February 11, 2021

Top stories ■ ‘A reporter covering the impeachment trial this week has tested positive for the coronavirus, raising alarms among the congressional press corps that often finds itself in close quarters on Capitol Hill.’ (POLITICO) / Did Donald Trump intentionally incite violence with his language? It doesn’t matter. (Poynter)  ■ Bloomberg News is laying off about 100 editorial staffers (Talking Biz News) / ’Managers spent too much time setting up conference calls when they should have been writing‘ says Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait in a memo to staff about the layoffs (Oliver Darcy)  ■ New York Times spikes column that criticized paper's handling of N-word controversy (New York Post) / Top editor at The New York Times walks back controversial comment on race amid criticism (CNN) / Bret Stephens column on McNeil scandal didn’t clear NYT editor’s ‘high bar’ (Daily Beast) / NYT editor Dean ‘Baquet says the n-word will continue to appear in the Times when needed, but shouldn't be “used for effect”’ (Ben Smith) / Anger inside the New York Times as divided newsroom erupts in debate over recent controversies (CNN) / ‘HIRE A PUBLIC EDITOR, @NYTIMES’ (Meredith Shiner) ■ ’The smart young reporters who come in and work for me now ... there’s a sense among smart young conservatives that there is no place for them in the mainstream,’ says Free Beacon editor (Jewish Insider)  ■ POLITICO loses White House scoop to People; 'We work with a range of outlets including Politico on substantive stories every single day and look forward to having a constructive working relationship,' says Jen Psaki (Washington Post)  ■ How the Trump era broke the Sunday-morning news show (New York Times) / ‘I was an enemy of the people: Without quite meaning to, Trump reminded journalists that their relationship to power should be adversarial’ (The Atlantic)  ■ An independent journalist is suing D.C. police after he was arrested filming a Black Lives Matter protest (DCist)  ■ Unions are becoming ubiquitous in digital media. Medium is the latest (CNN) ■ Alden is in talks to buy Tribune Publishing (Wall Street Journal) / Chicago Tribune changes publishing of mugshots (Chicago Tribune)   ■ Tampa Bay Times’ photo editor on a year of COVID loss, work and community (Poynter) / Black doctors work overtime to combat Clubhouse COVID myths (Bloomberg) / What it's like to be a football photographer in a pandemic (The Athletic)  ■ Maya Rudolph says Kamala Harris appearing on 'SNL' would be an ‘absolute dream’ (Hollywood Reporter)  ■ 'Framing Britney Spears' filmmakers talk about their process (New York Times) / ’Framing Britney’ and the empathy of a simple timeline (New York)  ■ Everything you should know about Hollywood’s new book boom (Los Angeles Times) / How getting canceled on social media can derail a book deal (New York Times) ■ Hustler founder, subject of award-winning film and landmark First Amendment case,  Larry Flynt dead at 78 (Deadline) / Flashback: Hustler scores First Amendment win against Jerry Falwell (Rolling Stone) / Flynt writes last chapter on his Falwell family saga (New York Daily News)  ■ Tiffany Shackelford, 46, was known as a unique, fun ‘force’ to friends, family (Washington Post) / WNBC New York reporter dies unexpectedly (TODAY) / Longtime photographer dies at 71 (Smoky Mountain Times) / ‘Irreplaceable’ news reporter dies at 88 (Laguna Beach Independent)

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