Oct. 4 update: Ozy Media CEO claims his scandal-ridden company will reopen, but doesn’t explain how (CNBC)
A Week of Damaging Revelations Takes Its Toll
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A Week of Damaging Revelations Takes Its Toll
“Ozy Media, the digital media company that came under scrutiny for its business practices in recent days, announced on Friday that it was shutting down,” Ben Smith, the journalist whose New York Times column on Monday triggered a week of bad news for the company, reported Friday.
“ ‘At Ozy, we have been blessed with a remarkable team of dedicated staff,’ the company’s board of directors said in a statement. ‘Many of them are world-class journalists and experienced professionals to whom we owe tremendous gratitude and who are wonderful colleagues. It is therefore with the heaviest of hearts that we must announce today that we are closing Ozy’s doors.’
“The company, led by the former MSNBC anchor Carlos Watson, debuted in 2013. It attracted high-profile investors including Emerson Collective, the organization run by Laurene Powell Jobs, and Marc Lasry, a hedge fund manager and the co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks basketball franchise.
“In a statement last week, Emerson Collective distanced itself from Ozy, saying that it ‘did not participate in Ozy’s latest investment round and has not served on its board since 2019.’ On Thursday, Mr. Lasry resigned as the chairman of the Ozy board, saying in a statement, ‘I believe that going forward Ozy requires experience in areas like crisis management and investigations, where I do not have particular expertise.’ Ron Conway, a Silicon Valley investor and an early Ozy backer, said this week that he had returned his shares to the company.
“The announcement of the shutdown came five days after The New York Times published an article that raised questions about the company, including detailing an episode in which a top executive at Ozy appeared to have impersonated a YouTube executive during a conference call with Goldman Sachs bankers while the company was trying to raise $40 million. . . .”
Earlier Friday, Watson resigned from the board of directors of National Public Radio,” as the Hollywood Reporter reported.
“The board’s governance committee was scheduled to meet Friday in a special session where the matter was expected to come up. Watson had been a board member of NPR since 2016. . . .”
The online magazine Ozy.com is not targeted at African Americans, but Watson, its co-founder and its public face, is a Black journalist turned entrepreneur who, notably, managed to secure an early investment from, among others, the German media conglomerate Axel Springer, seemingly an out-of-the-box source.
The house of cards came tumbling down during Watson’s birthday week. He turned 52 on Wednesday.
Jon Allsop summarized that day in Columbia Journalism Review, “On Sunday, Ben Smith, the media columnist at the [New York] Times, reported that Samir Rao, a top executive at Ozy, a digital-media company, impersonated a YouTube staffer on a call with potential investors.
“Since then, Ozy has come under a harsh spotlight, with follow-up stories exploring other deceptions including its leaders’ apparent practice of attributing their own praiseful quotes about the company to other outlets that had quoted them; meanwhile, an Ozy festival in Miami was postponed, and Carlos Watson, the CEO, stepped back as host of tonight’s Documentary Emmy Awards.
“Ozy’s board initially backed Watson’s statement attributing Rao’s conduct to a mental-health crisis — but yesterday, it commissioned an investigation and asked Rao to go on leave.”
Watson replied to Smith’s piece on Monday with “a few important points to set the record straight,” but that did not stop the tide of negative news.
- Kerry Flynn, CNN: 18-hour days and panic attacks: Former Ozy staffers allege an abusive environment
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- Brian Welk and Antoinette Siu, The Wrap: Ozy Media Chairman Marc Lasry Resigns
More Diversity in AP’S Top Ranks
Sept. 30, 2021
Amanda Barrett One of Three Newly Named VPs
Was Cosby-R. Kelly Story Too Good to Check?
