May 16, 2024

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• More Americans want the journalists they get news from to share their politics than any other personal trait (Pew Research Center) 

• ABC News' David Muir and Linsey Davis to moderate September presidential debate (Deadline) / Biden campaign agrees to VP debate on CBS (POLITICO) / Will the debates matter? The media doesn't care (POLITICO)  

• How media outlets are covering Michael Cohen’s testimony (New York Times)

• NPR investing resources to enhance and strengthen editorial operations. Adding staff to standards & practices, content strategy, training and senior editorial roles (NPR) / A photo depicted dead children in Gaza: ‘There is no warning to readers that they are about to see a disturbing image. We believe there should have been.’: (NPR Public Editor)

• Tampa Bay Times surpasses fundraising goal. Contributions will pay the salaries of two journalists and other efforts (Tampa Bay Times)

• Increasingly stress-inducing subject lines helped the Intercept surpass its fundraiser goal (Nieman Journalism Lab)

• Google and OpenAI are racing to rewire the internet (The Verge) / U.S. Senate report recognizes concerns of publishers with AI (MediaPost)

• Study shows lack of trust among Hispanics in local English-language news organizations (Poynter) 

• Why Brits can't read a New Yorker exposé about a British murder case (Washington Post) 

• Susan Chira to step down as The Marshall Project’s editor-in-chief in January (The Marshall Project)

• Joy Fox shares vision for Rhode Island’s Warwick Beacon, Cranston Herald, Johnston SunRise as she takes on publisher role (The Providence Journal) 

• New York’s $90M tax break for local news outlets leaves out TV and nonprofits (Gothamist) 

• Overlooked no more: Bill Hosokawa, journalist who chronicled Japanese American history (New York Times) 

Press Freedom

• NewsNation sends letter demanding Israel allow access to Gaza for journalists (The Hill) 

• ‘The New Jersey legislature just rushed through a bill that would gut the Open Public Records Act, dealing a blow government transparency (NewsGuild-CWA) / ICYMI: N.J. legislature passes overhaul of state's public records laws. Here's what it means. (CBS)  

• Central American editors discuss strategies for preserving wellbeing and safety of newsrooms in hostile environments (LatAm Journalism Review) 

TOMORROW: Discover how journalists can customize LexisNexis for research & reporting

While LexisNexis is a fee-based database service, some newsrooms provide access to staff. Most public libraries provide access to their communities, and National Press Club members have free access to the LexisNexis database as part of their annual membership. Hamilton also will offer journalists an avenue for accessing LexisNexis at a steep discount.

Resources

• 5 Latine voting issues public media needs to follow from now until Election Day (Substack, OIGO)
• Breaking News Checklist: 6 best practices for navigating fast moving stories (News Literacy Project) 
• Tips and tricks for streamlining your AI workflows (Reynolds Journalism Institute) / AI Adoption for Newsrooms: A 10-step guide (Partnership on AI)

This newsletter is written & edited by the National Press Club Journalism Institute staff: Beth Francesco, Bara Vaida, and Holly Butcher Grant. Send us your questions and suggestions for topics to cover.

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