Jeremy Barr, Washington Post: “Why CBS News held its Brittney Griner scoop for a full week”
VIDEO: CBS News: “WNBA start Brittney Griner released by Russia in prisoner swap”
NYT’s 24-hour walkout
Tom Jones: “Opinion: ‘This is an absolutely necessary shot across the bow’: Times union members stage 24-hour strike”
Laura Hazard Owen, Nieman Lab: “’Break your Wordle streak’: New York Times journalists are on a 24-hour strike”
Sara Boiboltz, Huff Post: “New York Times Guild staffers walk out”
Max Tani, Semafor: “Two top Times reporters are skipping the walkout”
Talking Twitter… Again
Matt O’Brien & Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press: “Musk’s Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group”
Cat Zakrzewski, Joseph Menn & Naomi Nix, Washington Post: “Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council”
Committee to Protect Journalists: “CPJ deeply concerned by dissolution of Twitter Trust and Safety Council”
Emma Roth, The Verge: “Elon Musk’s $8 Twitter Blue subscription is coming back with phone number verification and a higher price on iOS”
Donie O’Sullivan, CNN: “Former top Twitter official forced to leave home due to threats amid ‘Twitter Files’ release”
Three journalists dead covering World Cup
Tom Jones, Poynter: “The loss of a great journalist and even better person: soccer writer Grant Wahl”
Ben Strauss, Washington Post: “U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies after collapsing at World Cup match”
Russell Lewis, NPR: “Longtime soccer sportswriter Grant Wahl has died covering the World Cup in Qatar”
Christian Stone, Los Angeles Times: “There was something Bourdain-like about the big, soccer life Grant Wahl led”
Alan Raskin, Daily Mail: “Grant Wahl’s brother says he ‘regrets’ claiming the soccer reporter was killed for wearing a ‘pride’ t-shirt while covering the World Cup and admits he ‘no longer suspects foul play’”
Staff, Jerusalem Post: “World Cup: Second journalist dies in Qatar ‘unexpectedly’ – report”
Annabelle Nugent, The Independent: “Roger Pearce death: ITV Sports director dies while covering World Cup in Qatar”
Oliver Salt, Daily Mail: “FIFA open books of condolence for journalists Khalid al-Misslam, Roger Pearce and Grant Wahl – all who lost their lives while covering the 2022 World Cup – at every stadium in Qatar for media colleagues to pay their respects”
Looking back, looking ahead
Michael Levinson, New York Times: “In a future filled with electric cars, AM radio may be left behind”
Associated Press: “67 journalists, media workers killed on the job this year”
Tom Jones, Poynter: “Opinion: An obvious and deserving choice for Time magazine’s person of the year”
Richard E. Brown, Editor & Publisher: “2023 will be the year of re-emergence for news media"