Modern-Day Child Slavery Makes Evening News
Host of NPR’s ‘Radio Ambulante’ Wins MacArthur
CBS Names Black Hearst Exec to Run L.A. Outlets
Race, Diversity Figure in Features Group Awards
Passings:
Nick Oza, Photographer
Myron Dewey, Native Filmmaker, Journalist
Lloyd Goings, Salesman for Native Press
Short Takes: Errol Louis; press freedom for journalists of color; Mark Thompson and Maria Ressa; digitizing Afro-American newspapers; David Betancourt and Marvel Voices; “inside America’s most dangerous penal system”; Johnson Publishing Co. landmark plaque; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Awards; Indian Country Today; Asian American Foundation, AAJA and hate crimes; Amy X. Wang; monitoring public broadcast diversity; Freddy Rolón; DeWayne Wickham; Killing of Colombian journalist; investigating journalists’ bank accounts; little attention to Ethiopian crisis; Journal-isms assistant editor position.
Homepage photo: AP photo introduces news cooperative’s diversity statements
Amanda Barrett One of Three Newly Named VPs
In her new job, one of three announced by Julie Pace, named executive editor on Sept. 1, “Amanda will have a relentless focus on how AP’s news is consumed online, by consumers on AP News and customers on AP Newsroom, as well on social media.
“At the heart of Amanda’s job is the audience experience — those we reach through our customers and the audiences we are growing on our own platforms and social media accounts. Amanda will also continue to oversee the Nerve Center and play a leading role in AP’s diversity and inclusion efforts, with the goal of ensuring that these priorities are shared and implemented across News.”
Others tapped were Brian Carovillano, who “takes on the new role of Vice President and Head of News Investigations, Enterprise, Grants and Partnerships,” and David Scott, who becomes vice president and head of news strategy and operations.
After the George Floyd killing by police last year, Barrett, then a deputy managing editor, wrote a piece headlined, “AMERICAN DIARY: To be black and a journalist at this moment.”
“Part of me wants to go off and join the fight,” Barrett confided. “To put aside my journalistic reserve and give full voice to my anger, my disappointment that my country doesn’t always live up to its lofty ideals of equality and justice. To build a brighter future like it seemed on ‘Star Trek,’ where races, nationalities and even species lived together in mutual respect and Lt. Uhura’s presence as a respected, competent black officer assured little Amanda of her place among them.
“But I’m doing my part right where I am. I’m telling stories that help readers understand the world around them. I’m sharing the voices of the unheard and holding those in power accountable. Just as important, I am working to make our newsrooms more accurately reflect the communities we cover and to make our storytelling and our decision-making more inclusive.
“My voice is the voice of facts and context. My voice is the hope that they can bring the understanding and, eventually, the equality that my country’s founding documents promise.
“My space is the newsroom.
“I’m good here.”
- Richard Fowler, Forbes: As More Oppressive Voting Rules Emerge, Black Women Journalists Lead The Headlines
Was Cosby-R. Kelly Story Too Good to Check?
“Though Absolutely No One Asked, Bill Cosby Apparently Has Some Thoughts About R. Kelly,” proclaimed a headline Wednesday on The Root. “R. KELLY GOT ‘RAILROADED’ IN SEX CRIMES TRIAL!!!: Cosby Rep Predicts Successful Appeal,” said TMZ. “Bill Cosby feels R. Kelly ‘got railroaded’ at sex-trafficking trial,” declared The New York Post.
And Thursday: “Bill Cosby Says R. Kelly Was ‘Railroaded’ In Guilty Verdict, Proving They Are Cut From The Same Damn Cloth,” bannered Madam Noire.
For one thing, despite The Root headline, reporters did ask him his thoughts about R. Kelly.
For another, Wyatt said, he told the reporters that Cosby had no position on Kelly’s conviction. “Mr. Cosby said nothing,” Wyatt said. The spokesman did say, speaking for himself and referring to Black men, “what we’ve seen is a lot of men get railroaded.”
Wyatt said he was sought out by TMZ and the New York Post, not by The Root [or Madam Noire], and told TMZ he would not go on camera about the issue.
- Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times: The music industry coddled R. Kelly. Television helped take him down
- Deepti Hajela, Associated Press: In R. Kelly verdict, Black women see long-overdue justice
- Eric Deggans, NPR: R. Kelly And Britney TV Docs Tap Into ‘Consequence Culture,’ Not Cancel Culture (Aug. 23)
- dream hampton, Washington Post: R. Kelly’s been convicted. Now it’s time to focus on the safety and future of survivors.
