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Rick Edmonds / Poynter: UNC donor says he has no regrets about his role in the journalism school losing Nikole Hannah-Jones
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: Here is my full statement about my decision to decline tenure at UNC Chapel Hill and instead accept the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Reporting at @HowardU. https://twitter.com/...
CNN: Nikole Hannah-Jones: The burden to change systems can't always be on the people excluded from those systems
Daniel Kreiss / @kreissdaniel: We are disappointed that @nhannahjones is not coming to @UNC - but we understand why she would not want to work in an environment that cannot honestly account for America's racial history. Our @UNCHussman faculty's statement: https://hussmanfaculty.medium.com/ ...
Hussman Faculty / Medium: Racism and Reactionary Politics Kept Nikole Hannah-Jones from Joining UNC.
Joe Killian / NC Policy Watch: Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC tenure offer, heads to Howard University
John Drescher / The Assembly: The Struggle for Power at UNC
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: WATCH: Nikole Hannah-Jones Reveals the First Time She Was Called The N-Word Was at ‘Prestigious White Institution’ Notre Dame
Karen Attiah / Washington Post: Nikole Hannah-Jones just dunked on UNC. But for Black journalists and educators, the game is still rigged.
David Gura / @davidgura: The dean of the UNC Hussman School of Media and Journalism, on Nikole Hannah-Jones's decision not to join the institution's faculty: https://twitter.com/...
Ida Bae Wells / @nhannahjones: The story about the discrimination I faced in the UNC tenure debacle was broken by excellent local reporter @JoekillianPW. So I gave him the exclusive print interview. Local news matters. Please support @NCPolicyWatch and other local news. https://twitter.com/...
macfound.org: Two Iconic American Writers Join Howard University to Create the Center for Journalism and Democracy
@joekillianpw: In our interview, Hannah-Jones made it clear: The silence and lack of transparency from school leadership - particularly Guskiewicz - made taking another offer inevitable. They could have prevented this, had they put in the work. The more you sweat, the less you bleed.
T. Becket Adams / And another thing: ‘Woke’ is about power — Comedian Bill Maher had the “woke” crowd pegged when he said their chief aim …
Olivia Green / Baltimore Sun: Baltimore native Ta-Nehisi Coates to join Howard University as writer-in-residence
Sherrilyn Ifill / @sifill_ldf: If you read nothing else on this platform today, take a moment and read the entire statement from @nhannahjones on her decision not to take the Knight Chair at UNC, and to teach instead as a tenured professor at @HowardU. https://www.naacpldf.org/...
@naacp_ldf: “I have never asked for special treatment. I did not seek it here. All I asked was to be judged by my credentials and treated fairly and equally.” @nhannahjones' official statement on declining the tenure offer from UNC Chapel Hill: https://www.naacpldf.org/...
Jemele Hill / @jemelehill: It was this part for me. The Ether beat was playing in my head as I read it. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Elliot Hannon / Slate: Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC's Belated Tenure Offer, Will Instead Join Howard University
@joekillianpw: In the end, she got what most faculty, staff and alumni agreed she deserved: a public, up or down vote on whether she should, like all her white Knight Chair predecessors, be offered tenure. That she won't be accepting the offer says more about UNC than it does her.
Yamiche Alcindor / @yamiche: So many lessons from my friend @nhannahjones, this morning. Go where you are embraced, celebrated, valued and supported. Go where you don't have to fight for people to see your brilliance. And, avoid spaces if they barely tolerate you, even if they're familiar and beloved.
Alberto Ibargüen / Knight Foundation: A Knight Chair at Howard University
Jasmine Beach-Ferrara / @jbeachferrara: This is how a journalist and teacher at the height of her powers tells a story about what's at stake in NC right now. https://www.google.com/...
@johnniejae: There are people who inspire greatness, inspire hope and the confidence to believe that we can do and be better, who see the big picture that as we rise, we raise up others. @nhannahjones is one of those people but thats not what makes her extraordinary https://twitter.com/...
Kristen Meinzer / @kristenmeinzer: YES YES YES https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Symone D. Sanders / @symonedsanders: Read the full statement. @nhannahjones didn't have to share her story, but because she did so many Black girls (myself included) stood a whole lot taller today. Thank you for holding us all accountable. Thank you for your commitment to the truth. Thank you for your courage. https://twitter.com/...
@rhodes_dawn: Every nonwhite journalist can tell you about being told we weren't qualified for a job even as people objectively less qualified than us do the same work. The gaslighting we experience in this industry is real, so much so that winning a Pulitzer doesn't insulate you from it.
Saladin Ahmed / @saladinahmed: this is a staggering blend of principle and flex https://twitter.com/...
Damon Kiesow / @dkiesow: If the UNC BoT is indifferent to losing a brilliant journalist, perhaps the $20m in grants to Howard will catch their attention. https://www.macfound.org/...
James Gleick / @jamesgleick: UNC—and every other educational institution that surrenders power to mega donors—needs to do some housecleaning. https://twitter.com/...
Raza Ahmad Rumi / @razarumi: Bravo. Best of luck @nhannahjones and #TanehisiCoates https://twitter.com/...
Farrah Rochon / @farrahrochon: This move took my heart to a new level. It's a breathtaking “fuck you” and I love every crumb of it. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: This, by @JoekillianPW is worth the read. Includes an exclusive interview with @nhannahjones. NC Policy Watch broke the story of NHJ being denied tenure by the Board of Trustees. A reminder: Support local journos! http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ... via @ncpolicywatch
Brian Clarey / @brianclarey: @JoekillianPW I try not to talk about “objectivity” anymore. We talk about fairness, and that's what we strive for.
