The Latest: Local Journalism Initiative wins top honors; Covering food insecurity; ‘Infamously brutal’ New York Times review

October 17, 2022

■ Election denier Kari Lake pleads with CNN : ‘Can we talk about issues?’ (Washington Post)

■ Jim Acosta will not exit CNN despite all the rumors, network insider confirms (The Wrap)

■ But her emails! Behind The New York Times’ maddening Hillary Clinton coverage (Vanity Fair)

■ ‘She Said’ star Carey Mulligan on playing the reporter who took down Harvey Weinstein : ‘I was terrified the whole time’ (Variety)

■ Chris Wallace asks Guy Fieri about infamously brutal New York Times restaurant review (Mediaite)

■ Fox News contributor responds after going viral over $28 Taco Bell order (The Hill)

■ How to fix the crisis in local news : Spend $10 billion a year on it (Washington Post)

Press freedom

■ Russian journalist who staged anti-war protest on state TV flees country (The Hill)

■ A Mexican journalist was murdered . It wasn't the end of the story (L.A. Times) / A reporter’s baffling murder and a crisis of press freedom (New York Times)

Upcoming program on Covering Food Insecurity: Access, hunger, and empathetic reporting about a basic need. Click for more details.

Most people know what it is to get hungry. But persistent hunger and a lack of access to convenient and affordable healthy foods is something much more, disproportionately affecting communities already underrepresented in news coverage. Food insecurity can be difficult for journalists to cover consistently because of its seeming invisibility.

Join the National Press Club Journalism Institute at 11:30 a.m. ET this Friday, Oct. 21 for a discussion via Zoom about what journalists can cover at the intersection of food access, community impact, and systemic racism.

“When you’re reaching out to people, you’re asking them to talk about things that are traumatic and to really reveal themselves. I am always sensitive to that. And from my point of view, there’s so much riding on it. You don’t have control over it. You’re making this proposal and it’s in the other person’s hands. Are they going to go on this journey with you? You are thinking about what will reach someone, what would be in it for them, what would they want to get out of it ? So you’re doing some mental gymnastics.”

-- Katia Savchuk , freelance journalist, "Four years of reporting follows new threads in a previously reported crime story"

Manager's Minute: I have a good job offer, but I hear it’s a rough place to work, what should I do?

Advice from Jill Geisler, the Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow

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PBS Frontline’s Local Journalism Initiative honored with NPCJI investigative award

PBS Frontline, American public television’s flagship public affairs series since 1983, will receive the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s 2022 Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism.

PBS Frontline has long been recognized with journalism’s highest honors for its exceptional news and documentary programs. The Sheehan award honors Frontline for its Local Journalism Initiative, in particular. The Initiative supports investigative journalism done by local and regional news organizations by providing funding, editorial support, and strategic guidance. This year, the Tampa Bay Times was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for a project supported by Frontline.

“For the past three years, we've seen our Local Journalism Initiative bolster incredible local and regional news organizations, and aid in the nationwide dissemination of their accountability reporting," said Frontline editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath. “We are honored to see this initiative recognized by the National Press Club with the Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for investigative journalism.”

“Local news is a vital part of our nation's journalistic ecosystem, and we're proud to see the impact of our local journalism partners’ reporting reverberate — sparking national conversation and, in some cases, calls for policy change,” Aronson-Rath added. “We share this award with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, whose generous support has made our Local Journalism Initiative possible.”

Each year, the Neil and Susan Sheehan Award for Investigative Journalism recognizes work that best reflects the Sheehans’ extraordinary commitment to the principle that a vibrant democracy depends on an informed citizenry and a free press. The award promotes the practice of investigative journalism exemplifying compassion, courage, and integrity.

The Institute will confer the 2022 Sheehan Award at its annual Fourth Estate Award Gala on Dec. 7. The in-person gala will honor CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward with the National Press Club’s signature Fourth Estate Award.

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