Ousted MSNBC Host Hires L.A. ‘Super Lawyer’
‘Dark Money’ Group Claims Yamiche Alcindor Voted Illegally
Diversity Rises for Broadcast Journalists but . . .
Pilot in Fatal News Copter Crash Called a Hero
Poorer Blacks’ Fines Help Finance White Suburb
Michelle Obama’s the Biased One, Says Columnist
Anchor Loses Ability to Speak, Still Serves
Recalling a ‘Ferocious’ Black Trans Journalist
Publishers Speak Out for Native Americans’ Month
Short Takes: Mocking a Native American name; resources for covering mass shootings; covering the World Cup; $10 million naming gift for Florida International U.; covid risk during holiday gatherings; Joint Center’s FOCUS Magazine archives; “The Corky Lee Story”; Kevin Merida; “Byron Allen Presents theGrio Awards”; Ben Watson and Peter Burns and a joke about the wife of one; Twitter’s value as democratizing influence; Charlayne Hunter-Gault; Edgardo Sanabria Mariani; Mumia Abu-Jamal; Military Veterans in Journalism; paltry media diversity in Australia; Canadian Association of Black Journalists; El Salvador journalists.
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Ousted MSNBC Host Hires L.A. ‘Super Lawyer’
Amid a whispering campaign in which anonymous tabloid sources disparaged Tiffany Cross after MSNBC cut ties with her, Cross has hired a Hollywood “superlawyer” who tells Journal-isms he is seeking “justice and humane behavior with actions representative of the truth.
“This certainly does not include an attempt to embarrass, ridicule and feed the media with fictitious information purposefully designed to injure her career,” Bryan Freedman (pictured, below) messaged Journal-isms Wednesday regarding his new client.
MSNBC announced Nov. 4 that it was not renewing the contract of the MSNBC weekend host who pledged to be “an authentic Black voice” on her Saturday commentary program. She was told to leave immediately.
The MSNBC decision came just two weeks after Fox host Tucker Carlson claimed that Cross was inciting a “race war” against white people in the United States.
Podcaster Megyn Kelly, onetime Fox News and NBC host, called Cross a “moron” and “dumbass.” She also said Cross is “the most racist person on television.” Kelly rejoiced at MSNBC’s decision.
On Nov. 16, Alexandra Steigrad reported in the tabloid New York Post, “Ex-MSNBC host Tiffany Cross learned that she was getting pushed out days ahead of her exit — and allegedly threatened to ‘go out in a blaze’ and ‘take down’ the cable TV network and its boss, Rashida Jones, The Post has learned from sources close to MSNBC.
“The controversial anchor — whose weekend show ‘The Cross Connection’ was abruptly canceled earlier this month as MSNBC elected not to renew her contract, according to sources — began frantically calling other journalists, media executives and social activists a week before her ouster in a bid to rally support, a source with knowledge alleged.
“ ‘She made calls saying, ‘I’m going out in a blaze and I’m taking down the network and going after Rashida,’ a source close to the situation claimed, paraphrasing Cross.
“MSNBC insiders claim Cross was ousted partly over her habit of making ‘vulgar’ comments and ‘name calling’ on air, but The Post has learned from MSNBC insiders that she also had been under fire for allegedly racking up as much as $100,000 in expenses for five-star hotel stays. . . .”
Tiffany is a dear friend. This report is inaccurate. She was blindsided by her ousting and has gone out of her way not to disparage MSNBC – which has been running a rumor campaign against her https://t.co/cyOh4DsNRD
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) November 17, 2022
Wesley Lowery, a fellow journalist, tweeted the same day, “Tiffany is a dear friend. This report is inaccurate. She was blindsided by her ousting and has gone out of her way not to disparage MSNBC — which has been running a rumor campaign against her.”
(The New York Post’s use of anonymous sources to sling mud worked both ways. On Nov. 19, its gossip unit Page Six ran “Morale at MSNBC is at ‘all time low’ as network faces identity crisis.“)
Us magazine listed five things to know about Freedman in 2021. “Freedman has been recognized as a ‘Super Lawyer,’ a ‘peer-based award’ given to the top 5 percent of attorneys in Southern California every year since 2007. He’s also been included on the Top 100 Power Lawyers list several times. . . .