@joekillianpw: The Black, Latinx, Asian, Native and queer press? They've never had the luxury of thinking if they just aim themselves as strenuously at the middle of the road as they can manage and project absolute objectivity, their journalism would reach its best and highest purpose.
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: This interview with Walter Hussman Jr. says that after his gift to UNC he began talking to leading executives and journalism educators about his ideas. At one point he was going to challenge me to a debate about objectivity. https://www.poynter.org/... First I am hearing of it.
Veni Kunche / @venikunche: “I won that battle. But it's not my job to heal the University of North Carolina,” Hannah-Jones said. “That's the job of the people in power who created this situation in the first place.” https://www.newsobserver.com/ ...
@xeni: RIGHTEOUS. @nhannahjones is a moral guiding flame. Respect. Learn from her. https://twitter.com/...
Mondaire Jones / @mondairejones: “These times demand courage, and those who have held the most power in this situation have exhibited the least of it.” Incredibly moved by @nhannahjones' courage and self-respect in the face of unfair, racist treatment. I can't wait to see what she does at @HowardU. https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN: The anti-Clinton donor who just wrecked UNC's reputation
Brittney Cooper / @professorcrunk: Btw, Black institutions have to exist and thrive in order to be soft places to land for Black excellence. So support them. Support Howard. Support all HBCUs. I love my school, but Black colleges around the country specialize in producing Black excellence. Find one. Give money.
Mike Hixenbaugh / @mike_hixenbaugh: @nhannahjones @HowardU From every reporter who's had to scrape their way up from the bottom: Thank you for this sledge-hammer of a sentence. https://twitter.com/...
@nixonron: Somewhere Ida B Wells is smiling. The words “game changer” get tossed around a lot. But the decision by @nhannahjones to take her talents and $20 million to @HowardUniv is a game-changer in every sense. And add to that Ta-Nehisi Coates is joining her. https://www.macfound.org/...
John Robinson / @johnrobinson: I love this by @nhannahjones. It's so classy & respectful. “Hannah-Jones traveled to Chapel Hill over the weekend to meet with the Carolina Black Caucus and student protesters to tell them in person because she 'didn't want them to feel betrayed.'” https://www.newsobserver.com/ ...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Nikole Hannah-Jones tells @NCPolicyWatch that she couldn't teach at a journalism school named for alum & publisher Walter Hussman after his opposition helped block her for months - https://twitter.com/...
Eric Boehlert / @ericboehlert: kind of getting lost in the debate...a donor like Hussman should play ***zero role in any faculty hiring *** https://www.poynter.org/...
@centercoopmedia: UNC donor says he has no regrets about his role in the journalism school losing Nikole Hannah-Jones - by Rick Edmonds https://www.poynter.org/... via Poynter
@joekillianpw: Here's what I think: In order to have these breathless, pearl-clutching conversations about the failures of today's journalism and the downfall of objectivity you have to completely ignore *a lot* of journalism history.
Travis Akers / @travisakers: If they won't give you a seat at the table, build your own. https://twitter.com/...
Mikki Kendall / @karnythia: They had it coming. They have only themselves to blame. https://twitter.com/...
@joekillianpw: Have been asked four times today, in the wake of the #NikoleHannahJones announcement, my opinion on “objectivity in journalism.” Do I think there's a crisis? Is #UNC now at its center?
@joekillianpw: Are there conversations to be had about the failures of today's journalism? Of course. Don't get me started. But let's have *those* conversations. Let's not remake conversations we've been having since the advent of journalism, cast with younger and hotter actors.
Sherrilyn Ifill / @sifill_ldf: .@nhannahjones on the dubious value of “winning” in “someone else's game,” and knowing where the responsibility for healing and reckoning at UNC lies. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman: What a remarkable statement: persuasive, damning, uncompromising, and inspiring. Congrats to the students who get to work with Nikole Hannah-Jones. https://www.naacpldf.org/...
Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky / @lmchervinsky: A must-read thread for the insight about the journalism business. But really, just read for the final tweet. Once you've read the whole story, wow, that's quite an ending. https://twitter.com/...
Karen Rundlet / @kbmiami: Beaming and proud that @knightfdn invested in the next generation of Black journalists and @HowardU And yes, Howard selected @nhannahjones to be its inaugural Knight chair. https://twitter.com/...
David Beard / @dabeard: “At one school the dean said to me, 'We'll offer you tenure and respect.'” - @nhannahjones https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ... @JoekillianPW
Michele Norris / @michele_norris: Best possible outcome. https://twitter.com/...
Jelani Cobb / @jelani9: Win-Win @HowardU https://twitter.com/...
John Legend / @johnlegend: Inspiring statement by @nhannahjones. I'm so excited to see what they build at @HowardU https://twitter.com/...
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review: Independence Day, the Delta variant, and the relentless pandemic story
Philip Lewis / HuffPost: Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC Tenure Offer, Will Teach At Howard University Instead
Maria Shriver / @mariashriver: “It's not my job to heal the University of North Carolina.” Smart statement by @nhannahjones. Great for Howard. I'm sure this will also begin UNC's own reckoning - it's time. https://twitter.com/...
