Richard Prince, Journal-isms: “O.J. Simpson case even divided newsrooms”
Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian: “The OJ Simpson trial was sensational – and a portent of the strife-torn America we see today”
Annie Aguiar, Angela Fu & Ren LaForme, Poynter: “Opinion | O.J. Simpson, who’s murder trial reshaped the media, dies at 76”
Emmanuel Felton & Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post: “What O.J. Simpson meant to Black America”
Michael Harriott, The Grio: “The whitewashing of O.J. Simpson”
Ron Dicker, HuffPost: “Reporter laments his own ‘guilt’ in covering O.J. Simpson’s trial”
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “How OJ Simpson’s ‘trial of the century’ opened the door to Trump’s presidency”
Emily Yahr & Elahe Izadi, Washington Post: “After O.J. Simpson’s trial, an insatiable appetite for reality TV”
Trump on Trial
Charlotte Klein, Vanity Fair: “’We will see how this goes”: Journalists prepare to cover Trump on trial”
Ted Johnson, Deadline: “Trump hush money trial: What to know as it begins; no tv cameras, but Stormy Daniels is expected to testify”
Isaac Arnsdorf & Devlin Barrett, Washington Post: “Trump seems to nod off briefly as prospective jurors get instructions”
The fight for presidential debates
Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “News outlets urge Trump and Biden to commit to presidential debates”
Edward Helmore, The Guardian: “US news organizations urge Biden and Trump to agree to TV election debates”
Hadas Gold, CNN: “News organizations post open letter urging Biden and Trump to debate ahead of 2024 election”
Richard Stengel, The Atlantic: “Democracy dies behind paywalls”
Jennifer Brandel, Poynter: “Opinion | Newsrooms should treat the electorate like the hiring committee it actually is”
NPR suspends editor
Uri Berliner, The Free Press: “I’ve been at NPR for 25 years. Here’s how we lost America’s trust.”
Brian Flood, Fox News: “Former NPR executive praises whistleblower for exposing liberal bias: ‘He’s identified a real problem’”
Jon Passantino & Oliver Darcy, CNN: “NPR suspends editor who claimed left-wing bias at outlet had ‘lost America’s trust’”
David Folkenflik, NPR: “NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism”
Benjamin Mullin, New York Times: “NPR C.E.O. faces criticism over tweets supporting progressive cases”
Journalism on screen
Adrian Horton, The Guardian: “From Scoop to Civil War: why is it so hard to portray journalism on screen?”
PR campaign gone to far?
William Hughes, AV Club: “Whoops, Disney PR’s First Omen campaign spooked someone so bad they called the cops”