“He’s a Go-to For Celebrities . . .
“According to Freedman’s website, he’s represented a series of high-profile clients including Mariah Carey, Alanis [Morissette], Linkin Park, Lil Pump, Seth Rogen, Vin Diesel, Octavia Spencer, Kate Beckinsale, Bella Thorne, Maria Menounos, Jodie Sweetin, Julia Roberts, Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Nolan.”
In addition, “Freedman made headlines when Gabrielle Union hired him to represent her after she was let go from America’s Got Talent in 2019 amid allegations of racism, sexism and toxicity on the set of the NBC show. The actress reached a settlement in 2020, releasing a joint statement: ‘We’ve reached an amicable resolution. NBC Entertainment appreciates the important concerns raised by Gabrielle Union and remains committed to ensuring an inclusive and supportive working environment where people of all backgrounds are treated with respect.’
“Freedman also worked with Megyn Kelly in 2018 after she exited her Today show slot early following her controversial comments about blackface. Reports in early 2019 claimed that Kelly was set to receive the remaining sum from her original $69 million contract — an estimated $30 million — after she was let go.”
Later in the year, Chris Cuomo retained Freedman after the prime-time host was let go by CNN, having advised his brother, then-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in what was viewed as a violation of journalistic ethics. The governor was facing sexual harassment allegations.
Journal-isms asked Freedman what would constitute “justice” for Cross.
“I think the obvious answer to that is to treat employees with dignity, not to disparage them or spread on background and off the record statements that they fired her with weeks to go on her contract. There is more but I am boarding a plane,” Freedman messaged.
‘Dark Money’ Group Claims Alcindor Voted Illegally
A group described by Esquire magazine as “a dark-money operation founded by the former oppo guy for the presidential campaign of Tailgunner Ted Cruz” has accused NBC White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor of illegally voting in Florida.
“Public information indicates that Mrs. Alcindor is a resident of the District of Columbia, and therefore ineligible to vote in the State of Florida. Despite this, Mrs. Alcindor is registered to vote and has voted in the State of Florida,” according to a complaint addressed to the Florida Department of State, Office of the General Counsel demanding that Florida investigate the matter,” Julia Johnson reported Nov. 4 for the Washington Examiner.
However, Alcindor told Journal-isms this week through an NBC News spokesperson, “Yamiche’s legal residence is in the state of Florida — the only state where she votes – and she complies with state voting laws and absentee voting guidelines.”
The chief spokesperson for Florida’s Department of State, messaged Monday, has not confirmed receipt of the complaint.
The Examiner reported, “The complaint notes that Alcindor publicized a move to Washington, D.C., in 2017, attaching a tweet of hers.
“Some news: I moved to DC this week to cover social safety net issues and how Trump’s administration impacts everyday people’s lives,” Alcindor wrote at the time.
Asked what he made of Esquire’s characterization of his group, Jones told Journal-isms, “Well ignoring the obvious and ridiculous editorializing by the author / editor, I would say, Yes, our donors are not public. This is nothing new in America. Anonymous support for groups and speech is as old as the republic. If people want to call that ‘dark money,’ ok.
“Otherwise, yes, I am proudly a former oppo guy for Cruz for President. Senator Cruz is a patriot and I am extraordinarily proud to have had the opportunity to work for his campaign.”
Diversity Rises for Broadcast Journalists but . . .
“Minority journalists represent a growing number of employees in [local] TV and radio newsrooms, according to the most recent report from the latest RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey, even reaching record numbers in radio newsrooms,” Bob Papper and Keren Henderson reported by email Tuesday for the Radio Television Digital News Association.
“But there’s still a large gap between the minority population in the U.S. and the minority workforce in local news.
“The latest RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey finds the minority workforce in TV news fell to 25.5%. That’s down 2.2 from last year’s record high. But that’s deceptive. The minority workforce at non-Hispanic TV stations again rose to the highest level ever, 24.5% — up 0.9 from last year.
“How can there be a drop in the minority workforce overall and a rise in the minority workforce at non-Hispanic stations? Participation of Hispanic stations dropped 72% in this year’s survey versus past years. That drop meant that total minorities in local TV (and some other numbers as well) are down even as the percentage of minorities and Hispanics at non-Hispanic stations went up.
“Women TV news directors also hit another record high.
