The Latest: Big CNN goodbye; Washingtonians to watch; New ‘flak jacket’; Inclusive newsrooms

May 20, 2022

■ Longtime digital exec Meredith Artley out at CNN (Axios) / ‘I’ll be rooting you on, *even if* I notice an uptick in animal stories once I’m on the outside.’ (Variety)

■ Midterm Mayhem: Washingtonians in media to watch in Fall 2022 (Hollywood Reporter)

■ White House press secretary gets a new 'flak jacket': A women's blazer (New York Times) / Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's unlikely rise to the White House lectern (New York Times) / ’At least 30 senior White House staffers have student loan balances … including Biden’s new press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre’ (Bloomberg News)

■ How the current wave of more inclusive leadership is changing newsrooms (Hollywood Reporter) / It's time for local journalists to reckon with the racism we overlooked (Washington Post) / AP, Ida B. Wells Society, Maynard team up on inclusive storytelling (AP)

■ In some states, students account for a large and growing share of statehouse reporters (Pew Research Center)

■ Student journalist exposes personal information leak on Georgia county public schools website (WSB-TV)

■ PGA Championship: ESPN anchor hurt by errant shot (New York Post) / MLB reporter hit in the head by 95 MPH line drive at Rockies game (People)

■ 'The View' hosts turn up their noses at 'ridiculous' NPR 'snitch hotline' for non-maskers (The Wrap) / What makes people question journalists ? (NPR)

■ 'You know who you are ,' PBS NewsHour journalist tells Class of 2022 (Greenwich Time)

“When you hit a wall, when you’re feeling blocked, step away from the computer. Take a run. Rub the dog’s belly. Read 50 pages of a novel. Watch a stupid situation comedy. Let your brain relax. Let it reboot. No one ever got anywhere by banging on the backspace key for hours on end.”

-- Frank Bruni, New York Times columnist and bestselling author, via Chip's Writing Lessons #74

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More than 75 percent of Americans say religion is an important part of their lives. How do these Americans see themselves and their faith reflected in news coverage? What does reporting on faith get right and wrong? How do editors and reporters think about who they’re reaching with these stories and who they’ve lost? And how might this coverage build trust in journalism among communities who have been historically misrepresented?

Registration is open for this program, which will take place on Friday, June 24 at 11:30 a.m. ET. Participants will learn:

How journalists of faith navigate challenges from inside their newsrooms and from inside their faith communities
Whose faith is centered in coverage and whose is marginalized, mischaracterized, or misunderstood
Which best practices can help extend our community’s understanding of itself

Why it’s important to say goodbye to departing team members with grace

Advice from Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership

There are managers who take personal offense when people leave. They treat it as disloyalty. They fear it reflects poorly on them. They see the rescheduling, reshuffling, and recruiting that follows a departure as a hard slog that they’d prefer not to tackle and resent those who cause that work.

Don’t be that manager.

It’s unkind and unwise.

Anyone who has left a job remembers how they were treated when they told their managers they intend to move on. They tell the stories, for better and for worse. Be the good one.

As we know, in journalism, our paths are likely to cross again in the future. The person who left may return. They may serve as a referral for others.

They may even become your boss some day.

So say goodbye with grace — and stay connected.

Watch next: How can I support a good staff member who I know is ready to move on?

Get more career advice: Read Jill's columns | Watch Manager's Minute videos

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