The Latest: Charlie Kirk shooting coverage; WaPo’s Will Lewis + Boris Johnson; Trump threatens NYT

Sept. 10, 2025

■ Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis’s role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM (The Guardian) / ‘Lewis’s meetings with Johnson, which took place over a six-month period in 2022, were not disclosed in official transparency records , in an apparent breach of government rules.’ (Helena Horton) / Read the Boris files (The Guardian)

■ Trump threatens to sue the Times over reporting on Epstein drawing (New York Times)

■ Trump executive action cracks down on pharmaceutical ads (Wall Street Journal) / RFK Jr.’s war on pharma TV ads is about to begin (Hollywood Reporter)

■ WBD CEO David Zaslav sees company split in April (Deadline)

■ Sealing the Succession: Inside ‘immortal’ Murdoch’s last big deal (Financial Times)

■ From Reckoning to Retreat: Journalism’s DEI efforts are in decline (Nieman Journalism Lab)

■ Community Radio for Northern Colorado reduces staffing by 20% (Current)

■ ‘Inside Jay Penske’s sprawling media empire, a new mandate has staff frustrated — and Rolling Stone already feeling the effects.’ (Status)

■ ‘Paramount is discussing making Bari Weiss editor-in-chief or co-president of CBS News in its acquisition of The Free Press’ (Ben Mullin) / Paramount hires Meta exec as chief product officer amid tech reinvention (Hollywood Reporter) / Fox News’ Weekend Shuffle : Kayleigh McEnany, Peter Doocy, and Jacqui Heinrich in; ‘MediaBuzz’ canceled (Hollywood Reporter) / WISH Indianapolis ups Erika Facey to news director (TV News Check) / CNN appoints Saskya Vandoorne as Paris bureau chief (CNN) / Omar Jimenez, award-winning news correspondent, officially joins CNN as an anchor (The Grio) / Alexei Koseff rejoins San Francisco Chronicle as D.C. correspondent (San Francisco Chronicle) / Donna Farizan is leaving 'Today' after 12 years (Los Angeles Times)

■ Reddit launches tools for publishers to track and share stories (TechCrunch) / Reddit, Yahoo, Medium and more are adopting a new licensing standard to get compensated for AI scraping (Engadget)

■ ‘Introducing the Tulsa Flyer — the official name of the Tulsa Local News Initiative .’ (American Journalism Project) / News-Times announces Community Journalism Project (El Dorado News)

■ A survey of Chicago news consumers shows Gen Z is tuning out local news (Poynter) / The Medill survey 2025 : How the Chicago area gets its news (Medill Local News Initiative)

Making sense of the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' now law

The Institute collaborated with the Bipartisan Policy Center last month to present a series of virtual briefings to help journalists enhance their understanding and coverage of the new law’s major themes.

Watch the sessions here , which include:

An analysis of what the law means for taxes with BPC’s Shai Akabas and Andrew Lautz
A deep dive on what the law means for family benefits and housing with BPC’s Emerson Sprick and Andy Winkler
An exploration of how the law will impact Medicaid, Medicare, and health care funding with BPC’s Jonathan Burks

3 types of non-traditional newsrooms

“Newsrooms come in all different shapes and sizes, and in the last five years there’s been an explosion in non-traditional news organizations where journalists have control of the reins . This isn’t an aberration. It mirrors our communities’ increased desire for worker-owned and -run businesses . …

I’ve analyzed 75 media organizations in the U.S. and abroad, and around one-third of those in the U.S. would be a non-traditional newsroom. While many describe themselves uniquely in terms of their business structures, three main categories emerge:

-- Tara Francis Chan , director of operations at The Trace, excerpt from “What is a non-traditional newsroom?” (Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute)

Mental Health in Journalism Summit. October 8-10.

2025 Mental Health in Journalism Summit: Oct. 8-10

The Institute is proud to return as a partner for the Mental Health in Journalism Summit , an online event (Oct. 8-10) dedicated to building collective resilience during uncertain times. Attendees include managers, editors, reporters, freelancers, academics, and mental health experts.

This year's event will take a close look at the latest trends and case studies on mentally healthy workspaces in journalism. Participants will walk away with best practices and tools to improve mental health and strengthen resilience. It will also provide a path for those who want to build new leadership skills to support the well-being of their teams and peers.

Click here to learn more about the speakers and agenda.

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