“In the big picture, though, there’s still a large gap between the minority population in the U.S. and the minority workforce in local TV news. . . .”
Pilot in Fatal News Copter Crash Called a Hero
“WBTV Sky 3 pilot Chip Tayag is being called a hero, with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings saying he believes Tayag took extraordinary measures in his final moments before the helicopter crashed on Interstate 77 Tuesday afternoon,” the Charlotte, N.C., television station reported.
“Both Tayag and WBTV meteorologist Jason Myers were killed in that crash.”
According to Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, “Tayag” is Filipino, a descriptive nickname from the Ilokano language, meaning “tall.”
In his LinkedIn profile, Tayag said he had been a helicopter pilot since 2008 and a news pilot for the Total Traffic & Weather Network and WBTV-TV since 2017.
Al Tompkins wrote for the Poynter Institute:
“WBTV’s Molly Grantham added, ‘You often see us hashtag post #wbtvfamily, we are a family. And we feel lucky to be with people that we work so closely with, in such an intense career and to like our co-workers as family.’ She said, ‘Chip is a long long-time pilot for WBTV, he is actually through a contractor company, but he has been here a long time and he is an experienced pilot. And many of us have been in that helicopter with Chip.’
“The helicopter was a 1999 R44 Robinson aircraft. In January 2020, Tayag was on the air after NBA star Kobe Bryant died in a chopper crash. Tayag explained how pilots make decisions in bad weather. . . .
“News helicopter crashes are rare these days, partly because there are fewer aircraft in the air than there were in the early 2000s, but also because some high-profile crashes led to newsrooms increasing their safety standards. A 2007 chopper collision in Phoenix sparked an industry conversation about news helicopter safety. Those two helicopters were two of five aircraft covering a police chase.
“In 2009, the National Press Photographers Association endorsed recommendations that news helicopter pilots no longer report live while they are flying the helicopter, which was not uncommon at the time. In many markets, prior to the 2007 Phoenix crash, pilots flew the aircraft while also delivering traffic reports on air. The NPPA declared that ‘pilot/reporters who appear live on camera in the sky should not do so unless accompanied by a co-pilot or a trained observer on board to help avoid collisions.’ . . . ”
The investigation was a collaboration between the Marshall Project and WEWS-TV in Cleveland. (Credit: WEWS-TV)
Poorer Blacks’ Fines Help Finance White Suburb
Many Cleveland residents say police in the Cleveland suburb of Bratenahl “target Black drivers to raise money for the village of waterfront estates, mansions and towering trees interweaving above the streets,” Mark Puente, Stan Donaldson Jr., and Cid Standifer wrote Monday for the Marshall Project. “They all say they want it to stop.
“A Marshall Project-Cleveland investigation found that the majority of drivers cited for traffic violations by Bratenahl police since 2020 were Black.
“Bratenahl officers did not note race information in nearly half of all cases. Until 2020, it was not a requirement. Reporters reviewed randomly selected arrest reports, analyzed records from time periods with higher percentages of data on race, examined U.S. Census demographics of drivers’ addresses, calculated conservative estimates for the missing data, and interviewed more than 30 drivers at the Mayor’s Court, which hears traffic cases. In all, an estimated 60% or more of drivers cited for traffic violations since 2020 were Black.
“The investigation found:
“The village has assessed more than $700,000 in fines, court costs and other revenue since 2020, mostly from Black Clevelanders who drove through the village’s jurisdiction.
“Over 60% of drivers ticketed in 2022 came from areas with higher poverty rates, lower household income, and larger non-White populations than most Ohio communities. Almost all of the 1,006 tickets through Sept. 15 were issued to people from outside Bratenahl. . . .
“Approximately three out of four people in this village of 1,400 are White. The village is home to people such as Cleveland Browns football team owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam and Cleveland Cavaliers’ basketball star Kevin Love. It is surrounded by Cleveland and shares a ZIP code with Glenville, one of Cleveland’s poorest neighborhoods. . . .”
Michelle Obama’s the Biased One, Says Columnist
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“No, what stopped Michelle Obama from wearing braids was Michelle Obama and her dim view of white Americans as unaccepting. It wasn’t reality. She stereotyped white people, the same millions of white people who voted her husband into office, and made her decision. That’s what caused her not to wear braids, not an unspoken cultural unreadiness or systemic racism against black hairstyles.
