The Latest: Plot to intimidate journalists; Stunning memorial photo; The best way to resign

September 30, 2021

Top stories

■ Neo-Nazi leader convicted in plot to intimidate journalists (NBC News)

■ Journalists report working hundreds of hours of unpaid overtime at Gannett papers (Poynter)

■ 18-hour days and panic attacks: Former Ozy staffers allege an abusive environment (CNN) / ‘Ozy chairman Marc Lasry just resigned: “I believe that going forward Ozy requires experience in areas like crisis management and investigations , where I do not have particular expertise." ‘ (Ben Smith)

■ New York Times hires NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro as Opinion podcast host (Axios) / Lulu Garcia-Navarro joins Times Opinion as podcast host (New York Times)

■ ‘CNN light—until it isn’t ’: Jeff Zucker will build his news Trojan Horse (Puck)

■ Katie Couric's book sparks outrage as she rips into former colleagues (Daily Mail) / Ashleigh Banfield sounds off about Katie Couric's dig at 'senile' dad (New York Post)

■ Hasan Minhaj is trying to ‘stretch himself’ on Morning Show; ‘I’d been playing a fake TV anchor for seven years ’ (The Cut)

■ 'The Problem With Jon Stewart' takes a serious leap into advocacy journalism (CNN)

■ Perspective: A Trump lawyer wrote an instruction manual for a coup . Why haven’t you seen it on the news? (Washington Post)

■ The epic COVID-19 memorial on the National Mall, in one stunning photo (National Geographic)

■ Remember ‘I’m Just a Bill ’? Here’s the 2021 version (Politico)

Press Freedom

■ How a Navy officer, a Ukrainian colonel and a USA TODAY reporter helped an Afghan journalist escape Kabul (USA Today)

■ Myanmar official defends 4-month detention of U.S. reporter Danny Fenster (AP)

■ Russian authorities seek to detain investigative journalist (ABC News)

■ Opinion: Biden and other leaders absolved MBS of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder . That should alarm us all. (Washington Post) / Opinion: Jamal Khashoggi was murdered three years ago. These Saudis are still being silenced . (Washington Post)

■ Supreme Court to host audio livestream on its homepage (Bloomberg Law)

"It’s crucial that we push back against reflexive stereotyping that locks people in prisons of selective relevance . Consistently, we’ve found in our research at NPR that people of color show up most substantially in stories about race and ethnicity. When those stories were removed from the sample, white sources on NPR’s main shows rose to almost 85 percent. That means people of color are often missing from the stories of everyday life."

-- Keith Woods, NPR’s chief diversity officer, on inclusive coverage

Manager's Minute: What’s the best way to resign?

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