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What We’re Reading
NBC News / Zachary Schermele
A Texas alt weekly is rethinking all sponsored content after publishing an ad promoting Asian mail-order brides →
“The ad, posted to The [Austin] Chronicle's website June 24 as sponsored content, included links to several websites claiming to connect customers to tens of thousands of Asian women. It also ranked five countries for having the ‘best’ Asian brides and included racist and misogynistic statements describing Asian women's appearances and gender roles.”
New York Times / Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter
With rising book bans, U.S. librarians are coming under attack →
“In many communities, putting books on the shelves has become a polarizing act and has ‘turned librarians into this political pawn,’ said Ami Uselman, the director of library and media services for Round Rock Independent School District, in Texas.”
Literary Hub / Patrick Radden Keefe
Patrick Radden Keefe on “the art of the writearound” and why access journalism is overrated →
“The obligation to work around a reluctant subject also forces you to do more reporting than you otherwise might. Most access-driven profiles involve an interview or two with the central figure, and then some secondary interviews, which are often facilitated by the subject of the story (‘Here's a list of people who will tell you wonderful things about me. I've told them to expect your call.’)”
The Verge / Russell Brandom
Twitter has launched a lawsuit against the Indian government over the country’s aggressive speech laws →
“The lawsuit comes after Twitter was ordered to remove a series of accounts and posts that violate Indian obscenity and defamation laws … Twitter has now removed the posts, but is seeking judicial protection from such orders in the future.”
Newsweek / Alex J. Rouhandeh
IBT Media is suing Newsweek’s CEO and demanding he return the magazine →
“This case is about the rightful and legal ownership of Newsweek” … but also about a “made-up” purchase price of $5,000, a money-laundering probe, and the followers of a Korean American cleric.
Associated Press
AP has reopened its Gaza bureau, one year after the agency's previous building was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike →
“Twelve AP staffers and freelancers were inside on May 15, 2021, when the Israeli military telephoned a warning, giving occupants of the building one hour to evacuate. AP journalists rushed to a neighboring tower to capture live video of the building crumbling.”
New York Times / Katie Robertson
Stewart Bainum says he's giving The Baltimore Banner “four or five years” to prove its value →
"If at four or five years this is just a black hole, then you know there are other places to invest philanthropically.”
New York Times / Stuart A. Thompson
“They're going to have to cheat again”: False election claims are widespread on conservative talk radio →
“Republican politicians and cable outlets like Fox News have carried the torch for Mr. Trump's conspiracy theories ever since. But the loudest and most consistent booster of these unfounded claims has been talk radio, where conservative hosts reduce the jumble of false voter fraud theories into a two-word mantra: ‘Democrats cheat.'”
Bloomberg / Matthew Bremner
Sports reporter by day, famous Uzbek political blogger by night →
“Over the course of more than a decade, the Haqnazarov reports helped trigger international investigations and the seizure of almost $1 billion in what US law enforcement officials say were ill-gotten gains.”
New York Times / Terence McGinley
David Fahrenthold on why the world of nonprofits is prime for investigative reporting →
“You're always grateful as a reporter when somebody with subpoena power is looking at the same question you are”
Defector / Tom Ley
“Someone always ends up holding the bag”: On the Substack layoffs →
“There is perhaps another timeline in which Substack never allowed investors like Marc Andreessen to get their hooks into it, and in that world its employees are currently enjoying the fruits of working at a modestly successful and sustainable business with no need to attempt scaling beyond its means.”
Washington Post / Erik Wemple
After Dobbs, a look at Supreme Court commentary that hasn’t aged well →
“Though we'll never be rid of erroneous predictions from pundits, we hereby put forth a pitch for obliterating puff-piece testimonials from high-flying lawyers.”
iPhone in Canada / Gary Ng
Canada’s public broadcaster has plans for a free 24/7 streaming news channel →
CBC News said the channel will be available on “CBC Gem, CBCNews.ca, the CBC News app and YouTube, on top of digital and connected TV platforms.” The ad-supported channel will feature a new daily show hosted by Andrew Chang.
Medium / Micah Sifry
The Knight Foundation is catching flak for sponsoring a journalism event featuring Tucker Carlson →
“Hyper-polarization is also a very sanitized way of describing what Carlson and others have been doing to public discourse; it's like inviting Dupont to an event discussing the impact of napalm on Vietnam and asking the company CEO whether the chemical weapons industry can continue to operate in a ‘hyper-defoliated landscape.'”
I Have Notes / Nicole Chung
Negotiation tips for writers and creatives →
“A good way to negotiate, especially when you're talking about things like money or intellectual-property rights, is to be able to say, ‘Here's an objective standard—I'm not asking as a favor; I know that this is the market value for this work, so that's what I'm asking for.'”
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