The Latest: Debate week prep; DirecTV files FCC complaint; New Business Insider EIC; The Atlantic’s October cover

Sept. 9, 2024

Top stories

Debate will be 90 fateful minutes for 2 candidates, and one network (New York Times) / Here are the rules for the Harris-Trump ABC debate (The Hill) / Inside the Trump-Harris debate prep: Method acting, insults, tough questions (New York Times) / Do you know Trump and Harris’ talking points? Prep for the presidential debate with these fact checks (Poynter) / David Muir and Linsey Davis will moderate the 1st debate between Harris and Trump. Here's what to know about the ABC News journalists . (Yahoo News)

Is the press ‘sanewashing’ Trump? (Columbia Journalism Review)

Russia's RT will continue to work in the West , editor says (Reuters) / How some of the biggest right-wing media stars ended up as unwitting puppets of Russian propaganda (CNN)

DirecTV files FCC complaint accusing Disney of negotiating in bad faith as blackout continues (The Wrap) / Inside Disney’s succession struggle and Bob Iger’s return to power (New York Times) / DirecTV tells customers it's hiking prices next month , coming amid blackout of ESPN, ABC and other Disney nets (Variety)

News publishers in spotlight as another Google monopoly trial begins (Washington Post) / ICYMI: Google's second antitrust trial could help shape the future of online ads (CNBC)

The Washington Post is giving its homepage a facelift as it seeks a turnaround (CNN) / ‘The Post announces inaugural recipients of two fellowships established to further our mission of investing in early-career journalists by providing a fully immersive opportunity to contribute and grow in our newsroom.’ (Washington Post)

Jorge Ramos to depart Univision at the end of the year (TelevisaUnivision)

Jamie Heller to be next top editor of Business Insider (New York Times) / ‘Here's BI CEO Barbara Peng's email to staff about Jamie Heller joining as editor-in-chief.’ (Hadas Gold)

John Archibald, Gina Chua, Natasha Trethewey join Pulitzer board (The Pulitzer Prizes) / Wall Street Journal’s Grimaldi named National Catholic Reporter editor (Washington Post) / Reuters names Humeyra Pamuk its U.S. deputy foreign policy editor (Talking Biz News) / Valley PBS names Robert Mollison CEO (Current) / Rest of World hires Christine Glancey as executive editor (Talking Biz News)

‘So excited to join Vanity Fair as a media reporter and hit the ground running in a consequential election year.’ (Natalie Korach) / Reporter Rachel Siegel takes on a new assignment covering the economics of housing and real estate (Washington Post) / Brittany Shammas joins The Post’s new local enterprise team (Washington Post)

CNN's 'Reliable Sources' with Brian Stelter moves to mornings (Variety)

Unions for freelance writers seek new deal with GBH, WNET, and PBS SoCal (Current)

Hedge fund pushes for end of Murdochs’ control at News Corp (New York Times) / Rupert Murdoch succession plan poses risk to News Corp, activist investor says (The Wrap)

BBC's Israel-Hamas coverage breached own editorial guidelines (Variety)

A eulogy for America’s greatest living obit writer — Robert McFadden (Poynter)

‘This is quite possibly the first cover of The Atlantic magazine ever (in 167 years!) to be published without a headline or typography describing the stories inside. Here is The Atlantic's October cover’ (Adrienne LaFrance)

Press freedom

NYPD ousts 2 reporters from headquarters in escalation of tensions (New York Times)

Kremlin denies interview request from freed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich (Agence France-Presse via The Moscow Times) / Freed from Russian jail, American journalist is focused on colleagues still imprisoned (Voice of America) / Putin is not currently interested in Western media interviews, Kremlin says (Reuters)

AP Style reminder: 9/11

“AP style uses both Sept. 11 and 9/11 for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. Sept. 11 memorial is acceptable in all references to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at ground zero. Add location for other memorials with similar names.”

-- AP Stylebook , advice shared via X

Tip to build resilience as a journalist and a leader

“Repeat exposure to low or moderate levels of productive stress can make you more resilient over time, much like endurance training helps athletes build up their stamina. Crucially, athletes also rest and recover between workouts, which is equally important for nurturing resilient employees and leaders. Resilient people do still fail, after all. But they take the time to step back , evaluate what they’re doing and make changes based on those real-time lessons. Resilience, you might say, is a three-step process: fail, reflect, pivot.”

-- Journalist Caitlin Dewey, excerpt from “How to build resilience for yourself and your news organization ” (Better News)

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