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October 6, 2022

■ 'It’s just curiosity’: Meet the reporter behind the Herschel Walker bombshells (Vanity Fair)

■ How a Las Vegas newsroom set out to solve a colleague's killing (Washington Post) / Las Vegas judge temporarily blocks search of slain reporter’s devices (Associated Press via Reno Gazette-Journal)

■ CNN’s Jim Sciutto off air for ‘personal leave’ after internal investigation (The Wrap) / 'Jim Sciutto, who anchors one of the channel’s daytime news programs, has been off the air this week on “personal leave” after the network conducted an investigation into a serious fall the journalist took while in Amsterdam.' (The Hill) / ‘Complicating the matter: Sciutto co-host, Poppy Harlow, is set to sign off "Newsroom" on Friday to begin preparing for CNN's forthcoming marquee morning show.’ (Reliable Sources) / 'A network source said that Sciutto will return in a few weeks.' (Deadline)

■ Maggie Haberman on how she covers Trump without losing her mind (New York Magazine) / ‘I feel like now I am turning into this psychiatrist ’: At Confidence Man kickoff, Maggie Haberman talks about what makes Donald Trump tick (Vanity Fair)

■ On Media: Could the Post-Gazette strike mark the end of a printed newspaper ? (NEXTpittsburgh) / Gannett's stock falls some more (Poynter)

■ How a Boston-based local reporter found success sharing small-town Massachusetts drama on TikTok (Poynter)

■ News on fringe social sites draws limited but loyal fans , report finds (New York Times) / The role of alternative social media in the news and information environment (Pew Research Center)

■ 'Alaska Daily' TV show debuts this week, with roots in the real-life Anchorage Daily News (Alaska Public Media) / ‘The show focuses on a fictional newspaper in Anchorage that bears a resemblance to the newspaper and news site you’re currently reading. It’s safe to say Alaskans are going to have questions .’ (Anchorage Daily News) / Review: 'Alaska Daily' comes as close to an authentic journalism drama as network TV can get (Star Tribune) / ABC's worthy newsroom drama Alaska Daily buries its better lede (Paste)

Press freedom

■ The man who wrote the Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously (NPR)

■ Dominion uses Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott’s words against network in defamation case (Daily Beast)

■ Kremlin lets state media tell some truth on Putin’s stalling war (Bloomberg News)

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