The Latest: Dems pressure Murdoch, Fox; ‘AI is coming for your jobs’; CNN’s daytime lineup; Ukraine war program Thursday

March 1, 2023

■ McCarthy defends giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 trove access (Associated Press) / McCarthy says he gave Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 footage because he’d ‘been asking for it': ‘Seems like the press is jealous ’ (The Wrap)

■ CNN sets April debut for ‘News Central’ dayside lineup (Deadline) / ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro taps Burke Magnus, Rosalyn Durant to oversee content, programming and acquisitions (The Wrap) / Jesse Angelo departs Vice Media to launch new venture (Hollywood Reporter) / Disney TV reshuffle: Dana Walden makes first big moves as John Landgraf, Simran Sethi expand duties (Variety)

■ Hoda Kotb’s enigmatic ‘Today’ absence finally explained on air: ‘Hoda’s OK ’ (Los Angeles Times)

■ Interviews with journalists can seem daunting – but new research shows 80% of subjects report a positive experience (The Conversation)

■ The owner of Insider and Politico tells journalists: AI is coming for your jobs (CNN) / How will journalists use ChatGPT ? Clues from a newsroom that’s been using AI for years (Nieman Lab)

■ The unionized newspapers of @LeeEntNews call on Lee to invest in local communities and in its print, digital and customer services for its own survival. (Unions of Lee Enterprises)

■ Star-Ledger closing Washington bureau , with respected journalist Jonathan Salant departing this week (New Jersey Globe)

■ Bay State Banner, New England's oldest African-American newspaper, is changing hands after 57 years (WCVB 5)

■ Yakima seniors start weekly newspaper to bring community closer (Yaktrinews.com) / Journalists must understand the power of community engagement to earn trust (Poynter)

Press freedom

■ Official to represent himself in Vegas reporter-slaying trial (Los Angeles Times) / Robert Telles lists rental properties as he awaits murder trial (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

■ PEN America welcomes ‘safekeeping status’ for Texas prisoner-journalist whose reporting put his safety at risk (PEN America)

■ Judge orders investigation of Guatemalan journalists (Associated Press)

■ Future dims for woman studying journalism in Afghanistan (VOA)

Tomorrow: Ukraine, Russian journalists to share struggles of wartime reporting. Click to register.

We invite you to join the National Press Club’s Press Freedom Committee and the Institute for a virtual discussion at 11 a.m. ET tomorrow, March 2, with Russian and Ukrainian journalists. They will discuss ongoing challenges to their work, one year into Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine.

Ukrainian journalists have worked to provide coverage of the war’s ruinous impacts on their communities despite risks to their personal safety, emotional trauma, and uncertain financial prospects. And Russian journalists have made the difficult decision to leave their families, flee Russia, and make a new life abroad rather than submit to the Kremlin’s propaganda machine demands.

Our speakers will share their daily struggles under fire; how they have responded to threats from the Russian government; and their efforts to seek asylum abroad and maintain a journalism practice.

Participants will hear from:

Elizaveta Kirpanova, special reporter at Novaya Gazeta
Olga Rudenko, editor in chief of The Kyiv Independent
Anastasia Tishchenko, human rights reporter and news presenter with Radio Svoboda
Moderator: Jessica Jerreat, press freedom editor at Voice of America

Is your D.C. newsroom hosting interns this summer?

The National Press Club and the Institute are currently accepting applications for the Lewis Scholarship, an opportunity for college juniors or seniors with a journalism internship in Washington, D.C. Applications for students with internships in summer 2023 are due on March 31.

The Lewis Scholarship will provide free housing and a monthly stipend to support student journalists of color who plan to intern at news media outlets in the nation's capital. The scholarship will provide a stipend of $1,000 per month and free housing provided through Washington Intern Student Housing for the duration of the student’s internship — an estimated value of $10,000. Learn more here.

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