The Latest: Fired Fox journalist testifies Monday; Washington Post fallout; ‘They keep threatening to arrest us’

June 10, 2022

■ More than 19 million watched Jan. 6 hearing , early tally shows; '... it’s in the ballpark of television events like a big “Sunday Night Football” game or the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.' (New York Times) / The Jan. 6 hearing dominated the airwaves — except on Fox News (Washington Post) / A harrowing American moment, repackaged for prime time (AP) / Three critical lessons of the Watergate hearings that the Jan. 6 committee should learn (New York Times)

■ Opinion: Taylor Lorenz said a Washington Post editor was to blame for corrections on her story. Is that okay? (Washington Post) / ‘One staffer told [top editor Sally] Buzbee that colleagues had learned that [David] Malitz was offered a promotion to top features editor just before the Lorenz episode, only to have it rescinded days later .’ (Erik Wemple)

■ The Washington Post fired Felicia Sonmez by email ‘for misconduct that includes insubordination, maligning your co-workers online and violating The Post’s standards on workplace collegiality and inclusivity’ (New York Times) / 'As journalists, we are supposed to interrogate power in all its forms, whether it be political, social or cultural. We should also be regularly examining the ways that our profession has served to empower or marginalize others. If we can't even do that, then what are we doing?’ (Karen Attiah) / ‘Working at a huge news organization — the Post, the New York Times, CNN — is like living in a big city where there are always emergencies … As a colleague, you probably should be trying to help fund the fire department or city services and make it a better place to live; at worst, you’re not paying your taxes’ (New York Post)

■ Journalist Yashar Ali files defamation suit against Los Angeles Magazine (Los Angeles Times)

■ Vox Media touts success in the journalism talent wars (Axios) / Strike threat looms on Monday, 300 Vox Media staffers sign letter pandemic-shaming CEO Jim Bankoff (Deadline)

■ Preserving Black-press buildings is crucial to urban communities (Washington Post)

Press freedom

■ 'They keep threatening to arrest us .' The obstacles facing local news in Uvalde (Poynter) / Why I'm suing – again – for access to law enforcement records (The Institute for Public Service Reporting) / Earlier: Police accountability - How to get hidden records (NPCJI)

■ US seeks full reset with Saudi Arabia, effectively moving on from the murder of Jamal Khashoggi (CNN)

■ Brazil police find 'traces of blood ' on suspect's boat in case of UK journalist and Indigenous expert missing in the Amazon (CBS News) / Brazilian suspect held for 30 days in case of missing British journalist (Reuters) / Brazil police probe ties to illegal fishing in case of missing British journalist (Reuters)

"The more we continue to use gendered language in our writing, the more we perpetuate the status quo and alienate people who are trans or non-binary. We mislead the public, fuel stereotypes, and exclude others."

-- Melinda Wenner Moyer, science journalist, via Nieman Journalism Lab

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