@sandylocks: Now this is a mic drop for the ages... Nikole Hannah-Jones to join Howard faculty after UNC tenure controversy By Lauren Lumpkin and Nick Anderson https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Leah Asmelash / CNN: Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC tenured position and will join Howard University
Olayemi Olurin / @msolurin: This is truly a lesson in going where you're wanted, not tolerated 🙌🏾 https://twitter.com/...
Dr. Mansa Keita / @rasmansa: UNC gained nothing politically and caused a whole bunch of damage to their school. Their loss is Howard University's gain. https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ...
B-Boy Bouiebaisse / @jbouie: very, very cool https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: Letter from UNC Hussman Journalism School faculty & staff now up to 41 signatories https://twitter.com/...
@godisrivera: “...Powerful ppl have expected the ppl they have mistreated & marginalized to sacrifice themselves to make things whole. The burden of working for racial justice is laid on the ppl bearing the brunt of the injustice, & not the powerful ppl who maintain it. I say to you: I refuse.” https://twitter.com/...
@sree: “The appalling treatment of one of our nation's most-decorated journalists by her own alma mater was humiliating, inappropriate, and unjust. We will be frank: It was racist.” Letter signed by @unchussman faculty, after @nhannahjones appointment disaster. https://hussmanfaculty.medium.com/ ...
Eugene Scott / @eugene_scott: “I hope that the decision that Ta-Nehisi and I made to bring our talents to an HBCU will lead others to make a similar choice,” @nhannahjones https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
@docdre: Break me off with some of that Knight money and I'd consider it. I mean...CAU is right here #imnotsayinimjustsayin https://twitter.com/...
Ibram X. Kendi / @dribram: This is huge! What a dream team. So great for Howard and the culture and the field of journalism and the democratic project. https://twitter.com/...
Jay Rosen / @jayrosen_nyu: At this point you have to ask how long the North Carolina J-school will be — can be — called Hussman. https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@fly_sistah: @chris_notcapn And she helped Howard raise over $20 million to create the Center for Journalism and Democracy nearly matching the $25 million Walter Hussman gave to UNC to rename the journalism school & inject himself into hiring decisions. https://www.ncpolicywatch.com/ ...
@juliancastro: Happy to see to see this decision from @nhannahjones. @UNC leadership demonstrated cowardice in bowing to manufactured conservative outrage. She's an extraordinarily talented journalist who deserved much better from the university. Definitely @HowardU's gain. https://twitter.com/...
Mary L Trump / @maryltrump: “I have decided that instead of fighting to prove I belong at an institution that until 1955 prohibited Black Americans from attending, I am instead going to work in the legacy of a university not built by the enslaved but for those who once were.” This is how it's done.🔥 https://twitter.com/...
Felicia Sonmez / @feliciasonmez: Every single word of this statement by @nhannahjones is powerful, but this line struck me the most: “These times demand courage, and those who have held the most power in this situation have exhibited the least of it.” https://twitter.com/...
Christian Christensen / @chrchristensen: So, in the end, @UNC leaders got what they wanted. To not have to give an African-American woman tenure. What a disaster for UNC students, and win for @HowardU students. https://twitter.com/...
Darren Walker / @darrenwalker: Journalism is a cornerstone of democracy & the press must reflect the diversity of our nation. Proud that @fordfoundation @macfound & @knightfdn are pledging $15M to support @nhannahjones & @TaNehisiCoats fostering the next generation of Black journalists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Irin Carmon / @irin: If I'm reading this correctly, the implication is that @nhannahjones's conservative foes high up at UNC leaked her tenure denial, which is troubling to say the least https://www.naacpldf.org/... https://twitter.com/...
@jdesmondharris: “At some point when you have proven yourself and fought your way into institutions that were not built for you, when you've proven you can compete and excel at the highest level, you have to decide that you are done forcing yourself in.” https://twitter.com/...
Karen Attiah / @karenattiah: .@nhannahjones's statement on declining tenure at UNC is a MUST-READ. https://www.naacpldf.org/...
Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_: Ta-Nehisi Coates, former correspondent for The Atlantic, will also join the faculty at Howard Coates will become the Sterling Brown Chair in the Department of English at the university's College of Arts and Sciences. https://www.huffpost.com/...
Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life: A reminder to know your worth but also go where you are appreciated. Well done @nhannahjones 👏🏾👏🏾 👏🏾 https://twitter.com/...
Austin McCoy / @austinmccoy3: There was no way she could've taken that UNC job. Trustees poisoned that well too much https://twitter.com/...
@tinu: Good Howard actually deserves her. Millions of dollars in publicity and UNC had the GALL not to joyfully offer her tenure outright. https://twitter.com/...
@emarvelous: King notes the many offers Hannah-Jones received to teach in the wake of the UNC controversy. Hannah-Jones points out that she has spent a lifetime trying to prove herself in White spaces, says more Black professionals should bring their talents to their own institutions.
Jemele Hill / @jemelehill: For the double win https://twitter.com/...
Wesley / @wesleylowery: And when you do these things, those you've left behind will snipe about how ungrateful you are for the opportunities you had to battle to get them to offer you. Those people never wanted you to win in the first place https://twitter.com/...
David Folkenflik / @davidfolkenflik: My earlier interviews w Nikole Hannah-Jones and Walter Hussman over their irresolvable clash about the point of journalism UNC Tried To Give Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure. A Top Donor Objected - NPR https://www.npr.org/...
@chanders: Much support to @nhannahjones in her decision, and solidarity with all the UNC Faculty who did the best to avoid this outcome. This must be a heartbreaking turn of events for them, and this is an incredibly responsible and politically mature statement. https://twitter.com/...
