Mallary Jean Tenore
As associate editor of Poynter.org (mtenore@poynter.org), I report on the media news industry and edit the site's How To section. I like to unpack media trends and am especially interested in the ways that technology is changing how we tell stories. Other topics I like to cover include: corrections, commenting, new tools for narrative journalism, diversity in the media and women in technology.
I came to Poynter in June 2007 for the institute's summer fellowship for young journalists and then stayed on for a year-long fellowship before being hired full-time in November 2008. I've written for The Dallas Morning News, The Boston Globe, The St. Petersburg Times, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette, The Lowell Sun, The MetroWest Daily News and Rhode Island Monthly magazine. I also served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper at Providence College, my alma mater. I grew up in Massachusetts and still consider myself to be a Bostonian at heart.
In my free time, I like: Exploring new places, speaking Spanish, meeting people, laughter that makes you cry, and listening to people tell their stories.
You can read about my adventures on my blog at www.mallaryjeantenore.wordpress.com, or find me on Twitter @mallarytenore.
Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 21, 2012
12:40 pm
Committee to Protect Journalists
While the media industry has become more aware of journalists being sexually assaulted on the job, few news organizations have implemented training that specifically addresses its prevention and effects, reports Lauren Wolfe in a follow-up to her CPJ report, "
The Silencing Crime."
Now director of
Women Under Siege, Wolfe reports that NBC has consulted with a social worker who specializes in post-traumatic stress disorder to create a pilot course aimed at preventing and dealing with sexual assault. Jeff Fager, chairman of CBS News and executive producer of "60 Minutes," says training alone wouldn't have prevented Lara Logan's attack in Egypt. "We will never, ever, send a reporter into a situation like that again without significant security," Fager said. "And if we do not think we can provide enough security to feel safe? Then we will not cover the story."
Related: CPJ report: Sexual assault is the 'silencing crime' for journalists | In aftermath of Lara Logan's attack,
CPJ learns more about journalists sexually assaulted on the job
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 17, 2012
3:19 pm
Capital New York
Mario Ruiz, head of communications for The Huffington Post,
is leaving his position to start his own agency.
“I always wondered what would be the next step, and for me, the five-year mark of being at The Huffington Post is something I’ve been thinking about. It's a natural time to assess where I am in my life,” said Ruiz, noting that The Huffington Post will be one of his clients. "I have great affection and admiration for Arianna and the whole team, so I'm thrilled I'll be able to continue working with them."
Ruiz said by phone that he has a few other clients who will be in place soon, but he wouldn't name them. He hopes to work with a variety of clients, including nonprofits and media and tech companies.
Ruiz said he’s most excited about getting to choose which clients he works with: “In the back of my mind, what always made sense was starting my own firm. I worked for agencies before, so I know what it's like to juggle clients, but now I'll get more control over which clients I get to work with.”
Ruiz, who works with a team of three other PR staffers, said The Huffington Post is now looking to hire someone else.
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 17, 2012
12:22 pm
New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid,
who died Thursday of an apparent asthma attack in Syria, dedicated much of his life to reporting from dangerous, war-torn countries.
In 2007, Shadid shared journalism lessons learned in an essay for Poynter's 2007-'08 “Best Newspaper Writing” book. He drew those lessons from his ASNE award-winning story about suffering civilians in Tibnin, Lebanon, which was also a Pulitzer finalist that year. Shadid won Pulitzer Prizes in 2004 and 2010 for international reporting.
Here's what he said.
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 14, 2012
4:22 pm
Stacy Green couldn’t sleep last night. Her partner Drake Martinet had just proposed to her at a French restaurant in San Francisco, and said he had a special valentine for her that would be published on Mashable and Read more
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 14, 2012
10:54 am
Tampa Bay Times
In an interview with Tampa Bay Times' Eric Deggans, MSNBC President Phil Griffin responded to questions about why MSNBC has recently hired anchors of color who aren’t journalists.
"This whole concept of journalist has to be rethought," Griffin said. "I sorry, I don't care about journalists...I want fair minded, smart people who understand the world, who can interpret it and if they're journalists, great. This notion that somehow you have to have done something to earn so-called journalist credentials? Stop. Stop...I think it's unfair."
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 13, 2012
11:42 am
Later today, the AP Stylebook will add the term “illegitimate child” to its
online version. The new entry advises against using the term and suggests using phrases such as “the child, whose mother was not married” or “whose parents were not married,” instead.
“It doesn't come up very often in our news copy, but it's a term that’s stigmatizing, and unfairly so,” said David Minthorn, deputy standards editor at the AP and one of the Stylebook editors. “We try to be sensitive to issues like this, so it seemed logical to take it into the Stylebook.”
The term is OK to use if it’s part of a quote, but otherwise “our guidance would be to use something more sensitive,” Minthorn said by phone. The Stylebook regularly
modifies old terms and adds new ones that
reflect the evolution of language. Recently, it has been criticized
for not changing its entry on "illegal immigrant."
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 10, 2012
3:32 pm
The Huffington Post
Several Spanish-language weekly newspapers in California have folded in recent years due to both economic and political reasons, says Eduardo Stanley. He quotes journalists who say the English-language daily papers that owned these Spanish-language weeklies were out of touch. "Those who established these newspapers saw it only as business,” Miguel Baez, former editor of Noticiero Semanal, told Stanley. “It's hard to put a face on a project like that if your only interest is money. If you don't believe in the project, how are you going to promote it?”
Stanley said many of the Spanish-language papers weren't generating enough advertising revenue, despite efforts to charge advertisers extra for a "combo" newspaper package in Spanish and English. The
2010 State of the Spanish Language Media report found that advertising in Spanish-language publications dropped from $103 million in 2008 to $77 million in 2009. ||
Related: Ken Doctor says “
We’re witnessing the death and life of California news."
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 10, 2012
1:08 pm
Octavia Nasr, former senior Middle East editor at CNN, said newsroom guidelines give journalists direction, but not protection.
CNN fired Nasr in July 2010 for a tweet about Hezbollah leader Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, and
suspended contributor Roland Martin earlier this week for homophobic tweets he sent during the Super Bowl.
“I see them as a way to protect the employer’s back, but they don’t protect the employee," said Nasr, who now runs her own
media consulting company. She told me by phone that people’s reactions to reporters' statements (online and on air) often dictate how an employer responds: “What’s happening now is that it’s not about what you say and what you mean, but it’s about the perception of what you said and what you meant. What guidelines are going to address that?”
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 9, 2012
7:34 am
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Mallary Jean Tenore
Feb. 8, 2012
11:40 am
Women Under Siege
The
Women’s Media Center launched a new project today, “
Women Under Siege,” to raise awareness about how sexualized violence is used as a weapon of war. The project, which Gloria Steinem initiated and
Lauren Wolfe is directing, has a website that features testimonies from journalists who have been sexually assaulted or have covered sexual assault, including CBS’ Lara Logan and New York Times photojournalist Lynsey Addario. Addario,
who was captured in Libya last year, wrote
about the impact of covering rape in Congo:
By the time I finished my two weeks photographing portraits and recording testimonies, I was completely devastated and depressed. I was openly weeping during interviews, and felt like I couldn’t process all the hatred and violence toward women I was bearing witness to. I felt inadequate and helpless as a journalist.
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