Richard Prince, journal-isms: “Black-press group opposes ban on menthol”
Black Press USA: “NNPA joins Black and Latino law enforcement agencies to oppose the Washington, D.C. city council’s ban on menthol cigarettes”
Martin Austermuhle, DCist: “D.C. council votes to ban sales of flavored tobacco, but exempts hookah bars”
Hannah Knowles & Laurie McGinley, Washington Post: “As Trump tackles vapes, African Americans feel stung by inaction on menthol cigarettes” (2019)
Amanda Eisenberg, POLITICO: “City council to vote on e-cig ban, but leave out menthol cigarettes for now” (2019)
Update: Hannah-Jones & UNC
Editorial Board, Charlotte News & Observer: "UNC gives Hannah-Jones tenure. Now comes the hard part"
Joe Killian, NC Policy Watch: “PW Exclusive: “UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees will vote on Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure this week”
Sarah Brown, Chronicle of Higher Education: "At UNC, the damage is done"
Joe Killian, NC Policy Watch: “PW Exclusive: Nikole Hannah-Jones will not join UNC-Chapel Hill faculty without tenure”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “Why it’s so important that UNC trustees give Nikole Hannah-Jones the tenure she deserves”
Matt Talhelm & Bryan Mims, WRAL-TV: “Chancellor to meet with UNC Black Caucus over members’ disenchantment with university”
Surfside building collapse
Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review: “Covering the tragedy in Surfside from near and far”
Monica R. Richardson, Miami Herald: “Today, our community is hurting like no other: We’re here to bring you the story”
Sarah Blaskey & Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald: “’Major error’ was flagged in 2018 inspection report of collapsed building near Miami Beach”
Matthew S. Schwartz, NPR: “Surfside official told residents their building was safe, despite engineer’s warning”
Jiachuan Wu & Robin Muccari, NBC: “Interactive: See before and after photos of Florida building condo collapse”
CNN: “In pictures: Deadly condo collapse near Miami”
Sarah Blaskey & Sohail Al-Jamea, Miami Herald: “See what experts say is the probable sequence of collapse at the Florida condo tower”
Shifting language
Dave Cantor, Poynter: “Language around mental health – like gender, race and sexuality – needs reconsideration”
From the courts
Nina Totenberg, NPR: “Supreme Court rules cheerleader’s F-bombs are protected by the 1st amendment”
Dan Murphy, ESPN: “Supreme Court unanimously sides with former college players in dispute with NCAA about compensation”
Alan Blinder, New York Times: “College players may make money off their fame, powerful N.C.A.A. panel recommends”
Tom Jones, Poynter: “Is there anything more interesting this week than the Supreme Court decisions?”
Cecilia Kang, New York Times: “Judge throws out state and federal cases against Facebook”
Brian Fung, CNN: “Facebook hits $1 trillion market cap after federal court dismisses FTC antitrust complaint”
‘Big Tuna Sandwich Mystery’
Julia Carmel, New York Times: “The big tuna sandwich mystery”
Sarah Bahr, New York Times: “Inside our Subway tuna sandwich test”
Caity Weaver, New York Times: “What is glitter?” (2018)
Jonah Engel Bromwich, New York Times: “No, hot dogs do not contain human meat” (2015)
