November 13, 2023

• For news organizations, the flood of Gaza war video is proving both illuminating and troubling (Associated Press) / Palestinian journalists in Israel say they face intimidation and harassment (NBC News) 

• Israeli media advocate accepts news outlets denials about Hamas attack (Reuters via Voice of America) / Watchdog says it was just ‘raising questions’ about journalists regarding Hamas attack on Israel (The Hill) 

• New York Times blasts Cotton for ‘harvesting disinformation’ about journalists in Middle East (The Hill) / ‘Deputy General Counsel for The New York Times David McCraw responded to Senator Cotton this morning.’ (New York Times)  

• The Kushner connection (Puck) / ‘A softball interview with Trump is unnerving staff inside Univision and the White House, as the formerly left-leaning Spanish-language network…undergoes a dramatic pivot to the right.’ (Dylan Byers) 

• Liberal outlet Courier expands ahead of 2024 (Semafor)

• Iran International: The news outlet Tehran targets (CBS News) / Journalists and the hijab debate (CBS News) 
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• National Press Club leaders call on USG to raise case of Yuyu Dong during Xi visit (NPC/JI)

• CNN alum canned for partisan coverage declares that journalists need to 'better convey' Biden's success (Mediaite) / Ex-reporter: Fox News fired me for calling out Jan. 6 lies (Daily Beast)

• CNN announces new on-air correspondents based in Tokyo, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. (TVNewser) / CNN International announces Christopher Lamb as new Vatican correspondent (CNN) 

• Bloomberg Industry Group to shutter K street office amid layoffs (Axios)

• RSF and 16 partners unveil Paris Charter on AI and Journalism (Reporters Without Borders) 

• The Great Salt Lake is going to school, editor Lauren Gustus writes (Salt Lake Tribune) 

• International Fact-Checking Network awards $1 million to 20 groups to expand fact-checking operations (Poynter) / Who checks the fact-checkers? Penn State researchers (Poynter) 

• At 20, Teen Vogue knows its readers contain multitudes (Poynter) 

• ‘Beyoncé reporter’ job goes to TMZ writer, 28 (journal-isms.com)

Journalists: Make a government shutdown more tangible for your community



Shai Akabas, executive director, Economic Policy Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center: [Help] the American people understand that [a government shut down] is wildly inefficient for American taxpayers and the government. We're basically having federal employees spend time shutting down the federal government — it takes them time to turn off the system, lock the doors, etc. And then during the period that the government is shut down, we are still paying all federal employees. We're just telling about a third of them to stay home and not do their jobs. That is both a waste of government resources, but also impacting people who are expecting to be relying on those resources.

To learn more about covering a government shutdown, watch the recent NPCJI webinar here:

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