Modern-Day Child Slavery Makes Evening News
“The sunset over Lake Volta masks the sinister depths below. Rickety vessels are filled with young boys, trapped — like the fish they catch — and forced to dive deep to free entangled nets,” Debora Patta reported Tuesday for the “CBS Evening News.”
“Driven by poverty, thousands of children are fishing there — some work in the family business, but many have been sold into modern-day slavery.
“The United Nations estimates one in 10 children — about 160 million kids — is forced to work. Many are doing so in horrifying conditions. . . .”
It was a rare story about modern-day slavery on a major American network evening newscast.
The Ghanaian embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.
From Ghana, Eric Peasah told Journal-isms he has led the rescue of more than 1,000 children from the Volta Lake in Ghana and other girls from different countries.
“There was a story on New York Times about my work in [2006] that [led] to a show on Oprah,” Peasah messaged Thursday. “But there is the need for more stories to create awareness.”
- Ana Carmo with Urmila Bhoola, Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery: Contemporary slavery often ‘invisible and clandestine’: UN rights expert (audio) (Oct. 30, 2019)
- Human Rights Council, United Nations: Follow up report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on his follow-up visit to the Republic of Ghana [PDF]
Host of NPR’s ‘Radio Ambulante’ Wins MacArthur
“Daniel Alarcón, an Assistant Professor of Journalism, a celebrated novelist and co-creator of the award-winning Spanish-language podcast Radio Ambulante, has been named a 2021 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the foundation announced today,” Columbia Journalism School reported Tuesday.
“Also known as the ‘Genius Grant,’ the fellowship recognizes ‘people of outstanding talent’ across a variety of disciplines, including artists, writers, scientists, teachers, and entrepreneurs. Described as an investment in the ‘originality, insight, and potential’ of its recipients, the fellowship comes with a stipend of $625,000 to encourage the continuation of their work. . . .”
NPR’s Leila Fadel asked Alarcon in an interview Tuesday, “You are multicultural, if you will — born in Peru, grew up in Alabama. How much does that influence the way you approach storytelling?”
Alarcón responded, “Well, I grew up in the 1980s in a very nice sort of quiet suburb of Birmingham, Ala., at a time when Peru was going through a cataclysmic war and terrorism and violence. And the juxtaposition of those two experiences really left a mark on me.
“I feel like I emerged from adolescence with a kind of survivor’s guilt wondering by what accident of migration my family had been spared something that was really traumatic for my family directly. And so I guess I was always, especially in my early fiction, trying to figure out who I would have been if I’d stayed — if we’d stayed — and then more to the point as a journalist, trying to sort of extrapolate that to other countries and try to understand other realities. So it’s always there in my work.”
“Dr. Fleetwood, 48, who is also a professor of media, culture and communication at New York University, curated an exhibition by the same name that won praise after its debut at MoMA PS1 last year,” Matt Stevens and Jennifer Schuessler reported for The New York Times. “In the book and the accompanying museum exhibition, Dr. Fleetwood delves into the cultural and aesthetic significance of the art made by incarcerated people. . . .”
CBS Names Black Hearst Exec to Run L.A. Outlets
“The Washington, D.C., native plans to join CBS in Los Angeles on Oct. 18. Vilmenay has spent two decades with Hearst Television, including as president and general manager of its NBC affiliate in New Orleans, WDSU-TV Channel 6, since 2007.
“Vilmenay also will be responsible for the digital news operation, CBSN Los Angeles, and the L.A. stations’ local news website.
“He replaces Jay Howell, who was ousted in July after a six-month internal review into alleged misconduct in the stations group. CBS opened its inquiry after a Los Angeles Times investigation in January revealed allegations of racism, misogyny and misconduct by longtime CBS managers. The series found that the highest-ranking station managers cultivated an environment that included bullying female executives and blocking efforts to hire and retain Black journalists. . . .”