“It’s time to stop blaming white people for everything. Michelle Obama is a grown woman and had the autonomy to choose however she wanted to wear her hair when she was first lady. None of her husband’s policy decisions were predicated on her hairstyles. She was the one who ultimately chose not to wear braids. If she has regrets, then she should look in the mirror, not insinuate white people were to blame. Otherwise, she’s as bad as the bigots she thought she had to worry about. . . .”
In 2012, Chris Cillizza and Jon Cohen wrote about the white vote for The Washington Post: “While Obama did lose white voters by 20 points to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (the widest losing margin for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1984) he still won a clear popular vote victory — with a majority of his total vote nationwide coming from white voters.”
They also wrote, “Obama’s 39 percent showing among white voters matched the percentage that Bill Clinton received in 1992 — albeit it in a competitive three-way race — and exceeded the percentage of the white vote earned by Walter Mondale in 1984, Jimmy Carter in 1980 and George McGovern in 1972.
“And, Obama’s showing among white voters mattered less than did Mondale’s or Carter’s because the white vote accounted for significantly less of the overall electorate in 2012 than it did in either 1984 or 1980. In fact, the white vote as a percentage of the overall electorate has declined in every election since 1992. . . .”
Anchor Loses Ability to Speak, Still Serves
“Despite losing the ability to speak, former WCMH anchor Mike Jackson shared an update on his health in what he called his ‘final story,’ ” Kevin Eck reported Tuesday for TVSpy.
“After suffering a massive stroke in 2019, Jackson was then diagnosed with cancer. Doctors discovered a tumor in his throat that required the removal of his voice box.
“Jackson joined the Columbus, Ohio NBC affiliate in 1994 and was a news anchor with Colleen Marshall until the stroke in 2019. In the story, Jackson had to type out what he wanted to say.
“ ‘I had a career where I used my voice for more than forty years of employment, public speaking and helping others,’ Hospice minister Darryl Beckett read from what Jackson had typed. ‘This was very hard for me to come to terms with.’
“Jackson also wrote that he would ‘whisper a soft prayer for those in the hospital’ while he was getting treatment, which led Beckett to tell the former anchor ‘Even in your darkest hour, you’re still serving people.’
“The station said the past four years have been ’emotionally, financially, and physically challenging’ for the Jackson family. Click here to access the GoFundMe started by his family.“
Recalling a ‘Ferocious’ Black Trans Journalist
“It’s important to remember that violence against marginalized communities does not begin with murder,” Eliel Cruz wrote Sunday in a tribute to the late Monica Roberts for the Transgender Day of Remembrance. “It starts with the acceptance, both passive and deliberate, of increasingly hateful rhetoric, which fuels legislation and emboldens people to commit acts of violence.
“Trans people, disproportionately Black trans women, are facing violence on the streets and from intimate partners, family, or co-workers, and from legislation that aims to dehumanize and ultimately eliminate trans people from the public space. There’s a growing animus against trans people that manifests as violence in real life, and we must call it out for what it is. . . .”
Cruz also wrote, “Monica Roberts began tracking violence against the trans community in 2006, long before national organizations, governmental agencies, and, perhaps most important, the media, were paying close attention. Her award-winning blog, TransGriot, aggregated local news, police reports, and community-sourced information.
“Her no-frills style of reporting and her reputation as a trusted journalist and blogger in the community made her a critical resource. Tapping into a rich network of trans people on social media and tips received via email, Roberts was a go-to for trans activists across the country, particularly during a time when the media wasn’t regularly reporting on the killings of trans people or doing so in a way that honored the lives of those lost. . . .
“In the fall of 2020, Monica died at 56 years old. Her unexpected death, due to blood clots in her lungs, reverberated throughout the LGBTQ community. The Association of LGBTQ Journalists (NLGJA) lauded her groundbreaking journalism, and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) posthumously inducted her to its hall of fame. Her blog now lives on as an archive, and more digital content will be produced by Transgriot LLC under the leadership of [trans activist Dee Dee Waters, who was also a longtime friend], with plans to continue additional reporting on the issues facing Black trans Americans. . . .
