Television journalists found themselves speechless, trying to describe the pictures on their screens, showing the centuries old cathedral consumed by flames. Two days later, we’ll examine the coverage here and abroad.
Lauren Collins, The New Yorker: “On the roof of Notre-Dame, before it burned”
Jane Lytvynenko, BuzzFeed via Twitter: “I’m watching for hoaxes…”
Michael Kimmelman, New York Times: “A France in turmoil weeps for a symbol of Paris’s enduring identity”
Liberation: “La photo inpressionnante d’un drone qui a survolé Notre-Dame en feu”
Josh Benton, Nieman Journalism Lab: “As Notre Dame burned, an algorithmic error at YouTube put information about 9/11 under news videos”
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded
Ren Laforme, Poynter: “Here are the winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes”
David Hunn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger wins Pulitzer Prize: 'A story I'm going to keep telling'"
Meg James, Los Angeles Times: “Los Angeles Times wins a Pulitzer Prize for investigation into USC gynecologist”
Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “Sun Sentinel wins public service Pulitzer for Parkland shooting coverage”
Paul Farhi, Washignton Post: “The Washington Post wins 3 Pulitzer Prizes; Sun Sentinel wins public-service medal for Parkland shooting coverage”
Marina Fang, HuffPost: “Capital Gazette receives Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for newsroom shooting coverage”
Columbine 20 Years Later
John Ingold, Colorado Sun, “Opinion: How the media – including me – unwittingly helped create a Columbine narrative that has inspired murderers ever since”
Clyde Haberman, New York Times: “20 years after Columbine, what have we learned?”
Julian Assange Arrested
Alan Rusbridger, Washington Post: “Partnering with Assange was unpleasant. But work like his is crucial.”
Glenn Greenwald & Micah Lee, The Intercept: “The U.S. government’s indictment of Julian Assange posts grave threats to press freedom”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “Traditional journalists may abandon Wikileaks’ Assange at their own peril”
Ed Pilkington, The Guardian: “Julian Assange’s charges are a direct assault on press freedom, experts warn”
Brian Sttelter & Hadas Gold, CNN: “Julian Assange’s arrest could end as a test for press freedom”
Michael Weiss, The Atlantic: “Julian Assange got what he deserved”
Michelle Goldberg, New York Times: “Is Assange’s arrest a threat to the free press?”
Trevor Timm, The Guardian, “Assange’s indictment is Trump’s next step in his war on press freedom”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “The Assange indictment is thin gruel”
Sam Thielman, Columbia Journalism Review: “All our righteous scumbags”
Measles and the anti-vaxxers
Betsy Smith, KBIA: “Missouri House bill to protect families from vaccine discrimination”
Michelle Lou & Brandon Griggs, CNN: “Even with measles outbreaks across the U.S., at least 20 states have proposed anti-vaccination bills”
Amanda Darrach, Columbia Journalism Review: “Orthodox media against anti-vaxxer movement”
Elizabeth Jensen, NPR: “Injecting NPR’s vaccine coverage with respect – and facts”
The end for Johnson Publishing
I-Chun Chen, Chicago Business Journal: “Former publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines files for bankruptcy”
Jon Seidel, Chicago Sun-Times: “Johnson Publishing Co., the ex-publisher of Ebony and Jet, files for bankruptcy”
Rachel Siegel, Washington Post: “Johnson Publishing Company, the ex-publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines, files for bankruptcy”
Derek T. Dingle, Black Enterprise: “With bankruptcy filing, an end of an era at Johnson Publishing”
Dara Sharif, The Root: “Iconic Johnson Publishing, the company that was once behind Ebony and Jet Magazines, files for bankruptcy”
Cheryl Corley, WBEZ/NPR: “Historic former publisher of Ebony and Jet Magazines files for bankruptcy”
All news isn’t local
Elizabeth Grieco, Pew Research Center: “For many rural residents in U.S., local news media mostly don’t cover the area where they live”
Must-see journalism movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwfRbW3QGKw
Tom Jones, Poynter: “There are a lot of great journalism movies. Here are our top 25.”