September 6, 2022

Top stories

■ New German owner has a ‘contrarian’ plan for POLITICO and American media (Washington Post) / What's missing from that Post piece, which is a shame given its depth, is Springer's history of entirely partisan disinformation. Döpfner is no Murdoch, but Bild in some important ways was Fox News before there was Fox News.’ (Monika Bauerlein) 


■ Fox producer's warning against Jeanine Pirro surfaces in Dominion defamation suit (NPR)


■ Chris Licht makes his first big hires (POLITICO) / Is there a purge?’: John Harwood’s CNN exit viewed as strategy shift (Washington Post) / John Harwood’s abrupt exit adds fuel to #BoycottCNN: ‘There’s no “both sides” to fascism’ (The Wrap) / Trump says he would help CNN if it ‘went conservative': ‘They would be an absolute gold mine’ (The Wrap) 


■ CBS News politics maven John Dickerson will have a nightly streaming show (Los Angeles Times) / How CBS News’ co-presidents Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon are stepping up their streaming news outlet (Digiday) 


■ ‘Democracy has never been more threatened’: Cleveland Plain Dealer editor on covering Trumpism and advocating for a free press (Nieman Reports) 


■ Las Vegas police release images of possible suspect in stabbing death of Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German (CBS News/Associated Press) / Las Vegas police seek public's help after veteran reporter is found dead outside his home (CNN) / Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German killed outside home (Review-Journal) / National Press Club statement on killing of investigative reporter Jeff German (NPC) 


■ Oklahoma news anchor Julie Chin reveals she suffered ‘beginnings of a stroke’ on live TV (The Wrap) / ‘Tulsa news anchor Julie Chin has the beginnings of a stroke live on the air. She knew something was wrong, so tossed it to the meteorologist, as her concerned colleagues called 911. She’s fine now, but wanted to share her experience to educate viewers on stroke warning signs.’ (Mike Sington) / ‘The episode seemed to have come out of nowhere," Julie said in her Facebook post. "I felt great before our show. However, over the course of several minutes during our newscast, things started to happen."’ (2 News Oklahoma)


■ ‘Constantly in motion’: Photographer Lynsey Addario reflects on two decades of covering wars and global crises (Vanity Fair)


■ National Geographic magazine lays off six of its top editors (Washington Post)


■ ‘Not many people get to hear their own eulogy, but the YES Network gave one local New York sports reporter that rare opportunity over the weekend.’ (Awful Announcing)


■ Kotaku’s Mike Fahey, beloved ‘big kid’ of video games journalism, dies at 49 (Polygon) 

 

Press freedom


■ ‘Yesterday, I was given a 3-day unpaid suspension over a censorship issue surrounding a story my students published last fall. With guidance from @SPLC, my student editors have stood up for their First Amendment rights & I've supported their decisions.’ (Adriana Chavira) / High school journalists in LA learn about censorship, from their own principal (LAist) / Student journalists reveal a changing world. Let them. (New York Times) / The (student) paper of record (Washington Monthly) 


■ Russian journalist Ivan Safronov gets 22-year prison sentence for treason (Axios) / Russia revokes media license of top independent newspaper (Associated Press via ABC News) 


■ Journalist shot dead in Arab city of Umm al-Fahm in Northern Israel (Haaretz) / Israeli military admits Shireen Abu Akleh likely killed by Israeli fire​​​​, but won't charge soldiers (CNN)

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Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants: Applications open

The National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute will jointly award up to $75,000 in grants to journalists who plan to cover environmental justice.


Grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 will be awarded to support journalism in any medium that centers environmental justice and environmental racism in the United States. This could include coverage of the disproportionate harms to disadvantaged communities from pollution, the effects of climate change, or other relevant topics.


Applications are open now and will be accepted until October 2, 2022. Work supported by these grants should be published or broadcast in a U.S. news outlet by April 2, 2023.


The Kozik Grants are funded by a 1991 gift from the late Dr. Franklin Kozik in honor of his deceased son Robert.


Returning as grant application judges for the second year are distinguished journalists Antonia JuhaszYanick Rice Lamb and Harriet Washington. NPF and NPCJI thank them for their guidance and support for this project


See the 2021 Kozik grant recipients’ work here.

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