The Latest: Today’s election coverage; CNN's slump; ‘There’s a place in America’s heart for local news.’

August 2, 2022

Top stories

■ Profits slump at CNN as ratings plummet (New York Times) / CNN eyes multiple anchors for 9 p.m. (Axios)

■ ‘With Kari Lake, a local-news anchor turned election denier, running today to be the GOP nominee for governor of Arizona, I searched for other ex-anchors running this election cycle and found nine others—seven of whom are running as Republicans.’ (Jon Allsop) / NBC reporter throws down with Kari Lake in heated clash on stolen election: ‘You know about a crime and yet you’re not reporting it?’ (Mediaite) / New report: Information gaps and misinformation in the 2022 elections - and what journalists can do about it (Brennan Center)

■ ‘Hey nat’l reporters parachuting to Kansas , we know you’ll quickly leave again. Small favor: when you file your stories, plz don’t reference the Wizard of Oz or other tired cliches abt our state. Please & thank you. (PS-enjoy our beautiful state while you’re here; thx for your work)’ (Heather Braum) / Opinion: Kansas abortion vote wildly underreported in news media (Mediaite)

■ ‘There’s a place in America’s heart for local news. That’s Axios’ marketing pitch with their newsletter, but I would argue that they’re hurting more than helping ’ (Poynter)

■ Canadian Record: Family newspaper with storied past seeks to create a more certain future (The Daily Yonder)

■ A 26-year-old entrepreneur takes a fresh shot at selling news one story at a time (Poynter)

■ 'A bigger focus on the human impact of technology ': Sisi Wei is The Markup’s new editor-in-chief (Nieman Journalism Lab)

■ Black News Channel is now theGrio (theGrio)

■ ‘The reporter is not supposed to be the story . But as I reported on Dan Bryan, a Missouri dad working through the shattering loss of his son Ethan, a 16-year-old high school baseball player, by playing a game of catch with a different person every day for a year, my need was clear: I had to know how it felt to be on the receiving end of his throw.’ (PEOPLE)

■ ‘I was a terrified young reporter for The New York Post in the late 1970s when my editor ordered me to “get Russell” for an assigned story.’ (New York Times)

■ 'Journalist Chauncey Bailey of Oakland Tribune, Oakland Post News group + more was killed 15 yrs ago today. Earlier this year, a commemorative ceremony celebrating Bailey took place w/the unveiling of "Chauncey Bailey Way"' (Oakland Voices)

■ Newspaper headline from one hundred years ago warns of climate change (The Independent)

Press freedom

■ Coalition of news organizations sues Texas Department of Public Safety over withheld records on Uvalde shooting (Texas Tribune)

■ Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa on the fight for facts —and her own freedom (Vogue)

■ Six convicted of abusing BBC Newsnight journalist during protest (PA Media via The Guardian)

“People who don’t work in journalism don’t always know the difference between being on the record versus off the record . They may not realize where exactly their quote will show up, or that they may not even appear in the final story. Taking a few moments at the start of an interview to explain some fundamentals creates trust in our process and prevents us from burning bridges with sources.”

-- Neema Roshania Patel, editor of the Washington Post's Next Generation Audience Development team, “5 questions reporters and editors should ask to diversify their sources”

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