The Latest: CNN’s hiring spree; Reporters who now drive cabs; Owning your mistakes

January 26, 2022

■ Can CNN's hiring spree get people to pay for streaming news ? (New York Times) / Networks like CBS and CNN are leaning on ‘iconic franchises’ and ‘old-school’ reporters in a bid to transition linear audiences to digital viewers (Hollywood Reporter)

■ To hell and back, then to CNN: Once an ordinary citizen stumbles into the culture war, it can be hard to get back out . Just ask Michael Fanone. (New York Times)

■ Matea Gold named Washington Post national editor , Philip Rucker named deputy national editor (Washington Post)

■ Are you passionate about journalism ? Job ads and hiring editors sure want you to be (Nieman Lab) / Calculate your skills — and value — before joining the Great Resignation (Poynter)

■ Ron Perlman says ‘f— you’ to ‘don’t look up’ critics: ‘Internet has almost killed journalism ’ (Variety)

■ Late-night TV can’t get enough of Biden cursing at Fox reporter : ‘Old Joe is back’ (L.A. Times)

Press freedom

■ If sunlight is the best disinfectant, why are Alabama leaders keeping us in the dark ? (Montgomery Advertiser)

■ Mexican journalists organize nationwide protests after colleague's death (The Hill) / Slain journalist's dog seen lying outside her home seemingly waiting for her in heartbreaking images (People)

■ They were reporters in Hong Kong. Now they drive cabs and sell fried chicken . (Vice)

"Whether it’s unintentional bias or a flat-out factual error, it’s important to acknowledge when we make a mistake. Trying to cover it up will only cause more damage to the community’s trust in your work . ... So set the record straight by talking about this with your audiences."

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