The Latest: CNN's 'overused' breaking news banner; Biden’s media; ‘I’m doing it my way’

June 2, 2022

■ Camera falls during live CNN Jake Tapper interview with top Biden aide (The Hill)

■ The guy quietly helping Biden's speeches (POLITICO) / ‘The President is a 79-year-old man who still thinks in terms of newspaper front pages and primetime TV programs , surrounded by not-quite-as-senior aides in senior positions with the same late 1990s media diet. Lifelong habits don't tend to fade when people get to their desks in the West Wing.’ (CNN)

■ PBS NewsHour names Laura Barrón-López White House Correspondent to succeed Yamiche Alcindor, who left 'NewsHour' for NBC News in March (Hollywood Reporter)

■ 'I’m doing it my way’: How Katy Tur battled sexism and family drama on her rise to media stardom (Vanity Fair)

■ CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell took 52% pay cut to extend contract, says report (The Wrap)

■ How a breach at Andrews Air Force Base led to the seizure of a reporter's phone (POLITICO)

■ Washington Post adds editor's note to Heard op-ed after verdict (The Hill) / 'Here’s the editor’s note that WaPo has appended to Amber Heard’s 2018 op-ed' (Oliver Darcy) / Amber Heard was found liable for defaming Johnny Depp in a Washington Post op-ed. She didn't write it — the ACLU did. (Insider) / Johnny Depp's defamation verdict stuns legal experts (The Wrap) / Amber Heard lost because she was vilified on social media , her attorney suggests (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Under his watch, new executive editor Joe Kahn says the New York Times will raise conduct standards for journalists (NPR)

■ 'I’m here in Uvalde, trying to be respectful with everyone’s fresh grief. Standing outside while a funeral is going on. Police still thought it was necessary to coordinate with bikers to order reporters to “stay on the sidewalk” and physically obstruct cameras. Really?' (Julian Gill) / More than a week after Uvalde massacre, officials are still avoiding the media's questions about what happened (CNN) / How a broadcast reporter for Houston's KHOU has approached coverage of the Uvalde shooting (Poynter) / Our narrative of mass shootings is killing us (The Atlantic)

■ Opinion: A single photo can change the world . I know, because I took one that did. (Washington Post)

Press freedom

■ Ukrainian journalist Mykola Pastukh seriously injured by shelling in eastern Ukraine (CPJ)

■ National Press Club statement on killing of Palestinian journalist in West Bank (National Press Club) / UN names Palestinian media program for slain reporter Shireen Abu Akleh (AP via VOA)

■ ‘By a sick coincidence, the Brazilian journalist Tim Lopes was assassinated precisely on the 26th anniversary of the car-bomb explosion that killed his North American colleague, reporter Don Bolles, on June 2, 1976 in Phoenix, Arizona.’ (Center for Public Integrity)

■ Journalist detained in China denied calls , partner says (AP via ABC News)

■ Biden lays groundwork for risky meeting with Saudis (The Hill) / Opinion: Mohammed bin Salman stands on the verge of getting what he wants (Washington Post)

"Journalists are in a position to provide context for the public; they can focus on people’s personal narratives and complex identities, and they can probe the why behind people’s decision-making and the filters with which they arrive at their beliefs. In short, they can contribute to reducing perception gaps by not giving oxygen or legitimizing views that undermine democracy, but rather illuminating how people arrive at these views."

-- Noelle Malvar, quantitative researcher at WhatsApp, via American Press Institute

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