The Latest: LA Times surrogate owner; New workshops 🎉; Fake collaborators

The Latest: Covering today, informing tomorrow

April 1, 2021

Note: This newsletter will return on Monday, April 5

■ 9 April Fools' Day headlines that turned out to be true (The Wrap)

■ As US newspapers slide toward the abyss, a bidding war breaks out for Tribune (Yahoo) / A hedge fund is poised to take over The Hartford Courant. What will this mean for local news? (WNPR)

■ LA Times owner’s kid is tinkering with the paper , and staffers love it (The Daily Beast)

■ Eight papers, eight women: Ivy League editors-in-chief reflect on historic milestone (Daily Princetonian)

■ Fox News says it ‘has no interest in hiring ’ Rep. Matt Gaetz (The Hill) / 'Wrong guy': Journalist with strikingly similar name to Matt Gaetz has to defend himself on Twitter (Boston Globe)

■ Fox News signs Bret Baier to contract through 2026 (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Denver Post journalists release letter acknowledging systemic racism ; owner refused to publish it (Denver Newspaper Guild) / Denver media’s internal reckoning with race (Axios)

■ Filmmakers call out PBS for a lack of diversity , over-reliance on Ken Burns (NPR)

■ Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times’ ‘The 1619 Project' docuseries to debut on Hulu (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Intelligence analyst pleads guilty to leaking secrets to reporter about drone program (AP) / Insider trading indictment highlights contacts with Bloomberg reporter (Washington Post) / Supreme Court allows FCC to loosen media ownership rules (Hollywood Reporter)

■ Myanmar soldiers target journalists , aiming to silence protests (New York Times) / Hong Kong court convicts media tycoon over peaceful protest (CNN) / BBC China correspondent moves after threats (BBC)

Jumpstart your job search; refresh your writing; and design dynamic visuals

The Journalism Institute has introduced three new, intensive workshops designed to give you the career-boosting skills you're looking for. We hope you’ll join us over the next few months for these deep-dive approaches to improving your craft and career path — two important areas of service the Institute commits to in all of its work.

The workshops join the full slate of dynamic educational offerings you’ve grown to expect from the Institute. Here are the headlines; click through for details and registration.

Design Hacks: How to create attention-grabbing visuals — This 2.5-hour workshop is designed for journalists and communicators who want a foundation and practice in designing graphics. (April 30)
Career Connection: Defining your digital footprint — This weeklong, five-part series of daily workshops will give job-seekers the tools to jumpstart their job search. (May 10-14)
Pro Tips: Writing refresh — This 3-hour workshop for newsroom journalists includes three tip-filled classes to help hit reset as they head back to their newsrooms. (June 4)

Questions? Email Beth Francesco, the Institute’s senior director and coordinator for these workshops.

Manager's Minute: How can I tell a fake collaborator from a real one?

Jill Geisler, Bill Plante Chair in Leadership & Media Integrity at Loyola University Chicago and Freedom Forum Fellow in Women’s Leadership, on how to recognize the fake collaborators in your organization.