by jpitney | Jul 15, 2020 | Journalism, Newspapers
Ken Doctor at Nieman: On Sunday, the board of the No. 2 newspaper chain in the United States picked the winner of its thinly attended auction: Chatham Asset Management should be the new owner of McClatchy. It is just a recommendation; bankruptcy Judge Michael...
by jpitney | Jul 6, 2020 | Journalism, Newspapers
From the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media: This is the fourth report by the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, documenting and analyzing the loss of local news and its implications for our democracy. In the years immediately following the 2008...
by jpitney | Jun 29, 2020 | Journalism
Two years ago Sunday, a gunman opened fire at the newsroom of The ‘Capital Gazette, killing five. Senator Ben Cardin remembered the event:
by jpitney | Jun 25, 2020 | Freedom of Press, Journalism
Yasmeen Serhan at The Atlantic: In recent weeks, journalists—both domestic and international—have been subject to unparalleled attacks on press freedom across the U.S. Several of these incidents have involved the detention and arrest of people who identified...
by jpitney | Jun 23, 2020 | Journalism
I just got hit by a rubber bullet near the bottom of my throat. I had just interviewed a man with my phone at 3rd and Pine and a police officer aimed and shot me in the throat, I saw the bullet bounce onto the street @LAist @kpcc OK, that’s one way to stop me, for a...
by jpitney | Jun 8, 2020 | Journalism
Laura Hazard Owen at Nieman Lab: As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the country one week after a white police officer allegedly murdered a black man, George Floyd, it’s becoming clear that attacks by police on journalists are becoming a widespread pattern,...
