The Latest: Fox & News Corp together again?; Trump threatens to sue Pulitzers; Gloria Steinem on Ms. at 50

October 14, 2022

■ With televised Trump subpoena , Jan. 6 panel asks voters for a second season (Los Angeles Times) / Covering the January 6th Committee hearings : MSNBC anchors Andrea Mitchell, Hallie Jackson, and Katy Tur on why ‘everything is at stake’ (Deadline)

■ Rupert Murdoch explores reuniting his media empire by recombining Fox and News Corp (Wall Street Journal)

■ Fetterman calls controversy over NBC interview ‘surreal,’ ‘bizarre’ (Rolling Stone) / Gisele Fetterman suggests reporter should face 'consequences' for NBC interview: 'It was appalling to see' (National Review) / Opinion: Why that John Fetterman interview caused a furor (New York Times)

■ Local TV stations are cleaning up on political advertising this election season (Bloomberg)

■ Behind the bombshells: How the LA Times used secret recordings to expose racism at the highest levels of city government (CNN)

■ Rachel Maddow looks back on a wild 14 years : Read the transcript (New York Times)

■ Upset Trevor Noah is leaving ‘The Daily Show’? Blame Sarah Palin (Hollywood Reporter)

■ 'She Said,' drama of New York Times’ Weinstein reporting , premieres in NYC (AP) / ’She Said’ premiere brings Hollywood—and journalism—stars together (Vanity Fair) / Harvey Weinstein accuser Ashley Judd talks playing herself in 'validating' new drama 'She Said' (USA TODAY) / New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey go behind the scenes of ‘She Said’ (Vogue)

■ Ms. Magazine at 50: Gloria Steinem revisits the early years (Vanity Fair)

Press freedom

■ Two brothers jailed after admitting murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia (The Guardian)

■ My friend journalist Dom Phillips and activist Bruno Pereira were shot dead in the Amazon. I traveled deep into the forest to find out why. (Washington Post)

■ New Turkey law mandates jail time for spreading ‘disinformation’ (Bloomberg)

■ In Hong Kong, ‘no way journalists can work freely ’ (VOA)

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"Climate change reporting need not be an overwhelming experience. So of course, it always has to be rooted in the science. And we always hope that the stories that we do lead to helpful policies and programs that will help resolve the crisis, but it is first and foremost a human story . … So I think as soon as reporters understand how systems and structures can either make a community resilient or vulnerable to climate-related disasters, then the better that storytelling will become."

-- Krixia Subingsubing, journalist at the Philippine Daily Inquirer, "How to improve climate change coverage. Ideas from three reporters around the world."

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