The Latest: Dave Chappelle rescues public radio station; 'Ignorance is a virus'; Is being an extrovert an advantage?

August 10, 2021

Top stories

■ An Ohio public radio station started raising money to move. Listener Dave Chappelle called in to help (David Gura) / WYSO plans move to historic Yellow Springs building with boost from Dave Chappelle (Current)

■ Chicago Tribune names new top editor as newsroom leader resigns (Chicago Tribune) / Post and Courier’s Mitch Pugh named editor-in-chief of Chicago Tribune (Post and Courier)

■ As Andrew Cuomo teeters, the Albany Times Union has a moment (CJR) / CNN must investigate Chris Cuomo (Washington Post)

■ Twitter suspends U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for 7 days over vaccine misinformation (New York Times)

■ Dominion sues Newsmax, One America News Network , others over election claims (WSJ) / ‘New: @newsmax statement in response to Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against it and @OANN today for defamation over alleged promotion of election conspiracies .’ (Paul Farhi)

■ 'Ignorance is a virus :' How local news outlets are reporting on Covid-19 vaccine rejection (CNN) / How a coronavirus expert shook up CBS' 'Face the Nation' (Variety) / Chinese state media has seized on a Swiss scientist critical of a covid origins probe. The one problem: He might not exist . (Washington Post)

■ Atlas Obscura redefines 'exploration' after pandemic upturned coverage areas (Digiday)

■ 'How much does it pay?' Writers of color polite-shames publications to get to the point (Nieman Lab)

■ This photographer shines a light on Muslim-American women athletes (NPR)

■ PBS boss admits she 'did not fully appreciate' how network fell short on diversity (The Wrap)

■ Golden Globes: Where will the Hollywood Foreign Press Association find Black members? ‘We’ve always been out there ’ (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money (Reuters)

Press freedom

■ Austin Tice is turning 40. Can this president finally bring him home ? (Washington Post)

■ Mexican president offers journalist protection after death threat (Reuters)

■ ‘Please pray for me ’: Female reporter being hunted by the Taliban tells her story (The Guardian)

■ U.S. press leaders condemn China’s yearlong detention of TV journalist (National Press Club / Journalism Institute)

■ Kyrgyzstan parliament approves 'false information' bill (CPJ)

"Right now in my inbox, I have probably 1,500 unread emails of #MeToo stories and tips. I try to read every single one of those, myself or my partner on my team, and the fact of the matter is we simply can’t investigate every one. So how do you prioritize ? How do you think about which ones are worthy? And we are human, we are fallible — should we even be making that decision?”

-- Jessica Bennett, New York Times editor covering gender and culture, said in The Takeaway

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Manager's Minute: Is being an extrovert an advantage or disadvantage for leaders?

Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, with advice for extroverted leaders.

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Education is said to be the great equalizer — but not all education coverage is created equal. Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute and learn how to:

Move from authority-driven sourcing and framing to community-driven sourcing and framing
Avoid tokenism and stereotypes: Listen for and represent the truth between the extremes of success and despair in underrepresented communities
Cover dailies and in-depth stories with sensitivity, respect, and completeness

Registration is open for this discussion, which will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021.

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