The Latest Media News 23 guidelines for journalists to safely cover protests this weekendIt may be an unsettled weekend as demonstrators nationwide protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. ‘Meet the Press’ goes to collegeThe franchise is tapping student journalists for reporting and appearances CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and a crew were arrested and released on live TV in MinneapolisJimenez, producer Bill Kirkos and photojournalist Leonel Mendez were covering protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody What I learned doing ethics with Billboard Magazine and The Hollywood ReporterWorking with organizations steeped in complicated and competing values is messy. But getting my hands dirty makes my ethical reasoning sharper. Covering a protest? Know your rights'The constitution does protect the right of a member of the media to stand on a public street or sidewalk, to talk to people and to photograph.' Post falsely claims that nobody has died from the flu this yearCOVID-19 has made assessing flu fatalities more complicated, but thousands of Americans have died from influenza during the pandemic. Gene Patterson’s most famous column: ‘A Flower for the Graves’ How 18 newsrooms captured one pandemic day in MinnesotaThe project is a collection of snapshots of Minnesotans “and how they are muddling through the unknown.” A night of unrest in MinneapolisYour Friday Poynter Report Fact-checkers support Twitter labels, but more than that, they want transparency What journalists should know about Communications Decency Act Section 230Do you have the 'right' to post to social media? Why does Section 230 exist? Can social media sites flag or ban politicians' comments? What should Twitter do next to slow the spread of misinformation?Answer: Follow this roadmap. Twitter needs to harness automation to combat falsehoods Coronavirus is more dangerous than the fluAccording to this post being shared on Facebook, COVID-19 is more dangerous than the average flu. It's Mostly Legit. A Mad Men approach to saving local newsThe federal government already spends about $1 billion on advertising. Why not increase that and make sure some goes to local newsrooms? Post wrongly claims Nancy Pelosi opposes remote voting by House members amid COVID-19 concernsPelosi initially expressed concerns about the idea of allowing members of the House to cast votes remotely. But she has said she is open to the idea. Is Donald Trump really the only misinformer that Twitter can find? If reading a newspaper is a ritual, Sunday’s New York Times front page was a journalistic ritual of mourningNothing much on that front page looked like news as we know it. It felt like a graphic representation of the tolling of bells. A litany of the dead. Two months, a voluntary 30% price increase and 18,000 new paying readers: What eldiario.es did after COVID-19 struck eldiario.es found itself in financial difficulties when coronavirus hit. Until 18,000 new members and thousands of existing readers stepped in. The United States passes a grim milestone in the war against the coronavirusYour Thursday Poynter Report Twitter’s action on Trump tweets is the start of a wider battle An ‘avalanche of evictions’ is on the way as coronavirus-related protections expirePlus, RVs are on the upswing due to COVID-19 concerns, schools will look different when they reopen, why some DIY projects are dangerous, and more. ‘Unarmed Black Man’ doesn’t mean what you think it means3 words that repeatedly appear in stories about racially motivated shootings reinforce the biased assumptions that journalists are trying to expose. Public records can help you dig into the coronavirus crisisThe Lead: A newsletter connecting and coaching student journalists The CARES Act has a tax break that benefits 43,000 millionairesA Facebook post claims that the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act benefits thousands of millionaires. It’s Mostly True. AP Stylebook: Now with digital security tips for journalistsPlus, there’s a coronavirus entry in the latest edition The coronavirus has closed more than 30 local newsrooms across America. And counting.At first, the pandemic cost newsrooms jobs and communities critical work. Now it’s starting to end entire newsrooms. Poynter announces the 10 student media publications selected for its 2020-21 College Media ProjectThis yearlong accelerator program will offer just-in-time support for student journalists grappling with the coronavirus, among other challenges. How the pandemic made me rediscover my love of print newspapersWhy consuming news updates in print has added value during internet-heavy quarantine life Chinese diplomats are now claiming to be fact-checkers President Trump is finally checked by Twitter — but not for the tweets you might thinkYour Wednesday Poynter Report In the coronavirus pandemic, empathy is imperative — and exhausting — in newsroomsIf you believe empathy is an optional soft skill, reconsider that premise TV stations ran an Amazon press release as a news story just in time for the company’s shareholder meetingPlus, National Guard members are still set to miss benefits, soldiers are being buried without ceremonies, Airbnb hosts are not doing well, and more. Arrogant, inexperienced and ineffective: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany is overmatched in her new jobIn barely more than a month, the White House press secretary has already had several high-profile controversies. How to fact-check coronavirus misinformation on social mediaFact-checking your friends and family on social media could help slow the spread of misinformation about COVID-19. Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures caused by the coronavirusWe're updating this list almost daily A state representative falsely claimed children don’t get COVID-19Children do contract the coronavirus. Hundreds of cases in people 17 and under have been reported in Wisconsin. IFCN’s COVID-19 WhatsApp chatbot is now available in Spanish Twitter is silent on President Trump’s tweets about a baseless Joe Scarborough conspiracy theoryYour Tuesday Poynter Report Medicare buy-in may become more popular, even essentialPlus, squatters are taking advantage of eviction rules, parents are doing more teaching than teachers, jet graveyards and more. The thrombosis myth that won’t die…...and five other popular fact-checks from the CoronaVirusFacts Alliance Two FCC commissioners argue the $48 million fine for Sinclair is not enoughTwo Democratic commissioners say the punishment for Sinclair's three major violations should include further scrutiny and harsher punishments. Flu shots aren’t causing false positive COVID-19 testsMedical experts say the flu vaccine isn’t causing false positives for people who take COVID-19 tests. When a diva died, this Los Angeles Times reporter captured a story of grief and community in a pandemicThái Thanh 'is really a citizen of two countries, her career a merging of cultural ideals and of unity and separation.' What video makers can learn from John Krasinski’s ‘Some Good News’Six things the show is doing to resonate with social-first viewers that we can keep in mind and even copy. ‘We have our readers behind us’ — how Reporter Magazin created a premium tier to turn casual readers into paying subscribers When COVID-19 kept people buying its magazine from newsstands, the Czech publication started a subscription push and crowdfunding campaign President Trump’s latest media attacks are actually surprising … and disturbingYour Friday Poynter Report The newest housing data contains many COVID-19 related stories for journalists to report onPlus, America's biggest mall has missed two mortgage payments, an above-average hurricane season looms, people don't plan to attend anything, and more The Post and Courier of Charleston is going the length of the state to start a local digital news site in GreenvilleThe digital-only news site will focus on 'arts coverage or other things that have been cut out' and doesn't aim to compete with existing publications. One year ago, the staff of the Times-Picayune got laid off. Here’s where they are now.This story isn’t meant to revive the history of the Times-Picayune and The New Orleans Advocate. It is about the people who lost their jobs. Related Training NewsU WebinarHow to Surface Stories in a Saturated Social Media Environment with DataminrGet an inside look at how more than 400 newsrooms use Dataminr, a tool that identifies breaking news and pre-viral stories. Replay on demandBarbara GrayFreeThis webinar is free thanks to the generous support of our sponsor, Dataminr. NewsU Self-directed CourseHandling Race and EthnicityIn this course, you’ll examine your own assumptions about race and ethnicity. Keith WoodsFree