Jeff Jarvis / @jeffjarvis: Truth be told, I'd have killed to have taught alongside @nhannahjones at my journalism school. I know that to be the case for every journalism faculty in the nation. But I am delighted for @HowardU that it has been able to attract such talent and with it resource and attention.
Micheline Maynard / @mickimaynard: Both appointments are supported by nearly $20 million in donations from an anonymous donor, as well as the Knight Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Ford Foundation, officials said. https://twitter.com/...
Marisa Schultz / Fox News: Psaki says Howard U ‘quite lucky’ to have 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones
Michael Jones / The Supercreator: Supercreator PM: Nikole Hannah-Jones shows us how to shake the table
Rafi Schwartz / discourseblog.com: UNC Played Itself
Jenny Gross / New York Times: Nikole Hannah-Jones will join Howard University instead of the University of North Carolina.
bookforum.com: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates join Howard University; a newly discovered Proust story
Charlotte Klein / Vanity Fair: “It's Just Not Something I Want Anymore”: Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC's Tenure Offer
Ethan Shanfeld / Variety: Nikole Hannah-Jones Declines UNC Tenure, Accepts Role at Howard University
Ashley Reese / Jezebel: Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC's New Tenure Offer, Will Teach at Howard University Instead
Mychael Schnell / The Hill: Ta-Nehisi Coates to join Howard University faculty
Insider: ‘1619 Project’ creator Nikole Hannah-Jones turns down tenure at UNC to join Howard University's faculty with Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dan Kennedy / Media Nation: Nikole Hannah-Jones says no to UNC, accepts tenured position at Howard instead
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite: Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects Tenure Offer From UNC After ‘Embarrassing’ Controversy
Lindsey Ellefson / The Wrap: Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC for Tenure Job at Howard University
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
USA Today becomes the final major national daily to launch a paywall, although breaking news remains free; Gannett's digital outlets have 90M visitors per month — When USA Today was introduced nearly 40 years ago, its short articles, copious charts and detailed weather coverage were disdained …
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American Press Institute, @nytimesbusiness, @robertslawrence, @marcatracy, @doliver8, @gregorynyc, USA Today and @kerrymflynn
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American Press Institute: Need to Know: July 7, 2021 — OFF THE TOP — You might have heard: Trust in traditional media …
@nytimesbusiness: “This is a big change; our digital news has always been free,” wrote Maribel Wadsworth, USA Today's publisher. “Your subscription is an investment in quality journalism that's worth paying for, journalism that strengthens our communities and our nation.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Lawrence Roberts / @robertslawrence: For better or worse, the old business model of the newspaper business is officially dead and buried. USA Today's new paywall “signals the definitive end of an era when newspapers relied primarily on advertisements in its print edition for revenue.” via @marcatracy https://twitter.com/...
Marc Tracy / @marcatracy: USA Today is becoming the final major national daily to accede to the inevitable and start charging all its readers digital subscriptions to access all of its content https://www.nytimes.com/...
Gregory Schmidt / @gregorynyc: USA Today puts up a paywall, becoming the final major national daily to require readers to pay to read news online, reports @marcatracy https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimesbusiness
Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
London's Evening Standard reports a loss of £17M, with revenue down 31% to £44M, in the year to September 27, 2020, as the pandemic kept commuters at home — Freesheet's revenues fall by 31% for the 12 months to 27 September — The Evening Standard has reported a loss …
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James Warrington / City A.M.: Evening Standard falls to £17m loss as lockdown hits commuting
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
UK government says it wants Channel 4's legal requirements to provide a “high provision” of news and current affairs content to remain in the event of its sale — The Government has said it would want Channel 4's minimum news and current affairs programming requirements to remain in the event of its sale.
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Ed Greenwood / @edtgreenwood: Public consultation on the gov't flogging off C4 for purely nasty ideological reasons, even though it's profitable, massively drives the UK's creative industries, and ultimately, we just DON'T NEED yet another privately-owned fucking media conglomerate. https://www.gov.uk/...
Krishnan Guru-Murthy / @krishgm: The consultation on privatisation of Channel 4 is open until Sept 14th. It asks whether remit of public service and investment in regions/nations should be kept, and whether C4 could make its own programmes and stop having to buy from independent companies https://www.gov.uk/...
Jonathan Easton / Digital TV Europe: UK government lays out formal consultation into Channel 4 privatisation
Chris Matheson / The Times: Privatising Channel 4 is cancel culture at its worst
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Outbrain, which filed for an IPO last week, raises $200M from Boston-based hedge fund Baupost Group — Outbrain, an adtech company that provides clickbait ads below news articles, has raised $200 million in funding — Outbrain didn't disclose the valuation of the company for this deal.
BBC:
Peter R de Vries, a prominent Dutch journalist known for exposing mobsters, has been shot and seriously wounded minutes after leaving a TV studio in Amsterdam — A prominent Dutch journalist known for investigating the criminal underworld has been shot and seriously wounded on a street in central Amsterdam.
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post: A Dutch journalist exposed the mob and defied death threats. Now he's been shot in the head.
@koskovicsz: Let us hope Mr. de Vries makes a full recovery. Let us also hope that the Dutch governing parties and @MinPres Rutte finally wake up to the fact that their time is better spent fixing the very real problems of the #NED, than leading ideological crusades. https://www.bbc.com/...
