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Views of the News Preview: Press Association Fights Menthol Cigarette Ban

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A newspaper trade association has come out against a proposed ban on menthol cigarettes in Washington, D.C. What’s the connection between the National Newspaper Publishers Association, law enforcement and Big Tobacco?

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 1stamendment

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)

AMY SIMONS teaches news literacy, multimedia journalism and advanced social media strategies.