The Latest: 'That's a moray'; Taking young managers seriously; Pitching editors

June 22, 2021

■ New York Times defends Maggie Haberman from Fox News attack (Guardian) / ‘Maggie Haberman is one of the finest journalists of her generation ,’ said New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet (New York Times)

■ Did CNN’s Brian Stelter out Tucker Carlson as a source? (Washington Post)

■ Should reporters challenge or ignore election disbelievers ? (AP)

■ What Biden — and a lot of other people — get wrong about journalists (Washington Post) / Female journalist stereotypes in movies and television feed a 'vicious cycle' of sexism, research shows (Study Finds)

■ The Queer Quarantine: Eleven photographers and one writer on how the pandemic altered lives in the LGBTQ+ community (Washington Post) / In Chicago, The Crusader led the way when COVID-19 struck its South Side community (Poynter)

■ High stakes and high stress: Forecasting tornadoes can take psychological toll (Washington Post)

■ How to consume news while maintaining your sanity (The Conversation)

■ Quartz, NYT vets launch new media company about work (Axios)

■ The petty, vindictive, backbiting, lawsuit-laden, career-ruining infighting at everyone’s favorite local NY1 news station (Vulture)

■ T rump wanted his Justice Department to stop 'SNL' from teasing him (Daily Beast)

■ Meet the shirt-ripping fan who went full Hulk on the Nats Park fan cam (Washington Post)

■ Headline of the day: When an eel climbs a ramp to eat squid from a clamp, that’s a moray (New York Times) / ‘Every once in a while, you assign a story specifically as an excuse to run a hall-of-fame headline .’ (Alex Fitzpatrick) / ’There should be a Pulitzer for headlines ’ (Evan DeSimone) / ‘Whatever they're paying this headline writer , it's not enough.’ (Luke Baker) / How the New York Times achieved headline perfection with collaboration between editor and reporter (Nieman Lab) / Thank you @michaelroston (the editor) and Benjen (the eel).’ (Sabrina Imbler)

Manager's Minute: I’m younger than most of those I manage, how can I get them to take me seriously?

Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, with advice for younger leaders.

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

"Write tight . I suspect that, like me, other editors get tons of pitches. Unless you have a pre-existing relationship with the editor and are confident they will read hundreds of your words to figure out whether they want to commission the story, be fast about what you are going to say, how you are going to say it, and why you are the person to say it ."

-- Prashant Rao, international editor at The Atlantic, on pitching stories

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