The Latest: WHCD chaos; Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes ombudsman ombudsman; CBS News bureau chief ousted

April 27, 2026

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■ Inside the ballroom as gunfire was heard, President Trump was rushed away and journalists scrambled to report the story (Deadline) / Trump praises WHCA President Weijia Jiang after shooting at dinner (New York Times) / ‘...Serious questions remain about whether the event will be rescheduled at Trump’s request , with security top of mind.’ (Status) / A chaotic White House Correspondents' dinner , as told by NPR reporters in the room (NPR) / Ohio journalism student describes being in the room after shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WCPO 9 News) / The strange aftermath of the WHCD shooting (New York Magazine) / Welcome to Washington's new media landscape (Axios) / Future of White House Correspondents' Dinner in limbo (Axios)

■ Donald Trump lashes out at Norah O'Donnell for reading from suspect's manifesto during '60 Minutes' interview (Deadline) / 'Highlights from David Ellison and Bari Weiss’s private dinner with President Trump. Plus, new intel on the impending layoffs and multiplatform expansion of 60 Minutes, and one talent contract that almost certainly won’t be renewed' (Dylan Byers) / CBS News ousts London bureau chief Claire Day after she clashed with Bari Weiss over Iran, Gaza coverage (New York Post)

■ Pentagon fires ombudsman overseeing military newspaper after calling it ‘woke’ (Washington Post) / Statement on the firing of Stars and Stripes ombudsman (National Press Club)

■ Paramount asks FCC to sign off on Middle East investment in Warner Bros. megadeal (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Wounded Lebanese journalist recounts hours of agony when Israeli strike killed colleague (Associated Press)

■ Wired hires editors from Business Insider, Bloomberg (Talking Biz News) / Elizabeth A. Harris returns to Real Estate at The New York Times (New York Times) / Variety has hired Stern as chief correspondent (Talking Biz News) / Lee Enterprises, Inc. names chief executive and chief financial officers (Lee Enterprises) / Fox 32 political reporter Paris Schutz is leaving (Axios Chicago) / Sinclair announces retirement of Chief Compliance Officer Jeff Lewis (Sinclair)

■ RJ to launch VegasBusiness , authoritative source of local business news (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

■ Inside the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette turnaround : What its new owners plan next (Editor and Publisher)

■ 84-year-old publisher seeking new owner for North Dakota newspaper (InForum)

■ Geospatial AI is reinventing the rainforest beat (Nieman Journalism Lab)

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AP style update

“We announced a change in AP style at the ACES: The Society for Editing conference: It's now healthcare, one word, in all uses . We also changed childcare and daycare, closing them up to one word rather than two. This guidance is live on AP Stylebook Online now.”

-- The Associated Press Stylebook, via social media

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The National Press Club Journalism Institute and URL Media are hosting a one-day summit examining the growing intersection of independent creator journalism and traditional newsroom models — and what sustainable collaboration between the two actually looks like in practice.

🎟 Get tickets now : Creators/Journalists: $25 | Newsrooms/Publishers: $75

The program opens with keynotes from Bianca Graulau , an independent journalist whose audience-first reporting from Puerto Rico has reached millions, and Nick Valencia , founder of Nick Valencia News, whose Substack-based model offers a case study in transitioning from legacy broadcast to independent journalism.

Sessions are organized into two tracks

Additional confirmed speakers include: Rahim Jessani (Bottom Up Media), Michael Jones (Once Upon a Hill), S. Mitra Kalita (URL Media), Ryan Y. Kellett (The Independent Journalism Atlas), Katherine Reynolds Lewis (Institute for Independent Journalists), Adrienne Johnson Martin (MLK50), Leonor Ayala Polley (URL Media), and Krysta Villeda (Pulso).

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