The Latest: Milton’s aftermath; Meteorologists + death threats; Internet Archive's data breach

Oct. 10, 2024

Editor’s note: This newsletter is taking a brief fall break and will return to your inboxes on Wednesday, Oct. 16.

■ NBC crew flees as Hurricane Milton unleashes hell on Earth (Mediaite) / CNN’s Anderson Cooper hit by flying object during live shot (The Hill) / Tree falls on FOX Weather reporter during Hurricane Milton (FOX Weather) / 'It was time to go': Reporter reacts to transformer explosion caused by Milton (MSNBC)

■ TV journalists struggle to report on Hurricane Milton amid 100 mph winds (PetaPixel) / ‘TV correspondents covering hurricanes are often guilty of saying "evacuate!" while standing right in harms' way. But last night's coverage of Milton's landfall showed why the wind-blown field reports are so valuable ’ (Brian Stelter) / Meteorologists getting death threats over Hurricane Milton conspiracies (Daily Beast)

■ With Hurricane Milton looming, NPR stations got a lower-bandwidth way to reach residents (Nieman Journalism Lab) / No Orlando Sentinel delivery on Thursday; e-edition free to all readers (Orlando Sentinel) / A look at storm coverage as Hurricane Milton slams into Florida (Poynter)

■ FCC chair denounces Trump’s calls for CBS to ‘lose its license’ over Harris’ ‘60 Minutes’ interview (CNN) / Kamala Harris campaign distances itself from ‘60 Minutes’ edit controversy: ‘We do not control CBS’ production decisions’ (Variety)

■ CNN offers to host live town halls with Trump and Harris (CNN) / ‘Harris accepts CNN’s invitation for a live, televised town hall on October 23 in Pennsylvania.’ (Sam Stein) / Univision says it will not live fact check candidates during Harris, Trump town halls (CNN)

■ ‘A year after Mark Thompson took the helm at CNN, staffers remain mostly in the dark about his specific plans to lead the network into the digital promise lands.’ (Oliver Darcy)

■ Inside the turmoil at CBS News after a tense Ta-Nehisi Coates interview (New York Times) / CBS staffers escalate criticism of Tony Dokoupil's hostility on Palestine (Zeteo)

■ The Boston Globe’s circulation levels off (Media Nation)

■ ‘In the wake of Hearst's deal with OpenAI, Hearst's employee union says it is "abhorrent and irresponsible that media companies would trade in their credibility for quick cash." ’ (Max Tani)

■ Taylor Lorenz leaves Washington Post after rift with editors (NPR) / Taylor Lorenz’s plan to dance on legacy media’s grave (New Yorker)

■ Bonny Ghosh to become Inc.'s editorial director (Talking Biz News) / Former 'Good Morning America' meteorologist Rob Marciano lands at CBS News after ABC exit (Deadline) / ESPN hires former NFL MVP Cam Newton as a ‘First Take’ regular (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Internet Archive hacked , data breach impacts 31 million users (Bleeping Computer)

■ The Athletic, Yahoo Sports partner on new women's sports content hub (Axios)

Press freedom

■ Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna dies in Russian captivity (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)

■ Hong Kong court rejects activist Jimmy Lai's bid to have a jury trial for libel case (Washington Post)

■ German journalist arrested in Beirut after interview with Israeli TV network (Haaretz)

How to improve extreme disaster coverage: Follow up

“More than covering the response to the disaster, journalism needs to note that the disaster is a process that continues to occur after this initial moment . There is a concern among many journalists not to let the subject disappear. However, studies of previous coverage of other disasters show that it is common for journalists to only remember the disaster a year later, or five years later, during anniversaries. There is no follow-up showing how affected people managed or failed to return to ‘normality’; if they somehow managed to get their lives back on track. These people end up being made invisible.”

-- Eloisa Beling Loose, journalist and researcher, excerpt from Q&A with LatAm Journalism Review

A healthy work culture starts with you

"We always talk about a healthy work culture, but how many of us actually realized that what we are doing is toxic itself? You work overtime without realizing, and thinking it's your responsibility to work overtime for the heavy workload. You skip lunch for meetings at lunch hours. You tend to blame yourself when you can't finish your work. Most of the time, it's always us who made choices. … Please remember, work can never be done in a day . … Get the first priorities done, and see what are the first priorities tomorrow, and repeat."

-- Jenny Lee, talent acquisition specialist, advice shared via LinkedIn

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