June 23, 2022

Top stories

■ Journalists relate to Jan. 6 hearing testimony from abused poll workers (Journal-isms)   


■ Jan. 6 hearings use TV tricks to great effect even as critics call them show biz (NPR) / The subtle stagecraft behind the Jan. 6 hearings (Washington Post) / 'A majority of Americans (58 percent) say they are following news about the work of the January 6 congressional committee very closely (26 percent) or somewhat closely (32 percent)' (Quinnipiac) / Trailer drops for Trump documentary that had footage subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel (The Hill) 


■ How journalists can spot the signs of autocracy — and help ward it off (Washington Post) 


■ Why the Supreme Court news site SCOTUSblog says it has a 'public service' role (CNN) / USA Today editor-in-chief explains why publication told the story of her mother’s abortion decision (USA Today)


■ Publishers grapple with younger audiences avoiding the news (​​Digiday) / ‘The differences seem to be growing’: A look at the rising generation of news consumers (Nieman Journalism Lab) 


■ Bill Whitaker is a '60 Minutes' man in New York, but he still loves L.A. (Los Angeles Times)


■ ‘I love and respect Robin Roberts … But I did not want to do that interview. … Every single word that I said in that interview was the truth, but there was a certain level of performative nature that came from it because I didn’t want to be there and I was so angry and so offended that I had to go on national television and explain something that happened to me.’ (Hollywood Reporter) 


■ NBC4's Leon Harris sentenced to jail after DUI arrest (WTOP News) / Local journalist gets DUI charges dropped … again (Parkland Talk) 


■ Former Texas reporter finds new beginning with pro wrestling (mySanAntonio.com) 


Press freedom 


■ 24 U.S. senators joined 57 members of the House of Representative today, calling for direct U.S. involvement in the investigation of Shireen Abu Akleh's death today. This is our investigation into what happened that day.’ (Meg Kelly) / 'In a letter sent to the president, the senators call for the State Department and FBI to launch an “independent investigation under U.S auspices to determine the truth” amid accusations that Abu Akleh was killed by the Israeli military.' (The Hill) 


■ 'Jim would've wanted it': Mom of U.S. journalist ISIS beheaded visits one of his imprisoned captors (​​NBC News) 


■ How a Russian investigative reporter found out he was a Kremlin target (Washington Post) / The brutal killing of a reporter who probed Putin's past (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) / Journalists killed, wounded in Ukraine honoured in Kyiv (Agence France-Presse)

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