Phil Cottrell / @philcottrell: Chilling stuff from The Netherlands. Let's be careful out there, @kbolan https://www.bbc.com/...
Natasha Fatah / @natashafatah: Peter R de Vries, prominent Dutch crime journalist, has been seriously wounded after being shot on a street in Amsterdam https://www.bbc.com/...
Jim Roberts / @nycjim: Dutch journalist Peter R de Vries, known for his work exposing mobsters and drug lords, is shot on a street in central Amsterdam after leaving TV studio. https://www.bbc.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Committee to Protect Journalists: Crime reporter Peter R. de Vries shot in Amsterdam, hospitalized in critical condition
Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: Dutch Celebrity Crime Reporter Peter R. de Vries Shot on Amsterdam Street
Rob Quinn / Newser: Famous Crime Reporter Shot on Amsterdam Street
Kenneth Garger / New York Post: Famed Dutch crime reporter De Vries shot in head on Amsterdam street
Kenneth Garger / Fox News: Famed Dutch crime reporter shot in head
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Facebook waiving Bulletin's fees at launch is a classic Silicon Valley tactic used to quash competitors, exemplifying a strategy critics think should be illegal — Facebook's latest product, a newsletter platform called Bulletin, exemplifies a strategy that some critics think should be illegal
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Will Oremus / @willoremus: Usually when you ask a startup about a tech giant copying their product & offering it for free, they'll give you some PR boilerplate about welcoming the competition, more choice is good for consumers, etc. Substack took a different route here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
@ashleyesqueda: Not about to absolve Substack of its own issues (of which there are many!) but WHEW that's a banger PR reply https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Craig Calcaterra / @craigcalcaterra: The monopolist tactics here are pretty classic, but really, Facebook's legacy in media should be reason enough for journalists to stay away from its newsletter product. It'd be like going into business with a guy who burnt your house down. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Mrinal Desai / @mrinaldesai: Will this be labeled as “conspiracy theory” on FB? https://twitter.com/...
Michael Tsai / Michael's Side: Throwing back to the times before Facebook
Corrales Cachola / @corycachola: Good read in WAPO on why we are right to be skeptical by the likes of Facebook and other massive platforms now trying to be “creator-first” companies that come bearing gifts to the #CreatorEconomy. CC: @ginab @ljin18 @KatColeATL https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
M.A. Columbia Journ / @columbiajournma: For @washingtonpost, @ColumbiaJournMA alum @WillOremus (MA Politics '11) writes that Facebook's latest product, a newsletter platform called Bulletin, exemplifies a strategy that some critics think should be illegal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Amanda Zamora / @amzam: This only works so well for as long as people (ahem, publishers) keep accepting what Facebook keeps offering for “free” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Lab:
How NYT is using Instagram slides and Twitter cards to highlight parts of a story, including tidbits that competitors don't have, and to debunk misinfo — Last summer, Vox's Terry Nguyễn wrote about the ways that our Instagram feeds had changed in the wake of the Black Lives Matters movement.
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@elysetoribio, @ckristofic, @niemanstory, @dmitryshishkin, @taraemcg and American Press Institute
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Elyse Toribio / @elysetoribio: Great work here by @jgrovum + NYT social team. I developed a similar strategy for @northjersey last year and saw incredible, off the charts growth and engagement on IG. The platform has gone beyond just visuals — it's a key information source. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Christina Kristofic / @ckristofic: I love articles like this that act like the NYT is doing something innovative when... NYT has been doing it for a couple of weeks, and @CourierNewsroom and other outlets have been doing it for MONTHS. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Nieman Storyboard / @niemanstory: Slides and cards are a good way to highlight the strongest part of a story, whether it's a visual component or a tidbit that competitors don't have: https://www.niemanlab.org/... via @HanaaTameez
Dmitry Shishkin / @dmitryshishkin: So simple, so effective. “Slides and cards are a good way to highlight the strongest part of a story, whether it's a visual component or a tidbit that competitors don't have”. https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Tara McGowan / @taraemcg: Excited to see the @nytimes take a page out of Courier's OG playbook to reach more people not on this site with the news🗞📲💥 🚀👉🏼@UpNorthNews WI @CardinalAndPine @floricuas @GanderNewsroom @TheKeystone @IAStartingLine @vadogwoodnews @CopperCourier https://www.niemanlab.org/...
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
On a Fox Business appearance with Maria Bartiromo, Tucker Carlson claimed the NSA leaked contents of his e-mail to journalists “in an effort to discredit me” — Tucker Carlson claimed that the NSA leaked contents of his private emails to journalists, during a Wednesday morning appearance on Mornings With Maria.
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Justin Baragona / @justinbaragona: “Yesterday I learned — and this is going to come out soon — that the NSA leaked the contents of my e-mail to journalists in an effort to discredit me.” So Tucker now making it obvious the NSA claim is him trying to get ahead of a very negative story. https://www.mediaite.com/...
@mediaite: “It is not in any way a figment of my imagination.” Tucker Carlson is defending his claim that the NSA is spying on him. In a new interview he said his emails have now been leaked to reporters. https://mediaite.com/a/mlkip
Bob Cesca / @bobcesca_go: Tucker told Bartiromo: “They [NSA] are not allowed to spy on American citizens.” NSA's not allowed to spy on American citizens...without a warrant and only if US persons are communicating with overseas targets. If Tucker isn't lying, who's his email pal? https://www.mediaite.com/...
