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September 19, 2022

■ 'Serial’ subject Adnan Syed gets chance at freedom with hearing Monday afternoon in Baltimore court (Baltimore Banner) / Judge weighs request to overturn ‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed's murder conviction (New York Times) / Earlier: Adnan Syed hearing set for Monday on joint request to set ‘Serial’ podcast subject free (The Baltimore Banner)

■ CBS star reporter Major Garrett fears we’re on the brink of civil war (Daily Beast)

■ Tensions rise between the LA Times and its billionaire owner (POLITICO) / A local newspaper ends a decades-long run, thinning community news (San Diego Union-Tribune) / New Jersey Press Association official: Our state newspapers are on the brink (The Press of Atlantic City)

■ Can the Sunday morning talk show be saved? (Washington Post)

■ Americans see the media as critical to democracy . Now what are we going to do with that? (The 19th*) / '“Good morning. Representative government faces its most serious threats in decades.” - NYT exec editor Joe Kahn on how he sees the moment we’re living in and how his paper is meeting it .' (David Folkenflik)

■ Queen Elizabeth's funeral marks the end of television dominance that started with her coronation (CNN)

■ What shiva taught me about covering tragedy (New York Times)

Press freedom

■ Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed al-Najdi (Al Jazeera)

■ Head of Hong Kong journalists group charged with obstructing police (Reuters)

■ ’60 Minutes’ camera blocked, phone confiscated by Iranian president’s security after Lesley Stahl interview (Mediaite)

■ LAUSD lifts suspension of journalism teacher at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School (LAist) / Across the country, student journalists are under fire just for doing their jobs (Poynter)

We’re inviting student journalists of all experience levels to join us on Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. ET for a virtual question-and-answer session with internship coordinators from C-SPAN, Dow Jones News Fund, and NPR. Participants will learn how to stand out during the application process, and more!

“Small edits can add up to big savings (in the length of your story). If you can cut six words in each paragraph of the average 250-word article, that’s about 60 words (or two paragraphs) of additional information you can add. Your ‘trims’ can add up.”

-- IJNet, “Enhance your news editing skills with these 10 tips”

When you want to communicate more effectively during change…

1. Remember that people don’t hear well when their emotions are engaged.

2. Use frequent, multiple methods of messages, and remember that face-to-face, person-to-person is the most effective.

3. Repeat, repeat. When you are tired of talking about the change, your message is just starting to sink in.

Jill Geisler is the Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow.

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