The Latest: 20 years of 9/11 coverage; Michael Jordan’s $1M journalism pledge; How to ignite inspiration

September 10, 2021

Top stories

■ CNN launches new polling methodology that 'allows for the researchers … to have a better understanding of who is and who is not responding to the poll, and to better account for political differences between the two groups, addressing one of the most likely causes of 2020 polling errors .' (CNN)

■ Margaret Brennan sets return to CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ with a new title and outlook (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Bill Church named new top editor of the Raleigh News & Observer (News & Observer)

■ Michael Jordan pledges $1 million to support Ida B. Wells Society’s efforts to increase diversity in the field of investigative journalism (UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media)

■ Journalism schools leave graduates with hefty student loans (Wall Street Journal)

■ ESPN college football reporter Allison Williams pulled off air after refusing COVID vaccine (The Wrap) / Tracking COVID: A reporter's contradictions (Writerland / The Delacorte Review)

Sept. 11, 20 years later

■ Part of Flight 93 crashed on NPR reporter’s land . He went back to the sacred ground 20 years later (NPR)

■ MSNBC head Rashida Jones recalls covering the 9/11 terrorist attacks as a 20-year-old college student working at a local TV station in Norfolk, Virginia. (Hollywood Reporter)

■ NY Daily News photojournalist hunts for his 9/11 'Guardian Angel' (Daily Beast)

■ Photos that defined 9/11 , and the people in them—20 years later (WSJ) / Chief photographer to George W. Bush reflects on 9/11 (25NewsKXXV) / After the photo : Teacher who was with President Bush on 9/11 recalls the minutes after (Sarasota Magazine) / One AP photographer's iconic 9/11 shot (Gothamist)

■ 20 front pages that ran after 9/11 (Poynter) / 'On the back of their special 20 Years Later section, the Wall Street Journal reprinted the front page of the paper from September 12, 2001 ' (Jamie Stelter)

■ The New Yorker’s art editor remembers 20 years of Sept. 11 magazine covers (New Yorker)

■ How 9/11 changed the way we watch TV news (L.A. Times) / On 9/11, anchors like Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw took us to the church of the nightly news for the last time. (L.A. Times)

■ Some of the most iconic 9/11 news coverage is lost . Blame Adobe Flash (CNN)

■ Perspective: On 9/11, journalists ran toward danger (Freedom Forum)

■ The most memorable novels about Sept. 11, 20 years later (L.A. Times)

■ Budweiser pays tribute to 9/11 with an updated commercial (New York Times)

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