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine explores a sale, potentially valuing it at $1B; source: multiple companies including Apple have shown interest — Company behind ‘Big Little Lies’ and ‘The Morning Show’ began pursuing a sale after receiving interest from suitors including Apple
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@richlightshed, @alexgiess, @benmullin, @film_girl, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Variety, The Wrap, Reuters and Bloomberg
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Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed: streamingwars content edition — excited for @ReeseW @sveedub @LaurenLevyNeu and the entire @hellosunshine team https://twitter.com/...
Alexandre Giess / @alexgiess: Sources [translated] : Apple is not acquiring us for that crazy amount we made up so we will accept any offer https://twitter.com/...
Ben Mullin / @benmullin: Scoop: Apple is among the suitors for Reese Witherspoon's media company, which people close to the deal expect to sell for as much as $1 billion. W/@CaraRLombardo https://www.wsj.com/...
Christina Warren / @film_girl: Our girl is about to be mogul rich! Love this for her! https://www.wsj.com/...
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: Apple expressed interest in buying Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine media company
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: WSJ: Apple mulling $1 billion acquisition of Reese Witherspoon's media company
Brent Lang / Variety: Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Exploring Possible Sale, Price Could Hit $1 Billion
Sara Fischer / Axios:
CB Insights has ~1M newsletter subscribers, including 750K for its flagship newsletter, serving as a blueprint for companies using content to bolster business — CB Insights, a data software company that caters to buyers and sellers of technology, has nearly one million email newsletter subscribers …
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@asanwal, @seangriffey, @rafat, @thekendallbaker, @nbj914, @shafqatislam, @sarafischer, @cbinsights and @jryedinak
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Anand Sanwal / @asanwal: A bit on @CBinsights newsletters, revenue and just how big our market is https://www.axios.com/...
Sean Griffey / @seangriffey: When I hear people say “every company is a media company”, I usually laugh and quickly retort by saying that media is hard. Most companies don't have the patience or commitment to do it right. And then there is @CBinsights. They have been doing it right for a decade now. https://twitter.com/...
@rafat: Great to see @CBinsights thrive, @asanwal has built a different kind of business information company & will reach $100mn ARR next year, this story says. Rooting for a non-traditional IPO too! https://www.axios.com/...
Kendall Baker / @thekendallbaker: Anand is a newsletter OG. Really understands the medium and how to use it effectively https://twitter.com/...
Nicholas Jackson / @nbj914: Good content is not just for media companies! Cool to see this @sarafischer/@axios piece on @CBinsights' success: https://www.axios.com/.... We also put out a newsletter for tech professionals at @BuiltIn and have been able to grow it from 50K subs to nearly 1M in just 16 months.
Shafqat Islam / @shafqatislam: Geez. These guys keep executing like crazy. Without burning any capital. What an insanely great biz. https://twitter.com/...
Sara Fischer / @sarafischer: Long before Silicon Valley titans began launching their own media arms, @asanwal and @CBInsights created a blueprint for how tech companies can use content to bolster their businesses — Have nearly 1 million subs — Expecting $100m in AAR next year https://www.axios.com/...
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Six months after the Capitol riot, reporters who covered Congress on Jan. 6 talk about the day's lasting fallout; some reporters won't go back into the building — The reporters who survived the insurrection are still covering Congress. But things don't feel normal. — CJ
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@leahmillis, Vanity Fair, @marissa_jae, @haleytalbotnbc, @realjuliasong, @leahmillis, @repmgs, @leahmillis, @allisonmpecorin, @leahmillis, @haleytalbotnbc, @gingergibson, @rachelvscott, @frankthorp, @shanegoldmacher, @oriana0214, @cam_joseph, @barbaracomstock, @davidpepper, @leahmillis, @emeraldrobinson, @annamerlan, Mediaite, @repmaloney, @zaleskiluke, @reuterszengerle, @melissaryan, @jesserodriguez, @jake_zuckerman, @cam_joseph, @tiffanyaldinger, @dineshdsouza, @ggreenwald, @cam_joseph, @repcheri, @lhartzenbusch, @repcheri, @politicsreid, @alex_panetta, @shawna, @jonathantamari, @sarahposner, @jordainc, @joanmccarter, @emma_dumain, @deirdrekwalsh, @learmonth, @grace_segers, @grace_segers, @grace_segers, @brianstelter, @_cingraham, @cam_joseph, @mikedebonis, @garretthaake, @davidcorndc, @ryanjreilly, @replbr, @talkopan, @kasie, The Hill and CNN
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Leah Millis / @leahmillis: Six months ago, I took this photograph at 5:04pm. https://twitter.com/...
Marissa J. Lang / @marissa_jae: So much of that day has been politicized. But the fact of it is an insurrection happened. We were there. It has stayed with me and many of my colleagues every day since. And as @GingerGibson put it: “That day we weren't just observers; we were ... targets.” https://www.vice.com/...
Haley Talbot / @haleytalbotnbc: I started to think about what I would use defend our group if the mob were to smash through the third-floor glass and enter the gallery. The congresswoman next to me had a cane. That's what I'd use. I thought about how I'd position myself to block as many people as possible.
Julia Song / @realjuliasong: c o p e https://twitter.com/...
Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon / @repmgs: Journalists managed to have the presence of mind while under attack on #January6th to continue reporting the day's events. I'm grateful we have their accounting of the insurrection, and that they show up every day to hold those of us in power accountable. https://www.vice.com/...
