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August 1, 2022

Top stories

■ How Sally Buzbee is putting her stamp on the Washington Post (Vanity Fair) / ‘I think some of my colleagues view the publisher right now a little like Captain Queeg and they’re wondering when HR’s gonna be trying to figure out who stole the strawberries ,’ says Washington Post reporter Fredrick Kunkle (Axios)

■ The Kamala Harris Conundrum: ‘Harris is the most scrutinized vice-president in memory, and those around her have no doubt her coverage has been heavily warped by sexism and racism .’ (New York Magazine)

■ The media's gaze is searching for signs of a Trump-Fox split (Vanity Fair) / The cautious calculation behind whether Fox will dump Trump (Washington Post) / Fox News, once home to Trump, now often ignores him (New York Times)

■ American media wants to save democracy . Is it helping? (Los Angeles Times) / Free speech is essential for democracy . Could it also be democracy's downfall? (Vox)

■ Nicholas Kristof returns to the Times after running for Governor of Oregon (New York Times) / Earlier: How the lauded Times columnist lost the race for governor of Oregon before it even began (New York Magazine)

■ OOPS! Copyright page of Tim Scott's memoir says he's preparing a presidential bid, publisher calls it an 'error' (Mediaite) / What's at stake as book publishing merger faces antitrust trial (CNN)

■ Chris Cuomo’s new podcast among Apple’s top shows (The Hill) / Earlier: Bill Maher puts ex-CNN anchor Chris Cuomo on the couch in candid 'Real Time' conversation (Deadline) / Chris Cuomo says he 'lost a sense of purpose ' after CNN ouster (New York Post)

■ Alabama Department Of Corrections apologizes for 'confusion' prior to execution, after they 'forced a female reporter to change her clothes because her skirt was “too short.”' (Alabama Political Reporter) / 'The Associated Press, who also had a female reporter subjected to that same clothing inspection , also sent a letter to [Gov. Kay] Ivey late Friday afternoon asking her office to investigate and “ensure such behavior is not tolerated and does not occur again."' (Julie Pace) / ‘Singling out female reporters for arbitrary clothing inspections is humiliating , discriminatory and simply unacceptable behavior toward professional journalists trying to cover one of the most serious events they are called upon to witness’ (New York Times)

■ ‘TO OUR VIEWERS: Due to a widespread COVID outbreak at NewsChannel 9 and for the safety of our employees, we are unable to provide our normal Good Morning Chattanooga programming on WTVC and ETVC. Our other newscasts will air during their regular scheduled times today.’ (WTVC NewsChannel 9) / ‘Thank you for your feedback. Note the word “widespread” in our above tweet. We can’t give specifics, but that’s the key word.’ (WTVC NewsChannel 9)

■ Former Des Moines Register journalist is now a middle school teacher (Axios) / From the newsroom to the classroom: ‘Teachers are heading back for work for Birmingham City Schools including Josh Hughes, formerly a WBRC FOX6 News editor, who will be a new social studies teacher at Woodlawn High School.’ (WBRC)

■ Sports photographer left with cut lip after being 'slapped' by security (PetaPixel)

■ CBS reporter injured in Redbull event loses on age bias claims (Bloomberg Law)

■ Jerry Ceppos had roles in diversity, tragedy; Official obit covers 50-year career (Richard Prince) / Tim Giago, Native American newspaperman , is dead at 88 (New York Times) / Joan McPartlin Mahoney, Harvard Crimson’s first female reporter , dies at 94 (Boston Globe)

Press freedom

■ Looming press-freedom threats in post-Roe America (Columbia Journalism Review)

■ Man with loaded assault rifle arrested outside Iranian writer’s home (New York Times) / Iranian writer speaks out after man with AK-47 arrested outside her home: ‘My voice is more powerful than their weapon ’ (The Wrap)

■ Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora arrested in political crackdown (Washington Post ) / Human rights groups and U.S. join international outcry over Guatemalan journalist's arrest (Noticias Telemundo)

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