“I would compare shoe shining to an artist painting a painting,” Jessie Thibideaux said in an award-winning piece by Bronte Wittpenn in the Austin American-Statesman. “He’s taking his time, he’s making sure the colors are right, the patterns are right, the balance is right. I see an empty canvas I’m about to turn into a masterpiece.” (Credit: Bronte Wittpenn/Austin American-Statesman)
Race, Diversity Figure in Features Group Awards
The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., the Los Angeles Times and columnists Jenee Osterheldt of the Boston Globe and Tony Norman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette were among the winners in Society for Features Journalism Excellence-in-Features Awards.
Osterheldt was cited for the Globe series “A Beautiful Resistance.”
The judges said, “A beautiful online presentation of this series accompanies lovely, evocative essays, videos and photography on Black culture and history in the United States. The project is well-packaged and easy to navigate. While so much of the media’s coverage has focused – and rightly so – on the longstanding historical injustices visited upon Black Americans, this project explores a little-addressed corner of what it means to be Black in America: The joy, resilience and history as told by the Black Americans living it.”
Osterheldt told readers about the series in December: “It wasn’t just what I’ve seen this summer and this year. It’s kind of the long lasting, persistent narrative of what it means to be Black in America as defined by [gatekeepers] in the media, which tends to always be through the lens of brutality, always through the lens of inequity and suffering. And while white supremacy is a reality in America and so is inequity, and blackness is not a burden, that suffering does not define us. It’s not who we are.”
Osterheldt won first place in the commentary category for the 200,000-circulation and up category. She was also a winner in the “diversity in digital features” category.
“These are powerful stories of people, masterfully told,” the judges said. “Even when writing about personalities who lived centuries ago – as she did in a deeply reported, deftly constructed project about long-neglected Black landmarks – Jennifer manages to summon their humanity.
“As finely crafted as that ambitious piece is, the two contemporary tales are even better – one about a sheriff’s fall from grace after a traumatic sniper incident and the other about the healing process that drew people and a dog together after a bicyclist’s fatal accident. In each case, Jennifer works the story tirelessly, winning the trust of her subjects and staying with the tale through its natural denouement. This is superb work that subtly commands the reader’s empathy without any false notes of sentimentality or lazy writing.”
Hawes also won for “Forsaken History: In Charleston’s 350th Year, Key Places and Stories in City’s Racial Past Long Neglected.”
Evan F. Moore of the Chicago Reader was praised for “This Land Is My Land.”
“This story is an impressive and moving account of one man’s journey to reclaim a part of his family’s land and history,” judges said. “Though told as a personal narrative, the scope of the story is wide – Evan deftly uncovers America’s forgotten and ugly history in the Tulsa Massacre and violence against Black Americans, while simultaneously celebrating Black communities and entrepreneurship. A moving narrative arc paired with one of the most impactful issues of our time make this feature a winner.”
Among the Los Angeles Times’ 15 awards was one for “The Chicano Moratorium: 50 Years Later.” The judge said, “This is an exceptionally well-done and eye-opening series about the 1970 protest against the Vietnam War, and the presentation is gorgeous. The writing, especially the ‘Loss of Innocence’ story by Daniel Hernandez, is evocative and clear.
Another winning team, for diversity in digital features, was Laura Bauer, Judy Thomas, Eric Adler of the Kansas City Star for “Throwaway kids.”
“Over the past few years, there has been a fear that journalism that makes a difference will disappear from regional newspapers. Well, The Kansas City Star is here to say, ‘Not today, not today.’ This engrossing, five-part dive into the foster-home-to-prison-pipeline — and how it has negatively impacted thousands of Americans who now languish behind bars — is well-reported, solidly written and accompanied by an abundance of excellent videos, photos and podcast-style interviews with the writers. There are so many entry points and each offers insight. In short: fantastic work.”
The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk won 11 awards, including one for Joanne Kimberlin’s “Afghan Activist in Newport News Caught Between Heart and Homeland as Peace Talks Begin With Taliban.”