Leah Millis / @leahmillis: I was standing on the center inauguration scaffolding after having scaled it to get a better view of the center door. I had heard people chanting “heave-ho!” &thought they were breaking into the hallway. I had no idea the building had been breached because we had no cell service.
Allison Pecorin / @allisonmpecorin: Please remember, every reporter who was there believed sacrificing their safety was worth it for you to see what was happening to your country. Those of us that continue to come back to the site of our trauma are driven by that belief. https://www.vice.com/... via @vicenews
Leah Millis / @leahmillis: When I reached that level I started receiving text messages. A friend sent me a photo of her TV screen and that's when I found out they had gotten in.
Haley Talbot / @haleytalbotnbc: Very small portion of my video from inside Chamber 2:43PM on Jan 6 but I think it's important people understand what it was actually like that day. - glass to chamber doors shatter from rioters - officers + lawmakers barricade doors - loud gun shot - lawmakers audibly praying https://twitter.com/...
Ginger Gibson / @gingergibson: It's important for journalists to talk about what happened inside the Capitol on Jan 6. Unsurprisingly, because of this, today my mentions have been a stream of vitriol and insults. But that's why we must continue to talk about what happened. https://twitter.com/...
Rachel Scott / @rachelvscott: So much of this- Jan. 6 was my first day covering the Hill as the incoming Congressional Correspondent Every day I enter the Capitol, I walk by the same location where I saw a woman— shot, bloodied on a gurney staring at the Capitol she broke into. https://twitter.com/...
Frank Thorp V / @frankthorp: As someone who has sought therapy to help process the trauma from Jan 6th, this is an important piece about the lingering effects that day has had on a Congressional press corps that continues to go to the site of their trauma to do their jobs: https://www.vice.com/...
Shane Goldmacher / @shanegoldmacher: “And the emotional scars are still there. Six months after their office was attacked, the Capitol Hill press corps is grappling with how to cover the insurrection's fallout, as well as its impact on them personally and professionally.” https://www.vice.com/...
Oriana Pawlyk / @oriana0214: “Many yelled at her, asking who she was. Her response to defuse tension was to yell back ‘PBS—Sesame Street! Big Bird!’” https://www.vice.com/... via @vicenews
Cameron Joseph / @cam_joseph: Words can only convey so much. @haleytalbotnbc has the video. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Barbara Comstock / @barbaracomstock: Good and needed reporting on the continued fallout from Jan. 6 for so many who were there that day @cam_joseph https://twitter.com/...
David Pepper / @davidpepper: I still think about the reporters I saw covering it live. @LisaDNews , in particular, was incredible. Only became more clear later how much danger she and others were in. https://twitter.com/...
Leah Millis / @leahmillis: Immediately I texted my friend who was inside to see if she was ok. “Yeah, I got attacked.” Was all she said.
@emeraldrobinson: Dear @VICENews: I was at the Capitol that day in the Cannon building. It was no big deal. Put your big boy pants on. https://twitter.com/...
Anna Merlan / @annamerlan: Two of the people quoted in the story have literally reported from war zones https://twitter.com/...
Rudy Takala / Mediaite: Reporters Say They're ‘Traumatized’ After Jan 6.: 'I'm Still Not Sleeping Like I Used To'
Carolyn B. Maloney / @repmaloney: Journalists are essential to our democracy. January 6 was also an attack on them and their experiences cannot be forgotten. https://twitter.com/...
Luke Zaleski / @zaleskiluke: What did trump call reporters again? For years? Before this attack on us?? https://twitter.com/...
Patricia Zengerle / @reuterszengerle: Normally we squirm if the story's about us, but this nice piece by @cam_joseph lays out a lot of things. https://www.vice.com/...
Melissa Ryan / @melissaryan: The Hill also a toxic workplace for reporters. And as this piece from @cam_joseph points out, many of them are not OK. https://www.vice.com/...
Jesse Rodriguez / @jesserodriguez: Harrowing quotes from @GingerGibson in this piece about 1/6 https://www.vice.com/...
Jake Zuckerman / @jake_zuckerman: I really can't imagine dealing with the trauma of surviving Jan. 6 as a reporter, and then going back to work in a political system where congressmen repeat the lie that sparked the insurrection and reduce what happened to a “tourist visit” https://www.vice.com/...
Cameron Joseph / @cam_joseph: Anyway, read the story and judge for yourselves: https://www.vice.com/...
Tiffany Aldinger / @tiffanyaldinger: @ggreenwald Tell me you haven't read the article without telling me you haven't read the article. https://twitter.com/...
Dinesh D'Souza / @dineshdsouza: This is laugh-out-loud funny. ‘So, So Angry’: Reporters Who Survived the Capitol Riot Are Still Struggling https://www.vice.com/...
Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald: Wonder what would happen to them if they had to report from war zones or stand down authoritarian governments trying to imprison them? Also wonder if they ever take a few seconds to compare their “trauma” to Julian Assange's?
Cameron Joseph / @cam_joseph: I felt genuine empathy when Glenn wrote about the home invasion his family survived, in spite of my issues with some of his other reporting. It says something about him that he can't extend the same to the reporters in the Hill that day. https://twitter.com/...
Rep. Cheri Bustos / @repcheri: As a former reporter, I introduced a resolution to recognize the contributions of the journalists who braved this threat to their lives to bring people the news. Let's honor their heroic work on that fateful day. https://www.vice.com/...
Lara Hartzenbusch / @lhartzenbusch: '"That was the thing that surprised me most of the entire day: They'd just gone through this, and they were still fucking objecting.I was shocked at that vote. I was shocked that they did that. I was shocked, after everything that just happened." https://www.vice.com/...
