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August 11, 2022

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Top stories

■ Read the United States’ motion to unseal limited warrant materials: 'The press and the public enjoy a qualified right of access to criminal and judicial proceedings' (Department of Justice) / 'Several news organizations, including the New York Times, CBS and the Florida Times Union, had asked the judge to unseal the Trump search warrant in recent days. It appears the DOJ was going to have to respond to those requests by Monday, per Judge Reinhart.' (Matt Stiles) / 'The New York Times has filed a motion to intervene to get access to the FBI search warrant for Mar-a-Lago. There is clear public interest . Plus, Trump has said the search was an "assault."…The Government is moving to unseal two documents — the warrant itself and the inventory of items seized. But other documents like affidavits for probable cause would remain under seal. We still want those.' (Edmund Lee) / The maddening coverage of the Mar-a-Lago search : 'The lack of actual information here has not only led to errors in framing what the search means, but also in framing whose fault the lack of information is in the first place.’ (Columbia Journalism Review)

■ Why isn’t Biden ever on TV? Americans are seeing a lot less of the president than they did of his predecessor. That’s partly by design. (New York Times)

■ Don't be too quick to blame social media for America's polarization – cable news has a bigger effect , study finds (The Conversation)

■ ‘CNN’s new boss Chris Licht announced during an internal town hall that Wallace’s upcoming show, titled “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace ?”, will air on Sunday nights at 7 p.m.’ (Daily Beast) / Shannon Bream takes over ‘Fox News Sunday,’ replacing Chris Wallace (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Americans see misleading info daily in search results. So Google is making changes (CNET) / Twitter rolls out election misinformation enforcement ahead of midterms (The Hill)

■ ’Here for it’: On the eve of widespread layoffs, Gannett launches ad campaign featuring their local journalists (LBB) / ‘The 30-second spots star local journalists delivering the message that in this age of constant distraction, we should all be more present, engaged and involved.’ (MediaPost) / Earlier: Gannett reports disastrous financial results; layoffs are coming (Poynter)

■ The Kansas City Defender is a nonprofit news site for young Black audiences across the Midwest (Nieman Journalism Lab)

■ Erie TV reporter charged with fake stalking claims appears in court (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com via ABC27) / Earlier: Pennsylvania TV reporter arrested and charged after allegedly making fake stalking claims (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com via WKRN)

■ NY Daily News photographer seriously injured in West Village carjacking (New York Post) / ’Seventy-three-year-old Sam Costanza, a Daily News photographer, who has been in the news business for about four decades, was the victim of a carjacking ’ (amNewYork)

■ RTDNA announces 2022 national Edward R. Murrow Award winners (RTDNA) / ProPublica, PBS/Frontline and National Public Radio win National Press Club awards (NPC)

■ Opinion: Why English is changing faster than you can say E-mail, e-mail, email (Washington Post) / What do you hear? How pandemic changed how we grasp words (IBM Research Blog)

Press freedom

■ Secret contacts revive the search for Austin Tice , missing for 10 years in Syria (McClatchy) / 10 years after Austin Tice’s abduction in Syria, his parents still fight for him (Washington Post) / ‘"I'm just so glad that President Biden has said Austin's name publicly," Debra Tice told CNN's John Berman on "New Day." "I think that it's an indication from the President that the United States government is ready to engage with Syria to bring Austin home."’ (CNN) / Austin Tice turns 41 years old today . He’s been detained since just after his 31st birthday. (McClatchy)

■ ‘Not even Orwell could have dreamed up a country like this’: Journalists forced to flee Nicaragua en masse (Los Angeles Times)

■ Russian court orders house arrest for anti-war TV journalist (Bloomberg)

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