Judges said, “This is a superbly constructed story about Sarina Faizy, an Afghan activist living in Virginia. We were hooked from the opening sentences: ‘From a house in Newport News, Sarina Faizy watches events on the other side of the globe. A foot in both worlds. A knot in her stomach.’ In the piece, Joanne paints a picture of Faizy in her American home (yes, sometimes she breaks taboo and goes swimming!) and interweaves her current life with her role as a teenage, female member of Kandahar’s provincial council. The tone is upbeat but honest about the brutalities that await women such as Faizy if the Taliban regain power.”
In addition, Robert Morast, Sarah Feldberg and Alex Fong of the San Francisco Chronicle won a first-place award for integrated storytelling — told “through the integrated use of print, online, social media, video and any other platform” — for “The Throughline.“
“This wildly ambitious project looks at how the coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter movement will influence San Francisco’s future – its bike paths and city layout, its artists and . . . its education, its search for racial justice,” judges said. “Using print and online resources, the result is a vibrant, thought-provoking and entertaining piece of stellar work that looks at what the city could be. We often say that journalists write the first draft of history; with this glorious project, The Chronicle is writing the first draft of the future.”
Passings
Nick Oza, Photographer
“Oza, who joined The Arizona Republic’s photo staff in 2006, was known for an immersive style of photography, working as a documentarian and following individuals through life-changing events. His signature images captured emotion, often expressed through a subject’s eyes or hands.
“Though he often was with people as they suffered through trying times — cleaning up a hurricane-ravaged house, anxious about a looming deportation — Oza had a disarming personality that put subjects at ease.
“Though he spoke limited Spanish, Oza became well known in the community of Latino immigrants in Phoenix.
“He often documented protest actions. And he was often pegged to cover longer-term projects about immigrant issues and people.
“Many of those projects came from Oza himself, whose drive to find compelling visuals naturally spilled into discovering great stories.
“Oza died early Monday. He had been hospitalized since Sept. 3, when a single-vehicle car accident in Phoenix left him seriously injured. . . .”
Myron Dewey, Native Filmmaker, Journalist
“Dewey founded Digital Smoke Signals, a media production company that shared live frontline footage during the 2016 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota. His drone footage of the DAPL protests garnered recognition for the cause and elevated his status as a journalist covering environmental and Indigenous issues. . . .”
“Dewey was Newe-Numah/ Paiute-Shoshone from the Walker River Paiute Tribe, Agui Diccutta Band (Trout Eaters) and Temoke Shoshone,” Vincent Schilling wrote for Indian Country Today.
Lloyd Goings, Salesman for Native Press
“He even amazed me because he was bringing in accounts none of my sales people had ever been able to reach. It turned out [that] Lloyd was also a used car salesman on the side. He always had an old car that he was promoting and quite often ended up selling the car to one of my employees.”
Giago also wrote, “A few weeks ago we put up a sign on our office door that all visitors had to wear a mask. We even put a box of masks at the front door. Well, Lloyd didn’t like the idea at all, but he complied with it. He forced himself to wear a mask at our office, but refused to wear one outside of the office. He was against getting vaccinated also.
“Last week Lloyd paid the price for neglecting to take care of himself. He came down with COVID-19, fought it for a couple of days at home, but when they finally got him to a hospital it was too late.
“We lost our good friend Lloyd Goings last Tuesday. . . .” He would have been 75 on Oct. 8.
- Justin Baragona, Daily Beast: ‘The View’ Gets Emotional While Addressing On-Air COVID Chaos
- Rong-Gong Lin II and Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times: Black L.A. residents have highest COVID hospitalization rate: ‘A deplorable reality’
- Renée Graham, Boston Globe: Don’t mock the anti-vaxxers who die from COVID
- New York Amsterdam News: Vaccine uptick found in African Americans, but access and misinformation still confounds community
- Erin Woo, New York Times: How Covid Misinformation Created a Run on Animal Medicine
Short Takes
- “While press freedom is established in the ‘supreme law of the land,’ those who are charged with enforcing the law tend to enforce it selectively,” Ben Camacho and Jayrol San Jose wrote Wednesday for the Poynter Institute’s The Collective, a “newsletter by journalists of color for journalists of color and our allies.” Camacho and San Jose wrote, “The first night that we covered the protesting in downtown Los Angeles, police lines became impassable and often unapproachable radiuses that promised a use of force (usually by the pointing of a rubber-coated-steel-bullet gun barrel our way). While these types of interactions with police and sheriff’s departments were the norm for us, we witnessed taller, older, agency-backed, white press photographers cross the police lines with a simple nod. . . .”