Rep. Cheri Bustos / @repcheri: Six months ago today, the Capitol was attacked, offices were ransacked & “murder the media” was carved into doors. In the face of danger, journalists like @kasie stayed to document history. We owe them our thanks. https://www.today.com/...
Reid Wilson / @politicsreid: Powerful @cam_joseph piece featuring a lot of reporters I respect struggling to deal with the aftermath of the Jan 6 insurrection - https://www.vice.com/...
Alexander Panetta / @alex_panetta: Thinking back to that day when I did an angry rant on live TV and this story brings back all those feelings. https://twitter.com/...
Shawna Thomas / @shawna: This was hard for me to read but I'm glad @cam_joseph wrote it and that some of the reporters, who I've watched and learned from, talked to him. https://twitter.com/...
Jonathan Tamari / @jonathantamari: awhile back there was a training for responding to emergencies - incl. how to use escape hoods. When you open them, there's a loud buzz everyone remembers from that day. Even in the calm of the training, months after 1/6, I remember a colleague leaping at the sound again https://twitter.com/...
Sarah Posner / @sarahposner: “all of the reporters interviewed for this story are worried that the riots won't be a one-off attack. 'It definitely could happen again. It's something that's on my radar. We've become very complacent in thinking the U.S. is different.'” #jan6 https://twitter.com/...
Jordain Carney / @jordainc: A rough, but necessary, read that will put you back deep in your Jan. 6 feelings: https://twitter.com/...
Joan McCarter / @joanmccarter: Fantasitic reporting in this story, but a bizarre disconnect. So much of the reporting from D.C. and the Capitol doesn't reflect any of this, any of what happened on January 6. It's back to normal in how they report on the GOP. That's got to change if there's to be a reckoning. https://twitter.com/...
Emma Dumain / @emma_dumain: Thanks to Cameron for writing this story, and to my brave colleagues for sharing theirs. https://twitter.com/...
Deirdre Walsh / @deirdrekwalsh: Seems like so much longer than 6 months ago - working remotely I worried about the press corps on 1/6 - a collegial and hardworking crew on the Hill. This story shows how the day still impacts Hill reporters - thanks to all for continuing to do the work and tell the stories https://twitter.com/...
Michael Learmonth / @learmonth: Reporters covering Congress inside the Capitol on Jan. 6 experienced extensive workplace trauma. Some won't go back into the building, @cam_joseph reports. https://www.vice.com/...
Grace Segers / @grace_segers: I can only speak for myself, but I know that what happened on January 6 will haunt me for the rest of my life.
Grace Segers / @grace_segers: When I'm at the Capitol, memories of 1/6 overlap the present like tracing paper. I don't just see a stairwell, I see Officer Goodman redirecting rioters. I hear echoes of shouts, ghosts of broken glass. I don't just see the rotunda, I see screaming rioters violating that space.
Grace Segers / @grace_segers: Six months ago today, a violent mob of Trump supporters overran the Capitol in a deadly attack, spurred by a lie that continues to be repeated. They sought to overturn election results and harm lawmakers. The attack changed politics. It changed the country. It changed me.
Brian Stelter / @brianstelter: I wish I'd thought to write this story by @cam_joseph. Don't miss it: https://twitter.com/...
Christopher Ingraham / @_cingraham: It would be nice if more coverage of Congress reflected this when reporters are confident that lawmakers are lying. Too often the wink and nod gets passed directly on to readers. https://twitter.com/...
Cameron Joseph / @cam_joseph: Six months after the Capitol insurrection, reporters are grappling with the fallout. I talked to five of the best Hill reporters I know — @bresreports, @LisaDNews, @GingerGibson, @elwasson and @MattLaslo — about their experiences that day, and after. https://www.vice.com/...
Mike DeBonis / @mikedebonis: Tremendous work by Cam and bracing honesty from @bresreports @LisaDNews @elwasson @GingerGibson @MattLaslo https://twitter.com/...
Garrett Haake / @garretthaake: Six months later. Don't tell me it was a normal tourist day on the Hill, or even a typical protest. https://twitter.com/...
David Corn / @davidcorndc: With GOPers denying the gravity and significance of 1/6, it's no surprise that the reporters who covered it feel weird and gaslighted. https://twitter.com/...
Ryan J. Reilly / @ryanjreilly: “We're so used to it, the wink and nod lie, you're talking to a member and they lie to you and we just move on. Now it's all changed... We cannot fail to call it what it was. It was an insurrection. They tried to destroy democracy.” - @bresreports https://www.vice.com/...
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester / @replbr: It's so important to remember that those reporters who brought us real-time information about January 6th were, themselves, victims of that awful day. I was stuck in the balcony with so many of them that day. We need to hear their stories as well. https://twitter.com/...
Tal Kopan / @talkopan: “But sometimes It feels like one of those horror movies, like the end of ‘Jaws.’ Everything feels copacetic on the beach. But you wonder if there's anything out there,” @elwasson said. There is still so much lingering trauma from Jan. 6, and it's so important to remember. https://twitter.com/...
Kasie Hunt / @kasie: “Some reporters who were there won't go back into the building. A number have sought therapy to deal with the trauma. One longtime Capitol Hill reporter opted for early retirement shortly after living through the riot. Many still aren't sleeping well.” https://www.vice.com/...
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill: Biden appeals for unity six months after Capitol riot
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