The Latest: 'We'd rather have raises'; WaPo reporter slams MSNBC reporter; The obit long game

September 13, 2022

■ Exclusive: Bloomberg Media's D.C. offensive (Axios)

■ Opinion: Biden’s approval is shifting, but the media’s narrative is not (Washington Post)

■ Whistleblower tells senators it's 'not far-fetched' a Twitter employee could 'take over' accounts of every lawmaker at hearing (Mediaite) / For media publishers, Twitter still dominates on social (Axios) / Twitter shareholders approve $44 billion Elon Musk buyout (The Verge)

■ 'We'd rather have raises ': New York Times' lunchbox perk backfires amid work-from-home protest (Bloomberg) / ‘Hundreds of employees sent emotional letters to publisher A.G. Sulzberger, executive editor Joe Kahn, CEO Meredith Kopit Levien and opinion editor Kathleen Kingsbury, railing against the company’s pay structure—including one employee who confessed they’ve had to start doing DoorDash deliveries to make ends meet .’ (Daily Beast) / Members of New York Times, NBC News digital unions defy return-to-office plans (WSJ)

■ Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz slams MSNBC's Morgan Radford over 'abuse' segment (New York Post)

■ NPR’s Nina Totenberg was friends with RBG. Got a problem with that ? (Washington Post)

■ By making obituaries free to publish , these Ohio news outlets hope to play the long game (Nieman Journalism Lab) / Earlier: Obituaries are important, worth rethinking and reviving (Poynter)

Press freedom

■ 2 journalists killed in Haiti while reporting on violence (AP via ABC News)

■ Daniel Ortega’s war on journalism: 54 media outlets shut down (Redacción Confidencial)

■ Mass firing at UAE newspaper raises question of censorship (AP)

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