The Latest: To prison for BuzzFeed leak; Manager's secret weapon against stress

June 3, 2021

■ Trump DOJ’s sweeping assault on press freedom is only now coming into focus (Vanity Fair) / Trump administration secretly seized phone records of New York Times reporters (New York Times)

■ Why much of the media dismissed theories that COVID leaked from lab (NPR)

■ SPOTTED at the White House: Annie Leibovitz, who is here to photograph Jen Psaki for an upcoming magazine profile (Nancy Cook)

■ For this DC newsroom, cicadas were delicious content (Poynter)

■ John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot Reagan, has a YouTube channel where he sings his own songs (Washingtonian)

■ Union turmoil erupts at Daily News owner as Alden Global Capital pushes buyouts (New York Post) / Union infighting at the Chicago Tribune hobbles buyout negotiations with Alden Global Capital (The Hill)

■ Nikole Hannah-Jones and her lawyers give UNC until Friday to offer tenure to the New York Times writer or face a federal lawsuit (Inside Higher Ed) / UNC mega-donor denies exerting pressure over Hannah-Jones hiring (NC Policy Watch) / Prominent University of Maryland professor declines UNC teaching offer, cites Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case (INDY Week)

■ Evidence destruction warrants ‘shitty media men’ trial , says writer (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Emily Wilder and AP: What does a reporter owe a news organization ? (USA Today)

■ Philly media responds to George Floyd (Reframe)

■ We hold these truths: How newsroom leaders wrestled with covering a tumultuous year (NPR)

■ Mexican reporter survives knife attack (Committee to Protect Journalists)

■ Family members, U.S. officials press Myanmar for release of detained journalist Danny Fenster (Washington Post) / Press leaders to Myanmar: Release jailed American journalists (National Press Club) / Schiff, Chabot statement on American journalists detained in Burma (Congressional Freedom of the Press Caucus)

■ India and Israel inflame Facebook’s fights with its own employees (New York Times)

■ Twitter will help you undo a tweet — for a fee (CNN)

Reports of hate crimes have surged nationally, with targeted violence against Asian-Americans, Jewish Americans, and Black Americans all dominating national headlines.

Journalists need to understand what is behind the increased violence, and what the trends are in hate crime attacks, which have historically been significantly under-reported.

Seeking to remedy that problem, Congress last month passed a law that approves more federal resources for local police departments to improve their training in the recognition and reporting of hate crimes to the FBI, while providing funding for states to establish hate crime hotlines. The law further authorizes judges in their sentencing of individuals convicted of hate crimes to require community service and educational rehabilitation programs that are centered on the community victims of the crime.

Registration is now open for this program, which will take place on June 9 at 2 p.m. ET. The program is free to attend; donations will support the Institute’s programs.

Speakers include:

Lecia Brooks, chief of staff at the Southern Poverty Law Center and a longtime public speaker and educator on hate crimes and the American Civil Rights movement
Tara Rosenblum, an award-winning senior investigative reporter for the News 12 Network who led a two-year long project documenting hate incidents across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

The program will be moderated by Rachel Oswald, reporter for CQ Roll Call and Journalism Institute professional development team lead.

Manager's Minute: What’s a manager’s secret weapon for dealing with stress & frustration?

Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, shares the secret to dealing with stress and frustration at work.

Get more career advice: Read Jill's columns | Watch Manager's Minute videos

The National Press Club Journalism Institute just started a reading group for people who love journalism and books and want to discuss them both. The group meets Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. ET, and you can drop in just once or join every time. Learn more and sign up here.

Spend time with other nonfiction writers in the National Press Club Journalism Institute's writing group every Monday and Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. ET on Zoom. Newsroom journalists, memoirists, historians, whatever your preferred nonfiction form of writing — all are welcome. Learn more and sign up here.

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