■ Washington Post to require proof of vaccination for September return to offices (The Hill) / Proof of Covid vaccination is 'a condition of employment,' says new memo from Post publisher Fred Ryan (Paul Farhi) 

■ Nate Hurst replaces Steve Scully as C-SPAN political editor (Adweek) 

■ Chuck Todd on why Meet the Press can’t survive on just one platform (The Verge) 

■ Olympics' challenges and wonders motivate NBC's Lester Holt (L.A. Times) / The new faces of NBC's Olympics coverage (Axios) 

■ ’Some good hiring news for journalists: CNN is adding 450 people for CNN+ ... NBC News is adding 200+ jobs ... CNET is hiring for ~150 new roles’ (Elana Zak) 

■ Job listing of the day: ‘The position that we are currently looking to fill is for an old fashion [sic] reporter who will cover business as well as attend county commission meetings and city/ village councils ... Additional Duties: Applicant will also be scheduled to man (or woman) the front desk of a small Victorian hotel for two or three shifts a week. There will be plenty of time to get writing and editing done during these shifts and this is a way for us to keep our costs down.’ (Journalism Jobs) 

■ BuzzFeed is going public. What now for Vice and Vox? (New York Times) / How Vice, Vox and BuzzFeed are cashing in on the streaming boom (The Information) 

■ Exclusive: New York Times editor Dean Baquet has been running the Gray Lady from LA (LAmag) 

■ Top editor leaves The Wall Street Journal (New York Times) / Earlier: Inside the fight for the future of The Wall Street Journal (New York Times) 

■ Media unions are challenging the use of NDAs (The Nation) 

■ Gannett has sold 26 publications back to local owners (Poynter) 

■ ‘The media is in a time of incredible upheaval and disruption. But our city hall press corps looks like it’s 1950 or 1970’ (New York Times)

■ At Futuro Media, Maria Hinojosa is building a home for authentic Latino storytelling (Nieman Lab) 

■ A Catholic newsletter promised investigative journalism. Then they outed a priest using Grindr data. (Washington Post)

■ A couple is facing a defamation lawsuit after writing 1-star Google reviews of a roofing company, report says (Insider)

■ Snopes raises over $1.7 million to fight lawsuits (Axios)

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