by jpitney | Jun 2, 2020 | Coronavirus, Journalism
From the Press Emblem Campaign: More than 127 journalists have died from coronavirus in three months in 31 countries, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) announced in Geneva on Tuesday. Latin America is the most affected region. “Media workers have an important role to...
by jpitney | May 29, 2020 | Journalism
by jpitney | May 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, Journalism
What are the global consequences of censoring journalists during a pandemic – and what danger does this pose to civil liberties? Join Thomson Reuters Foundation CEO Antonio Zappulla and Joel Simon, the Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists...
by jpitney | May 1, 2020 | California Politics, Journalism, Newspapers
Meg James at The Los Angeles Times: Charlie Plowman, the owner of Outlook Newspapers in La Cañada Flintridge, has acquired the assets of three recently folded newspapers from the Los Angeles Times’ parent company. Plowman takes immediate ownership of the Burbank...
by jpitney | Apr 26, 2020 | Journalism, Newspapers
Kristen Hare and Ren LaForme at Poynter: Layoffs were underway Friday at Gannett, which merged with GateHouse in late 2019 to become the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. with 261 newspapers in 46 states.We don’t yet have a clear picture of how many people and...
by jpitney | Apr 13, 2020 | Journalism, Newspapers
From AP: The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland has been reduced as an organization to little more than the name atop its front page after owners laid off 10 of its remaining 14 union journalists. The bulk of the stories and photographs that will be published in the...