- The AFRO-American Newspapers has a daunting task ahead: . . .In July 2021, AFRO Charities received a $535,000 grant from #StartSmall, Jack Dorsey’s philanthropic initiative, to support the digitization of The AFRO American Newspapers’ full photo archive, and the creation of an artificial intelligence-informed online research interface,” the Local Media Association reported. “This grant will cover the staffing and equipment needs for the first two years of this project. . . .”
- “A five-part series taking readers inside America’s most dangerous penal system earned The Marshall Project and Mississippi Today the 2021 Collier Prize for State Government Accountability,” the University of Florida announced Wednesday. The $25,000 award, offered by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC), is one of the largest journalism prizes in the nation.” ‘Mississippi Penal System, Uncovered’ was a five-part series reported over several months by Michelle Liu, Joseph Neff, Alysia Santo, and Anna Wolfe, with data analysis and graphics from Andrew R. Calderon and Weihua Li, the Marshall Project said. “It was edited by Leslie Eaton.“
- The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press presented the 2021 Freedom of the Press Awards Tuesday to J. Scott Applewhite, the Associated Press; Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald; Amal Clooney, Clooney Foundation for Justice; Jane Mayer, The New Yorker; and Rising Star Award Winner Laura Moscoso, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo. The 50th anniversary celebration was hosted by Kristen Welker of NBC News.
- “Breaking news: IndiJ Public Media, the company that brings you Indian Country Today, is now officially a ‘public charity’ under the law also known as a 501(c)(3) organization. We are an independent, nonprofit news company,” Mark Trahant, editor of Indian Country Today, wrote readers on Sept. 24. “This has been a long process. And a quick one.”
- “An advocacy organization founded last spring in response to anti-Asian racism announced Tuesday it has awarded more than $1.5 million in grants to combat a rise in hate incidents, including partnerships with activists in New York, Chicago and Oakland, Calif.,” David Nakamura reported Tuesday for The Washington Post. The national groups that have joined Asian American Foundation’s network include the Asian American Journalists Association.
- “Filmmaker Grace Lee is hosting a podcast that examines public TV’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion amid criticism of the system’s DEI practices,” Julian Wyllie reported for Current. “The podcast, Viewers Like Us, debuted Wednesday. Episodes will be released twice a month, though its producers say that schedule may change. . . .”
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- “Colombian authorities must thoroughly investigate the killing of journalist Marcos Efraín Montalvo, determine if he was targeted for his work, and bring those responsible to justice,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. “On September 19, in the western city of Tuluá, an unidentified man with a pistol entered a store where Montalvo was talking with a friend and fatally shot the journalist four times in the chest, according to news reports and security footage of the shooting. The gunman did not rob the store and immediately fled on a motorcycle, according to those reports.”
- “Bangladesh authorities must immediately drop their investigations into the bank accounts of 12 members of the press and commit to allowing the media to operate freely and independently,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.
- “The sudden fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban has rightly drawn much of the world’s ire and attention,” Isha Sesay, Masai Ujiri, Gbenga Akinnagbe and Liz Agbor-Tabi wrote Wednesday for CNN. “And yet, much to our distress, for nearly a year the world has paid comparatively little attention to another brutal and escalating conflict; the catastrophic violence in Ethiopia that is affecting the lives of millions and imperiling stability in the Horn of Africa. . . . Two million people have been displaced, more than 350,000 are facing famine, and millions more are in need of emergency food aid. . . .”
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