaving the Wall Street Journal after launching a newsletter. It's not what you think. https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
Bill Bishop / @niubi: Leaving The Wall Street Journal, by @DanielLevitt32 https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ... says WSJ effectively fired for him for having a newsletter on the side
Luisa De la Concha Montes / @l_d_c_m: Daniel has been doing an amazing job curating information and helping students find jobs. It's so heart-breaking to hear that instead of supporting Daniel's venture, WSJ decided to shut him out. Leaving The Wall Street Journal, by @DanielLevitt32 https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
Jeong Park / @jeongpark52: We live in a world where a reporter writing a newsletter to help others find jobs can be forced to resign from his journalist position because he wanted to compensate others who are helping him https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
Alvin Chang / @alv9n: This is very messed up, WSJ. @DanielLevitt32's Inside the Newsroom is one of the most valuable tools for aspiring journalists. https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
@thefighttowrite: Another terrible treatment of talent in journalism that should earn @WSJ management scrutiny: @DanielLevitt32 compiles a newsletter to help journalists get jobs, pays people to run it, and even anonymized the payment process at WSJ's request. Yet: https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/ ...
Brian Morrissey / The Rebooting:
A look at the underbelly of subscriptions and direct-to-consumer models, which has publishers using “dark patterns” to avoid losing subscribers — This week, I explore the underbelly of the pivot to subscriptions: publishers using dark patterns to avoid losing “sleepers” …
Amelia Gentleman / The Guardian:
Associated Newspapers, which runs the Daily Mail, agrees to pay substantial damages to French actor Sand Van Roy after revealing she accused a director of rape — MailOnline published actor's identity as complainant in rape case against French director — Associated Newspapers …
RTDNA:
Full-time employment in local TV news increased 1.8% YoY to 28,000 in 2020, beating the previous high in 2009 — This is the third installment of this year's RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey. Dig deeper into the data here and stay tuned for more about newsroom innovation and diversity.
Pew Research Center:
Study: 33% of US papers with Sunday circulations of 50K+ faced layoffs in 2020, vs. 24% in 2019; 18% of the most visited digital-native news sites faced layoffs — Staff layoffs continued to pummel the beleaguered U.S. newspaper industry in 2020. A third of papers with an average Sunday circulation …
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@pewresearch: % of large U.S. newspapers that have experienced layoffs from 2019 to 2020, according to news coverage, by circulation category: • 50,000-99,000: 29% ➡️ 31% • 100,000-249,000: 18% ↗️ 27% • 250,000+: 27% ↗️ 55% https://www.pewresearch.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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