Russian President Vladimir Putin has cracked down on journalists, threatening up to 15 years imprisonment for the reporting of ‘false information.’ What effect is this having on reporting of that nation’s invasion of Ukraine.
Jon Allsop, Columbia Journalism Review: “The Putin regime obliterates press freedom”
Joshua Benton, Nieman Lab: “’An information dark age’: Russia’s new ‘fake news’ law has outlawed most independent journalism there”
Tom Jones, Poynter: “The grim consequences of Russia’s media blackout”
Elahe Izadi & Sarah Ellison, Washington Post: “Russia’s independent media, long under siege, teeters under new Putin crackdown”
Anton Troianovski, New York Times: “Russia takes censorship to new extremes, stifling war coverage”
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “CNN, BBC, and others suspend broadcasting from Russia after Putin signs law limiting press”
Charlotte Klein, Vanity Fair: “Thousands arrested in Russia as protestors defy Putin’s latest crackdown on free speech”
Scott Nover, Quartz: “The Russian internet is a casualty of war”
Inside Ukraine
Lisa Abend, Time: “What it’s like for Ukrainian journalists reporting on the war in their country”
Ann Cooper, Nieman Lab: “Fighting for a free press in Ukraine – and beyond”
Caroline Vakil, The Hill: “WaPo removes bylines to protect reporters amid Russia’s new media law”
Moving into Week 3
Malaka Gharib, NPR: “Not every war gets the same coverage as Russia’s invasion – and that has consequences”
Richard Prince, Journal-isms: “The racial subtext on Ukraine”
‘Absolute Power’
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic: “Absolute Power”
Karen Attiah, Washington Post: “Opinion: The Atlantic’s elevation of MBS is an insult to journalism”
Tom Jones, Poynter: “When and how should journalists interview autocrats?”
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic: “Of course journalists should interview autocrats”
Journalists as brands
Elizabeth Spiers: “Do journalists need to be brands?”
Sarah Scire, Nieman Lab: “’Sounds like a well-trained liar’: Journalists lose some credibility by calling themselves ‘storytellers’”
Mark Coddington & Seth Lewis, RQ1: “Should journalists call themselves ‘storytellers?”
Brain Calfano, Jeffrey Layne Blevins & Alexis Straka, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media: “Bad impressions: How journalists as ‘storytellers’ diminish public confidence in media”
Natural hair on air
Amaris Castillo, Poynter: “For Black women journalists, wearing #NaturalHairOnAir is a point of pride and resistance”
Angelina Edwards, Columbia Missourian: “’Keep is straight’: Legislation would be one step in combating hair discrimination”
Associated Press: “Missouri House votes to ban hair discrimination in schools”