“Every year, on Nov. 20, the LGBTQ community remembers the lives of those lost for the Transgender Day of Remembrance. This year-— and every year after — Monica will be remembered as a ferocious leader who cared enough to look out for the needs of her community. She was . . . taken too soon, and her absence from our movement will be felt immensely, her care and love for her community always remembered. The way to honor her legacy is for all of us to take up part of the work of documenting, amplifying, and paying attention to the attacks trans people are facing. We cannot stand by idly. We must demand justice.”
Publishers Speak Out for Native Americans’ Month
For November, Native American Heritage Month, the Local Media Association spoke with leaders at four news organizations that serve Indigenous audiences “to find out how they connect with their readers, what fuels their passion for journalism and how they stay competitive in the digital and print news market.”
Here are excerpts from three:
“One of the biggest things that the mainstream media overlooks about the Indigenous community is that our stories have never been fully told and we really have to change that. For Indigenous people the narrative has always been skewed, from the history books to the news articles there is a bias, and we are so ready to tell our stories. We just want them told with respect, and within proper context.”
“We have had to get past assumptions of what we think non-Natives know about the American Indian/Alaska Native population. Because of that we try to have ‘explainer’ articles or even explainer paragraphs within articles so that we adequately portray what is real in and about Indian Country.”
“The main thing that mainstream media gets wrong is the portraying that all Native people are the same. They fail to recognize and promote the uniqueness of each Native tribe. Every tribal nation has a unique story and culture that [deserve] to be told in their own words and not deduced down to one generic story about Native people. . . .”
- Philip Deloria, the New Yorker: The Invention of Thanksgiving: Massacres, myths, and the making of the great November holiday. (Nov. 18, 2019)
- A. S. Dillingham, Washington Post: ‘Wakanda Forever’ arrives just in time to dispel Thanksgiving myths
- Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman: #Team Gannett – Inclusion
- Nancy Kelsey, cleveland.com: This holiday, reject the false Thanksgiving narrative that overlooks the suffering of Indigenous peoples
- Tommy Orange, Los Angeles Times: Thanksgiving is a Tradition. It’s Also a Lie (originally published Nov. 23, 2017)
Short Takes
Here’s @CBSSports announcers mocking @Big_I35‘s name on national television. If you get PAID to call games and say people’s names, maybe research in advance to understand it’s a Native American name. #ShockerNation pic.twitter.com/ErycVAoRbq
— Ryan W. Gates (@RyanWGates) November 21, 2022
- In light of another spate of mass killings, including three football players killed at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and five killed and 25 injured at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma reminds journalists that it “has a host of resources for covering these tragedies and their aftermath.” The Center is a project of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, “dedicated to informed, innovative and ethical news reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy.”
- At the World Cup competitions in Qatar, “Reporters and broadcasters are grappling with how to handle human rights concerns, political protests, and unusual restrictions — from filming to buying beer — while not missing the action on the pitch, Vanity Fair writes over a piece by Tom Kludt. “ ‘It feels,’ says one journalist, ‘like a country that’s being unboxed for a World Cup.’ ”
The College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts prepared this promotional video. (Credit: YouTube)
- “Florida International University and its Department of Journalism + Media, within the College of Communication, Architecture + The Arts (CARTA), today announced a $10 million naming gift from philanthropists Mr. and Mrs. Lee Caplin establishing the Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media,” the university said Tuesday. “The gift, one of the largest donations to a journalism and media program in the State University System of Florida, supports and underscores the Caplin School’s commitment to inclusivity (86% of students identify as a minority), access to excellence, techquity, and preparing career-ready, multilingual (English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole) professionals in the fields of journalism, digital media, animation, broadcast media, and film. . . .”
- While “most Americans do not perceive covid-19 to be as dangerous as it was in 2020 or 2021, many readers have asked how to reduce their chances of contracting and spreading the coronavirus during holiday gatherings,” Dr. Leana S. Wen wrote Nov. 17 for The Washington Post. “Here are five tips for assessing and managing covid-19 risk: (1) Determine your level of risk tolerance. . . . (2) If you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner, know your guests’ preferences. . . . (3) Consider a voluntary quarantine. . . . (4) Prepare what you can. . . . (5) Plan for different scenarios. . . .”
