October 10, 2023

• The Washington Post to cut 240 jobs (New York Times) / ‘Washington Post is offering voluntary separation packages… per an internal note sent from interim CEO Patty Stonesifer.’ (Sara Fischer) / Read the memo (Ben Mullin)

• News networks 'scrambling' to get journalists to Israel (Washington Post) / As a significant moment unfolds in Israel, the media reaches deep (Poynter) / Anderson Cooper struggles to speak after Israeli woman makes harrowing plea for kidnapped family (CNN) / BBC reporter in Gaza: ‘I could hear kids screaming’ (BBC)

• 'You are in the line of fire': What it's like to be an Israeli reporter covering the unfolding war (CNN) / ‘Goodbye to my wife’: Israeli journalist called up to fight for country (NDTV) / NBC News’ Richard Engel and crew take cover in Israel from mortar fire (NBC News) / At least six Palestinian journalists killed as Israel bombs Gaza (Al Jazeera) / National Press Club statement on journalist safety in Gaza/Israel (NPC/JI)  

• As false war information spreads on X, Musk promotes unvetted accounts (Washington Post) / How Musk’s X is amplifying misinformation about Israel and Gaza (The Hill) 

• Israel-Hamas crisis: CNN CEO Mark Thompson starts in fraught time (The Hollywood Reporter) / CNN boss Mark Thompson to staff: Network is ‘nowhere near ready for the future’ (Wall Street Journal) 

• Russian court upholds detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich (Wall Street Journal) 

• Elon Musk took the headlines away from Twitter — but you can bring them back with this one weird trick (Nieman Journalism Lab) / ‘What a bozo move’: Publishers react to X update removing headlines from posts (Digiday) 

• An ABC News headline that ties a journalist's death to Hunter Biden coverage is fake (Poynter) 

• Inside cable news networks' political storylines (Axios) 

• Streamers team up to lobby D.C., but skeptics say they want to head off regulation (The Wrap) 

• ABC News, former producer settle sexual-misconduct suit (Wall Street Journal)

• 6 local newspapers purchased by longtime employee (KRIS-TV) 

• How Texas Monthly is cashing in on Hollywood's true crime obsession (Insider) 

• Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution publishers make NLDS wager (Inquirer)

• Meet the Arlington teen journalists behind a new local podcast (DCist)

Design 101: How to create visuals when it’s not usually your job

In our scroll and skim culture, visuals can make the difference in whether a reader engages with a story. But not every newsroom has a graphic design professional to help create a compelling image on deadline. If you’re a journalist or communication professional now handling (or who wants to handle) quick-turn graphics, get a head start with our beginner course for designing visuals when it’s not usually part of your job.

Beth Francesco, the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s executive director, will share best practices, tools you have at your disposal, and exercises for creating visuals regardless of your hands-on design experience.

This interactive session will take place at noon ET on Friday, Nov. 3. Tickets are $20 for the public and $15 NPC members.

Participants will learn:

• Rules of thumb to guide your decisions on fonts, colors, and images
• Tools you have at your fingertips to make quick work of visuals (social cards, call-outs, basic infographics, and more) on the fly 
• Exercises to help you develop your design thinking 

Beth will be available for 30 minutes after the program to answer any individual questions or to troubleshoot your design issues.

This newsletter is written & edited by the National Press Club Journalism Institute staff: Beth Francesco, Bara Vaida, and Holly Butcher Grant. Send us your questions and suggestions for topics to cover.

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