April 14, 2021

Top stories ■ Video captures Asian reporter being harassed during live shot: 'F*** you, I live here' (Newsweek)  ■ White House correspondents dinner canceled for second year (The Hill)  ■ Top bidder for Tribune is an influential liberal donor (New York Times) / Billionaire bidder for Tribune Publishing draws scrutiny over political activism (The Hill)  ■ ABC confirms Kimberly Godwin is about to be News president, making her the first Black person to run a major US broadcast network newsroom (CNN) / Susan Zirinsky announces to staff that she’s stepping down as CBS News president but ‘I am absolutely not leaving CBS’ (AP) / ‘CBS will be announcing soon who the new president of CBS News will be. Let me tell you, it's been some time since a network has been able to keep a secret like this. It's rather remarkable and frustrating. Everyone who normally would know truly doesn't know this time.’ (Yashar Ali)  ■ Former Condé Nast editor plans a Vanity Fair for the Substack era (New York Times)  ■ ‘I asked one great question near the end: Why do so many people who criticize you end up dead?’: Harvard magazine profiles Chris Wallace (Harvard)  ■ The women of NPR, when NPR was a start-up (New York Times) / Reflections on my days working with 'the founding mothers' of NPR (Next Avenue)  ■ Journalists reflect on Afghanistan as Biden prepares to announce troop withdrawal (CNN)  ■ 'Austin is alive and waiting for us to come get him': Biden administration on journalist detained in Syria in 2012 (McClatchy) ■ Bad news for journalists: The public doesn’t share our values. But there’s hope. (Washington Post) / Study finds people want more than watchdogs for journalists (AP) / A new way of looking at trust in media: Do Americans share journalism’s core values? (American Press Institute)  ■ Surveys show pandemic burnout hitting TV journalists and advertising (PR Newswire) ■ A key tool in COVID tracking: The Freedom of Information Act (New York Times)  ■ Journalist and son of CBS founder dies of COVID at 82 (New York Times) ■ Netflix show to teach subscribers how to fall asleep (Hollywood Reporter)

Manager's Minute: Should I follow my staff on social media? Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, offers guidelines for managers who are considering interacting with staff on social media.

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Resources Vet your own story: Verification using public records databases (April 17, 2 p.m. EDT)  Is business journalism a good career choice for you? (April 21, 12 p.m. EDT)  ISOJ 2021 (April 26-30)

Get a head start on designing graphics and other visuals on deadline — even when you aren’t a graphic designer. In our scroll and skim culture, dynamic visuals can make the difference in whether a reader engages with a story. But not every story can attract a graphic design professional’s time in the newsroom, especially in the continuing pandemic news cycle. If you’re a reporter, editor, social media manager now handling (or who wants to handle) quick-turn graphics, get a head start with our hacks for designing visuals when it’s not usually part of your job. Beth Francesco, National Press Club Journalism Institute senior director, will share best practices, tools you have at your disposal from home, and exercises for creating visuals regardless of your hands-on design experience. Registration is open for this program, which will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m. ET Friday, April 30. Tickets are $15 for National Press Club members and $25 for the general public.

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