- The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, “America’s Black think tank,” produced FOCUS magazine, “a monthly publication that covered Black research and politics from 1972 to 2011,” the Washington-based Joint Center says. “Now, for the first time, viewers can virtually flip through over 300 issues from our FOCUS Magazine archives. Each magazine issue is also available to download, email, or share on social media. The Joint Center’s new iteration of this publication, FOCUS: Inside Black DC, can be found here.”
- “Allen Media Group (AMG) has secured a variety of sponsors and advertisers for the inaugural Byron Allen Presents theGrio Awards to air on CBS on Saturday, Nov. 26, at 8-10 p.m. ET/PT,” TV NewsCheck reported Tuesday. “Paramount+ Premium subscribers will have access to stream via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate.” TVNewsCheck wrote Monday, “Co-hosted by The Talk’s Sheryl Underwood and Taye Diggs, the Nov. 26 two-hour event honors Dave Chappelle, Ben Crump, Allyson Felix, Jennifer Hudson, Patti LaBelle, Queen Latifah, Norman Lear, Alena Analeigh McQuarter, Don Peebles, Tyler Perry, Robert F. Smith and Kenan Thompson.”
- “Ben Watson and ESPN co-analyst Peter Burns seem to have smoothed things over after an awkward scene unfolded on the set of SEC Network’s halftime show Saturday that resulted in Watson walking off the set after Burns cracked a joke about his wife,” Zach Koons reported Tuesday for Sports Illustrated. “Burns, who had not yet commented on the matter publicly, took to Twitter and apologized for crossing the line with his on-air remark. . . .”
- . . . Separately, Anjana Susarla asked Nov. 18 for the Conversation Africa, “What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest fires, and public health professionals trying to predict enrollment in health insurance exchanges have in common? They all rely on analyzing data from Twitter. . . .”
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s memoir, “My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives,” has made Kirkus Review’s list of best nonfiction books of the year. “A wonderful showcase of the work of an invaluable 20th-century journalist,” it said. (scroll down)
- “KASA Albuquerque, N.M. (‘Telemundo Nuevo México’), has promoted Edgardo Sanabria Mariani to news director,” Mark K. Miller wrote Monday for TVNewsCheck. “He will be in charge of the overall operations and performance of the station’s newsroom, including the news productions across multiple media platforms. He has been the station’s assistant news director since January 2022.”
- “Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lucretia Clemons is the latest addition to an odious list of appellate court jurists who craftily construct legal barriers specifically to bludgeon evidence that undermines the corrupted conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the acclaimed writer/activist who millions worldwide consider a ‘political prisoner,’ “ Linn Washington, Temple University professor, wrote Sunday for thiscantbehappening.net. Abu-Jamal, now 68, was convicted in 1982 of killing a Philadelphia policeman.
- “Thanks to a grant from News Corp Philanthropy, we’ve published this style guide and built an entire website dedicated to helping bridge the gap between the military and veteran communities and the media, writes Zack Baddorf, executive director of Military Veterans in Journalism. “We aim to accomplish this by offering context on complicated issues faced by our community, and by commissioning successful veterans in journalism to produce content that offers a deeper insight into military and veteran community issues. . . .”
- “Around one in four people living in Australia today are from a non-European cultural background. But they represent just 6.1 per cent of the journalists and presenters talking about current affairs on Australian TV – and no more than 1.3 per cent, if you just look at the commercial networks,” Meg Watson reported Tuesday for the Sydney Morning Herald. “This snapshot comes from the latest report from journalism non-profit Media Diversity Australia (MDA), produced in partnership with the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? 2.0 [PDF] is the second ‘report card’ from the group, surveying the diversity of Australian media. . . .”
- “The Association of Journalists of El Salvador (APES, for its Spanish acronym) fears for reporters in that country and has already taken preventive measures,” Luis Fernando Cascante reported Wednesday for the International Network of Journalists. In the rough English translation, Cascante continues, “For this reason, a group of 10 journalists left El Salvador to continue investigating gang-related issues, without suffering reprisals or future criminal charges. The law that punishes with 15 years in prison anyone who spreads information about gangs in El Salvador, as well as a series of legal reforms, [paves] the way to replicate the Nicaraguan case, where the [Daniel Ortega’s] dictatorship has imprisoned almost 200 opponents, among them journalists, activists and politicians. . . . “
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