by jpitney | Aug 31, 2024 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government
Ryan Fonesca at LAT: A state bill with bipartisan support that aimed to throw a lifeline to California’s struggling news industry is no more. In place of the proposed “journalism usage fee” levied on Google and Meta annually to help fund local newsrooms, state...
by jpitney | Aug 30, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Nevada
April Rubin and Sara Fischer at Axios: Former Las Vegas county politician Robert Telles was found guilty Wednesday of murdering a local journalist who had written critically about him. The big picture: The 2022 murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal...
by jpitney | Aug 22, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
Sophia Heartney at the International Journalists’ Network: In June 2018, a gunman shot and killed five employees of the Capital Gazette, a newspaper based in Annapolis, Maryland. It was the deadliest attack on journalists in the U.S. in history. To...
by jpitney | Aug 20, 2024 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers, Nonprofit
Eli Tan at NYT: A city of roughly 800,000 residents, San Francisco now boasts 27 news organizations, ranging from hyperlocal nonprofits and radio stations to billionaire-backed outlets like The San Francisco Standard vying to become the city’s paper of record. Unusual...
by jpitney | Aug 12, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government
Mark Caro at Poynter: Tom Rosenstiel, professor of the practice at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism, sees a potential bright side for local news organizations in regard to news fatigue. “Local publications exist in the same media...
by jpitney | Aug 8, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Photojournalism
At Politico, David Kennerly, who served as President Ford’s White House photographer, recalls his hiring. “Dave,” he said, “if you work for me, won’t it be viewed badly by your colleagues? I mean, after what’s happened the last few years.” He was looking out...
