The Latest: Reporter assaulted in front of police station; NYT's historic leadership team; Bidens' nerd prom

April 20, 2022

■ Washington Post defends Taylor Lorenz after uproar (Mediaite) / Who has the right to be anonymous? The Twitter storm over the account Libs of TikTok exposes the fault lines in anonymity (New Statesman) / Influencer with same name as ‘Libs of TikTok’ user blames Taylor Lorenz for cyberbullying (New York Post)

■ New York Times names Marc Lacey and Carolyn Ryan as Managing Editors (New York Times) / ‘Carolyn Ryan will be the first openly gay journalist to serve as managing editor of The Times. Marc Lacey is the third Black journalist to serve in the role, after Gerald Boyd and Dean Baquet, the current executive editor.' (Eugene Scott) / Journalists need to remember that not all news readers are White , writes Mark Lacey (Nieman Reports)

■ New editor at the Times faces the same old questions (Columbia Journalism Review) / Bland ambition: What the Joe Kahn choice says about the New York Times (POLITICO)

■ Detroit man ‘comes out swinging at a reporter in front of a police station on camera’ (FOX 2 Detroit)

■ Four more local TV reporters announce they're leaving - one month after four others announced their resignation within 5 days of each other (Times Union) / Even an engaged local news audience can be reluctant to pay for news , survey finds (Poynter) / ‘An immediate drop in content’: A new study shows what happens when big companies take over local news (Nieman Journalism Lab)

Press Freedom

■ 'Threats and bullets ': Photojournalist's killing amplifies fears for press in Mexico (The Guardian)

■ PEN America will honor imprisoned Ukrainian journalist (AP/Scripps via The Denver Channel)

■ Hong Kong journalist trades his camera for a taxi amid media crackdown (Washington Post) / Hong Kong’s largest journalist association considers disbanding amid government investigation (CPJ)

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