October 6, 2021

Top stories

■ What we lost when Gannett came to town (The Atlantic) ■ Why journalists are leaving their full-time media jobs to go freelance (Poynter)  ■ Mic reboots itself, with more pop culture coverage and less politics (New York Times)  ■ How AT&T helped build far-right One America News (Reuters) ■ MSNBC not rushing to replace Rachel Maddow, president says (Hollywood Reporter) / Peacock is helping MSNBC reach younger viewers, says MSNBC chief (The Information)  ■ Lisa Ling's CNN series explores roots of hate. It's personal (L.A. Times)  ■ Brian Laundrie’s neighbors reportedly charging media $3,500 to stake out (New York Post)  ■ Katie Couric back on 'Today' to promote bombshell memoir (Page Six)  ■ ‘The beginning of the snowball’: Supply-chain snarls disrupt book sales (New York Times)  ■ The curse of off-hours email (Wall Street Journal)

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No surprises: Rule number one for managing your boss

"Managers don’t want to be blindsided by bad news. Not just because they’re embarrassed by it, but because they might have been able to do something about it had they known earlier. If it happened on their watch, it’s ultimately their mess. They’d rather deal with a broken faucet before it becomes a flood." Watch next: I didn’t tell my boss about a problem and my solution didn’t work. What do I do? -- Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership Get more career advice: Read Jill's columns | Watch Manager's Minute videos

Resources How to read academic work in a hurry National Association of Science Writers freelancing guide One stop shop for resources and tools, from #NICAR21

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