by jpitney | Sep 17, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
Michael Brice-Saddler at The Washington Post At first glance, the design renderings of a new memorial planned for the National Mall appear to show hundreds of large, rectangular glass prisms arranged almost at random. A closer look, however, reveals the truth. A...
by jpitney | Sep 14, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Public Opinion
David Bauder and Linley Sanders at AP: While about half of Americans say they are following political news “extremely” or “very” closely, about 6 in 10 say they need to limit how much information they consume about the government and politics to avoid feeling...
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...
