The Latest: WaPo regroups; Substack’s translation tool; Midterm election briefing tomorrow

April 22, 2026

Top stories

■ The Washington Post tries to regroup (Columbia Journalism Review)

■ ‘Appearing on CNBC, Donald Trump pulled back the curtain on how his "Squawk Box" interview came together — revealing more than the network likely wanted and raising questions about its booking process.’ (Status) / ICYMI: Watch CNBC's full interview with President Donald Trump (CNBC)

■ The White House Correspondents’ Dinner guest list keeps raising eyebrows (Poynter)

■ FBI Director Kash Patel spars with reporter over Atlantic story (USA TODAY) / Judge dismisses Patel defamation lawsuit over ‘nightclubs’ comment on MS NOW (The Hill)

■ At least four killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon, journalists wounded (Al Jazeera) / Press freedom advocates call for immediate rescue of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil , trapped under rubble in southern Lebanon (CPJ)

■ Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders are about to vote on the Paramount mega-deal (CNN)

■ Chicago Public Media Partners invests in partnership with Illinois Public Broadcasters (WBEZ Chicago) / Arkansas TV receives three-year, $3M pledge to keep PBS in state (Current)

■ Local 10 reporter threatened with arrest while questioning Miami-Dade mayor in public park (WPLG Local 10 News)

■ Patriots coach Mike Vrabel speaks out after photo scandal with NFL reporter Dianna Russini (NBC News)

■ Massive New Jersey newspaper plant that once employed hundreds just sold for $8.4M (NJ.com)

■ Shawna Thomas joins MS NOW as political director after ‘CBS Mornings’ exit (The Wrap) / CBS News hires WSJ's Raice as foreign editor (Talking Biz News) / The New York Times names new deputy editor for investigations (New York Times) / The New York Times names next Moscow bureau chief (New York Times) / Business Insider hires Melendez for video team (Talking Biz News) / CNBC appoints Joanna Ossinger as head of digital news for Asia-Pacific (CNBC via Editor and Publisher) / ‘Joanna Stern, who has worked at WSJ, ABC, The Verge, and Engadget, launches New Things, her independent tech newsletter and YouTube channel’ (Joanna Stern/The New Things)

■ Telemundo Puerto Rico streaming channel launches on Prime Video (NBCU Local)

■ Substack adds translation tools , and says ~100K publishers earn on the platform (Substack)

■ A newspaper is allegedly slapping people's names on AI stories without their permission (Gizmodo)

■ AP photographer reflects on documenting Chernobyl for 4 decades (Associated Press)

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Leadership Tip: Understanding burnout across your organization

“Burnout isn’t an individual problem — it’s a systemic design issue that shows up differently across the organization chart. Early-career employees burn out from ambiguity and lack of control, managers from ‘responsibility without authority,’ executives from value conflicts and moral strain, and founders from over-identifying with their mission. Across all levels, the root cause tends to be not workload alone but unclear priorities, misaligned incentives, and poor decision structures . Generic fixes like resilience training miss the point; effective leaders prevent burnout by redesigning work. To address burnout proactively before it takes root, leaders need to understand how it can show up, why it happens, and what they can do to help.”

-- Daisy Auger-Domínguez , executive and author, excerpt from “Burnout looks different across the org chart. Watch for these signs.” (Harvard Business Review)

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