June 22, 2022

Top stories

■ ‘Washington Post just sent a note out to staffers reiterating that they need to comply with the company's return to office policy, which requires them to be in the office three days a week. "Failure to comply with this policy may result in disciplinary action." ’ (Oliver Darcy) / Tracy Grant leaves The Washington Post (Washingtonian) 


■ Trump says ‘go to the reporter’ to find source of SCOTUS leak (The Hill) 


■ Fox News parent must face defamation lawsuit over election coverage (Reuters) / Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall are divorcing; ‘The media mogul’s fourth divorce is unlikely to change the ownership structure of Mr. Murdoch’s empire, but it could reverberate through companies such as Fox News and The Wall Street Journal.’ (New York Times) 


■ Semafor from Ben Smith & Justin Smith readies entry into tricky digital news market (New York Times) / ‘Steve Clemons, a major D.C. hire, has a history of abrasive behavior. He says he's building an "inclusive culture" at Semafor’ (Ben Mullin) / 'The company will hold its first event in July in Washington, part of a series on news and trust...Ben Smith will interview Taylor Lorenz, a tech columnist at The Washington Post; John F. Harris, a Politico founder; and Tucker Carlson, the Fox News host' (Grace Panetta) / 'Just to be clear: Taylor Lorenz and Tucker Carlson will not be appearing together on the same panel, per Ben Smith.' (Oliver Darcy) 


■ The Los Angeles Times gets a fully staffed ‘burner account’ (Nieman Journalism Lab) / We're not done with alt-weeklies (Poynter) 


■ The media bubble is real: Study shows massive disconnect between journalists, public (The Hill) 


■ ‘I resume the longstanding New York Times practice of rating restaurants on a four-star scale. We suspended the stars back in March 2020, and although the pandemic hasn’t ended, people are going to restaurants.’ (New York Times) / How many restaurants closed from the pandemic? Here's our best estimate. (Washington Post)


■ Bill Nye 'the Science Guy' marries journalist Liza Mundy at the Smithsonian. 'The newlyweds met after the former “Bill Nye the Science Guy” star emailed the journalist about her mention of his mother, cryptanalyst Jacqueline Jenkins-Nye, in her 2017 book, “Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II.”' (Page Six) / Former White House photographer Pete Souza photographed the wedding (Pete Souza)


■ Film photography's resurgence is leading to huge price increases (Axios) 


Press freedom 


■ ‘Information is starting to come to light’: Media outlets aren't letting up on Uvalde police failures (Vanity Fair) / Uvalde mayor accuses state of leaking records to make local police look bad (Texas Tribune) 


■ Florida judge to rule within a week on injunction barring news organization from ID'ing deputies who fatally shot a man during an eviction (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)


■ Brazilian police reconstruct murder of British journalist and indigenous expert (Reuters) 


■ Ukrainian journalist Maks Levin 'executed in cold blood,' report says (CNN) / Exclusive RSF investigation into the death of Maks Levin: ‘Information and evidence collected indicates this Ukrainian journalist was executed.’ (Reporters Without Borders)


■ Turkey's Erdogan hosts Saudi crown prince, ending rift over murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (Washington Post)

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