Tennis star Naomi Osaka’s decision to withdraw from the French Open rather than be contractually obligated to speak to reporters sparked interesting conversation about an athlete’s responsibility to the media. Are sports reporters too aggressive with athletes – especially after a losses?
Ben Strauss & Mark Maske, Washington Post: “NFL expected to keep locker rooms closed as sports reporters push for a return to access”
Ben Henry, BuzzFeed: “Serena Williams showed support to Naomi Osaka after she was criticized for not doing press at the French Open”
Hanna Ziady, CNN: “Nike backs Naomi Osaka after she withdraws from French Open”
Jason Owens, Yahoo! Sports: “Meditation app vows to pay fines for tennis pros who skip news conferences in honor of Naomi Osaka, mental health”
ProPublica’s Secret IRS Files
Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernthausen & Paul Kiel, ProPublica: “The Secret IRS files: Trove of never-before-seen records reveal how the wealthiest avoid income tax”
Stephen Engelberg & Richard Tofel, ProPublica: “Why We are publishing the tax secrets of the .001%”
Biden administration & the media
Eric Tucker, AP: “Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “Biden promises the feds will stop trampling journalists’ rights. But we need more than words.”
Quint Forgey, POLITICO: “White House briefing room to return to full, pre-pandemic seating capacity”
Andrew Feinberg, Independent: “Inside the Biden briefing room, some things are more Trump-like than others”
Myanmar Junta a threat to journalists
The Guardian: “’The darkest days are coming’: Myanmar’s journalists suffer at hands of junta”
Associated Press: “Journalists who fled Myanmar find third-country refuge”
Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review: “Myanmar’s junta arrests an American journalists as Trump awaits a coup at home”
Ransomware attacks
Catalin Cimpanu, The Record: “Livestreams go down across Cox radio & TV stations in apparent ransomware attack”
Kevin Collier, NBC News: “TV news stations become apparent target in next cyber attack”
Al Tompkins, Poynter: “What you should know about ransomware attacks, which are increasing nationally and locally”
Charlie Osborne, ZDNet: “The cost of ransomware attacks worldwide will go beyond $265 billion in the next decade”
William Turton & Kartikay Mehrotra, Bloomberg: “Hackers breached colonial pipeline using compromised password”
UNC: Jones, Jordan and more
John Dresher, The Assembly: “Nikole Hannah-Jones, a mega-donor, and the future of journalism”
Paul Farhi & Jeremy Barr, Washington Post: “One of the voices objecting to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s hiring at UNC: A newspaper baron – and major donor”
Richard Prince, journal-isms: “Jordan millions to boost journalists of color”