June 23, 2021

Top stories ■ Washingtonian editorial staff is organizing a union (The Hill) / ’Solidarity with our incredible peers at the Washingtonian who are unionizing. Their work is indispensable to the region, and the staff members deserve the ability to advocate for themselves.’ (Washington Post Guild) / 'UPDATE: Washingtonian management has sent a memo to staff informing us they will NOT voluntarily recognize a union.‘ (Washingtonian Guild)  ■ Jury selection begins today in the trial of the man who killed five people at the Capital Gazette (Capital Gazette) ■ Buyout fallout: Tribune slashes pages 20 percent after about 100 people chose to leave the news organization nationally (New York Post) / How Chicago is reimagining the future of local journalism as papers decline (The Guardian) ■ New York Times expects staff to work in office at least 3 days a week starting in September, leaked memo says (Insider)  / Opinion: Dean Baquet keeps using the same cliché (Washington Post)  ■ Nikole Hannah-Jones will not join UNC-Chapel Hill faculty without tenure (The Progressive Pulse) / ‘Since signing the fixed-term contract, Ms. Hannah-Jones has come to learn that political interference and influence from a powerful donor contributed to the Board of Trustees’ failure to consider her tenure application’ (New York Times)  / Nikole Hannah-Jones will not start her position on July 1 (Daily Tar Heel) / The UNC scandal no one talks about (Chronicle of Higher Education) ■ Many people worldwide say they’re losing interest in news … but more are paying for it (Nieman Lab) ■ US ranks last among 46 countries in media trust, Reuters Institute report finds (Poynter) ■ NPR's Ina Jaffe shares breast cancer diagnosis: 'Why I kept my cancer a secret, and why I won't anymore’ (NPR)  ■ 8-year-old racing fan building career as IndyCar reporter (WISH-TV) ■ Missing Italian toddler found by reporter sent to cover disappearance (BBC) ■ Hong Kong’s Apple Daily newspaper closes under government pressure (Washington Post) / How press freedom is being eroded in Hong Kong (New York Times)   ■ Saudi operatives who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in U.S. (The New York Times)  ■ ‘Very sad news that @thehill and I lost an excellent and hardworking colleague @thdomo Thomas Moore. I will miss him. Life is fragile. Hug your loved ones. Will miss you Thomas. RIP.’ (Steve Clemons)  ■ COVID is still killing journalists around the world (CJR)

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National Press Club News Headliners Newsmaker: Reps. Green (D-TX), McCaul (R-TX) to call on administration to free Austin Tice (July 1, 11 am ET) A conversation with ambassador Capricia Marshall (July 13, 12 p.m. ET) Conversations with correspondents: Geoffrey Cain on China's 'Perfect Police State' (July 16, 12 p.m. ET)

Events and resources Local journalism in local hands (June 24, 1 p.m. ET) Summer bootcamp: Digital safety & online abuse defense (July 7-22) Covering the push to ban critical race theory in school: 4 tips for journalists

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