A bombshell report from the Miami Herald revealed U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta negotiated a plea deal during his time as a federal prosecutor to cover up an underage sex ring. How did the story come together? And, what effect might it have on his place in President Donald Trump’s cabinet?
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald: “How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime”
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald: “How the Miami Herald investigated Epstein – and his many enablers”
Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald: “Even from jail, sex abuser manipulated the system. His victims were kept in the dark.”
Editorial Board, Miami Herald: “He gave a sexual predator a sweet deal. Alex Acosta is not fit to be attorney general.”
Remembering George H.W. Bush
Maureen Dowd, New York Times: “The Patrician President and the reporterette: a screwball story”
Michael Cavna, Washington Post: “How this emotional George H. W. Bush cartoon went viral – touching even his family”
Kristin Clark Taylor, Washington Post: “I worked in George H.W. Bush’s press office. He was like a father to me.”
Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner: “Sam Donaldson critiques Sarah Sanders: George H.W. Bush’s press secretary ‘didn’t try to insult reporters’”
Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review: “In Bush coverage, the media finds another foil for Trump”
Andrew Restuccia, Politico: “Trump cancels G-20 press conference”
The end for Mic
Niraj Chokshi, New York Times: “Mic, a news site for millennials, lays off most of its staff”
Matthew Ingram, Columbia Journalism Review: “Mic shuts down, a victim of management hubris and Facebook’s pivot to video”
Jill Disis, CNN: “Bustle Digital Group acquires Mic after massive layoffs”
Laura Hazard Owens, Nieman Lab: “Mic lays off almost everyone and goes for a last-ditch sale to Bustle”
Maxwell Strachan, HuffPost: “Here is the excruciating audio of Mic’s co-founder telling everyone it’s over”
Mic Union: Statement
Zeeshan Aleem: “Behind the collapse of Mic: a farewell to algorithms”
Todd Spangler, Variety: “Bustle Digital Group acquires Mic following Mic’s massive layoff”
The effect of ‘shiny things syndrome’
Julie Posetti, Nieman Lab: “Journalism has a focus problem: How to combat Shiny Things Syndrome”
Max Willens, Digiday: “Why ‘news’ for millennials’ media never panned out”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “The digital-media bubble is bursting. That’s hurting a generation to promising young journalists”
High school newspaper suspended
Amber Jamieson, BuzzFeed: “A high school newspaper was suspended for publishing an investigation into football players’ transfers”
David Ramsey, Arkansas Times: “High school newspaper in Springdale suspended for investigating football transfers”
Aris Foley, The Hill: “High school newspaper suspended over ‘disruptive’ investigation into football controversy”
Denying Nazis coverage in Little Rock
Al Tompkins, Poynter: “A Little Rock TV station denied Nazis news coverage”
Austin Kellerman, KARK-TV: “Nazis coming to Little Rock: Why you haven’t heard much on the news”
Sinclair backs away from Boris Epshteyn
Boris Epshteyn, WJLA: “Opinion: The US cannot be intimidated by those using force to enter our country illegally”
Niraj Chokshi, New York Times: “Sinclair TV statement defends use of tear gas on migrants at border”
Al Tompkins, Poynter: “Sinclair backs away from Boris”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “Sinclair Broadcast gives its pro-Trump analyst a cold shoulder, then rethinks it”
Nexstar buys Tribune
Carl O’Donnell & Liana B. Baker, Reuters: “Exclusive: Nexstar clinches $4.1 billion deal to acquire Tribune Media – sources”
Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting + Cable: “Nexstar announces deal to buy Tribune for $6.4B”
Wayne Friedman, MediaPost: “Nexstar to buy Tribune Media for $4.1B, creates giant TV station group”
Cynthia Littleton, Variety: “Nexstar makes regulatory case for Tribune acquisition, drawing contrast with Sinclair”
The end of community access tv?
Dan Kennedy, WGBH: “Is community access television on the FCC chopping block?”
Eli Sherman, Worcester Telegram: “FCC rule could slash local cable tv programs
