The Latest: Capital Gazette gunman; Evicting the White House press corps; When managers hoard information

September 28, 2021

■ ‘I felt like I've been gaslit ’: Labor-management hostility erupts in Gannett newsrooms (Axios)

■ Anchorman's future at San Francisco station in doubt as rumors swirl about high drama in the newsroom (SFist)

■ CBS News is mulling anchor lineup shakeup (Insider)

■ Ozy's Carlos Watson backs out of Emmys news and documentary hosting gig (The Hollywood Reporter) / Ozy says it’s great at discovering big names before the mainstream media . But is it? (Nieman Lab) / Ozy Media faces withering criticism after New York Times exposé : ‘What an obvious scam’ (The Wrap)

■ Former Press Secretary's book details Trump's 'terrifying' temper (New York Times) / Trump played tough with Putin when cameras were around , but a new book details his insecurities (Washington Post) / ‘Another tidbit from Grisham's book: Trump pressured her on a weekly basis to get going on plans to evict the White House press corps from its spot in the complex. She stalled Trump on the matter.’ (Erik Wemple)

■ Sexual assault survivors in journalism are waiting for their reckoning; After Felicia Sonmez’s lawsuit against the Washington Post , reporters who’ve survived sexual assault are confronting their trauma and what the lawsuit means for media's future. (Vice)

■ New York reporter hit by vehicle while reporting in Buffalo (WKBW) / Photographer shot by robbers in San Francisco after refusing to give up camera (PetaPixel)

■ Arizona Republic photographer and Pulitzer Prize-winner Nick Oza dies after car accident (azcentral.com)

Press Freedom

■ Press freedom groups want Seattle officers identified (AP)

■ A scary reminder of the press-freedom stakes in the Assange case (Columbia Journalism Review)

■ Colombian journalist shot and killed (CPJ)

"If local and national journalists can take the climate change story and explain it in terms that speak directly to their own audiences, a public debate could help civic engagement with the issue . At the moment, while people can see the effects of climate change in front of them, there is little conversation on how to change political discourse, hold companies accountable and change individual behaviors."

-- Meera Selva, Deputy Director of the Reuters Institute, on "Why we need a new local language of climate change reporting"

Manager's Minute: A fellow manager isn’t great at sharing information, what can I do?

Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, on what to do with a secretive colleague.

Get more career advice: Read Jill's columns | Watch Manager's Minute videos

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