February 24, 2021

Top stories ■ ‘The Times is a difficult environment for many of our colleagues.’ New York Times calls for workplace changes in diversity report (New York Times) / '"That’s not Timesean" can be used to exclude’: The New York Times gives the big report treatment to enacting ‘sweeping’ cultural change (Nieman Lab) / ‘I’ve never seen so many unspoken things about a newsroom written out so explicitly — in a newsroom memo no less.’ (Matt Stevens) / The New York Times paints a grim picture of its own workplace culture (CNN) / ‘Building a culture that works for all of us.’ Read the report. (New York Times)  / Carolyn Ryan: profile of The New York Times deputy managing editor (Business Insider)  ■ Polk Awards honor pandemic reporters (New York Times) / Watch the announcement (George Polk Awards) ■ 'Top Secret' Saudi documents show Khashoggi assassins used company seized by Saudi crown prince (CNN) / ‘The long-awaited unclassified report from the intelligence community on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi will come as soon as tomorrow.’ (Alexander Marquardt) / ‘The @CNN investigation provides thus further evidence that: 1. The killing of Jamal Khashoggi was resourced and carried out through the use of State resources.’ (Agnes Callamard)  ■ Sheryl Sandberg and top Facebook execs silenced an enemy of Turkey to prevent a hit to the company’s business (ProPublica) / Facebook’s tussle with Australia over news is just the beginning (Wall Street Journal) / Why Facebook turned off the news in Australia (WBUR) / Scoop: DOJ, FTC briefing Hill on Google, Facebook suits (Axios)  ■ The fairness doctrine is dead and buried. Let’s stop trying to bring it back to life. (Dan Kennedy) ■ Fox News host Tucker Carlson downplayed the role of white supremacists at the Capitol riot (Poynter) / A guide to the identities and language of the far right (Poynter) ■ How the media covered Tiger Woods' car accident (Poynter)  ■ Start with why: How The Post and Courier rallied its community to support investigative journalism (Local Media Association) ■ Newspapers like the Boston Globe are revisiting stories to offer a fresh start (NPR)  ■ Why did First Look let go of Laura Poitras? A co-founder turns critic. (NYMag)  ■ ‘Our fates are going to be the same’: They won the Alaska newspaper giveaway. Then the pandemic arrived. (Columbia Journalism Review)   ■ Journalists and the looming superstorm of climate disinformation (Columbia Journalism Review)

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