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Rules Issued for News Conference Conduct

One of the pro-press tweets that circulated after the White House pulled Jim Acosta’s “hard pass” last week.  On Monday, CNN dropped its lawsuit after the White House ended its effort to suspend Acosta’s pass.

Rules Issued for News Conference Conduct

“The Trump White House in a letter says it is dropping its effort to suspend the press pass belonging to CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta but has outlined a set of rules that, if they aren’t followed, ‘may result in suspension or revocation’ of a journalist’s press pass,” Cheyenne Haslett reported Monday for ABC News.

Paul Farhi and Meagan Flynn added for the Washington Post, “It was apparently an about-face from the position that press secretary Sarah Sanders and deputy chief of staff Bill Shine staked out just three days ago when they told Acosta and CNN that they will suspend his press pass again once a temporary restraining order against such an action expires. The 14-day order was issued Friday, and unless the judge extends it, it would expire at the end of the month. . . .”

As Brian Stelter and David Shortell reported for CNN, “Trump seemed to shrug off the loss that day, telling Fox’s Chris Wallace in an interview that ‘it’s not a big deal.’

The ABC report continued, ” ‘Your hard pass is restored,’ White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine wrote to Acosta. ‘Should you refuse to follow these rules in the future, we will take action in accordance with the rules,’ they wrote after outlining the rules. Trump was ‘aware of this decision and concurs,’ according to the letter. . . .

“The letter from the White House outlines four rules: a journalist ‘will ask a single question and then will yield the floor to other journalists,’ follow-up questions will be permitted ‘at the discretion of the president or other White House officials taking questions,’ ‘yielding the floor’ is defined as ‘physically surrendering’ the microphone and, lastly, ‘failure to abide’ by any of the rules may result in ‘suspension or revocation of the journalist’s hard pass.’

“Acosta was stripped of his press pass without warning earlier this month after a heated exchange during a press conference with President Donald Trump one day after the midterm elections. His press pass was temporarily restored by a court order Friday and the judge ordered both legal teams to submit a status report detailing how they would like to proceed by 3 p.m. on Monday.

“The Friday ruling guaranteed Acosta use of his press pass to the White House through the end of the month. But over the weekend, the White House wasted no time informing Acosta of a ‘preliminary decision’ to suspend his pass after that period is up. Lawyers for CNN responded Monday by filing for an emergency hearing the week after Thanksgiving, ‘or as soon thereafter as possible.’

“CNN has since dropped its suit saying in a statement ‘Today the White House fully restored Jim Acosta’s press pass. As a result, our lawsuit is no longer necessary. We look forward to continuing to cover the White House.’ . . .”

Judge Rules for CNN, Jim Acosta

Nov. 17, 2018

Press Credentials Restored, but a Note of Caution

Khashoggi’s Killers Messed With ‘the Wrong Editor’

Trump ‘Played’ Media on ‘Caravan’

Coverage Falls as President Moves On

Comcast to Add Two More Black Channels

Harvard Crimson Gets First Black Female President

Wall St. Journal Seeks New ‘Tone’ on Diversity

Memphis Reporter Gets 2-Week Stay on Deportation

Reported Hate Crimes Rise for Third Year

58% in Poll Don’t Want Trump Re-Elected

Short Takes

Press Credentials Restored, but a Note of Caution

“A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to restore the press credentials of Jim Acosta of CNN, handing the cable network an early win in its lawsuit against the president and members of his administration,” Michael M. Grynbaum and Emily Baumgaertner reported for the New York Times.

However, their story raised a note of caution:

“ ‘This could backfire,’ said William L. Youmans, a professor of media law at George Washington University. Mr. Acosta ‘gets his credential now, but it empowers the Trump administration to come up with conduct-based criteria.’

“ ‘A “rudeness” or “aggressive behavior” policy would have a huge chilling effect, and would be much more damaging to the whole system,’ Dr. Youmans added. ‘If it lowers the bar for pulling credentials, it’s a recipe for a more tepid press.’ . . .

” The case underscored that the entree granted to the White House press corps, which has worked out of the West Wing for decades, relies on custom rather than any legal framework. . . .”

Grynbaum and Baumgaertner wrote, “Presiding over one of the first major tests of press rights under President Trump, Judge Timothy J. Kelly of United States District Court in Washington ruled that the White House had behaved inappropriately in stripping Mr. Acosta of his press badge shortly after a testy exchange at a news conference last week.

“The administration’s process for barring the correspondent ‘is still so shrouded in mystery that the government could not tell me’ who made the decision, Judge Kelly said from the bench. Taking away the pass that gave Mr. Acosta access to the White House amounted to a violation of his right to a fair and transparent process, the judge ruled.’. . .”

Jason Schwartz added for Politico: “Kelly said Friday that he was not ruling on whether the White House violated Acosta’s First Amendment rights by targeting him for his coverage — emphasizing what he called ‘the very limited nature of today’s ruling’ — but he said it appeared officials had yanked the reporter’s press pass without any advance notice or chance to rebut. . . .

“Kelly also noted the White House’s shifting explanations, highlighting that the administration was no longer relying on its initial justification — that Acosta had laid hands on an intern, which was disputed by video of the incident — and that it was only after the lawsuit was filed that the White House fully laid out its argument that Acosta had been banned for disruptive behavior.

“ ‘These belated efforts were hardly sufficient to satisfy due process,’ Kelly said.

“Kelly’s decision Friday does not end the overall case, but it was seen by press advocates as a good sign. . . .”

Paul Farhi wrote for the Washington Post, “CNN issued a statement after the ruling saying, ‘We are gratified with this result and we look forward to a full resolution in the coming days. Our sincere thanks to all who have supported not just CNN, but a free, strong and independent American press.’

“Acosta added: ‘I just want to thank all my colleagues in the press who supported me this week. I want to thank the judge [for this ruling]. And let’s go back to work.”

“In comments made in the Oval Office afterward, Trump said the White House would write rules to satisfy the court’s due-process concerns. He added, ‘We will end up back in court and we will win.’

“Said Trump, ‘We want total freedom of the press…But you have to act with respect when you’re at the White house, and when I see the way some of my people get treated at news conferences, it’s terrible. So we’re setting up a certain standard, which is what the court is requesting…We always have the option of leaving…and the other media and press in the room won’t be happy.’ ”

Brian Stelter, Marshall Cohen, David Shortell and Jessica Schneider added for CNN, “Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, one of the six defendants in the case, did not specify whether the administration would continue to fight the lawsuit in court. But she said ‘we will also further develop rules and processes to ensure fair and orderly press conferences in the future. There must be decorum at the White House.‘

“If the White House does not move to settle the case, a legal battle may continue for months.

“Kelly read his written opinion from the bench for nearly 20 minutes Friday morning.  . . .”

In a later story, Stelter wrote, “CNN won round one of its federal lawsuit against President Trump. But it was only round one. And no one knows how many more rounds there will be.

“We want to just simply move forward and let CNN and Jim Acosta gather news and report it,” CNN lawyer Ted Boutrous said in an interview on Friday.

“He said the law is ‘very clear in terms of how these things should proceed and what the White House can and can’t do.’

Boutrous said CNN would welcome a settlement of the lawsuit, now that Judge Timothy J. Kelly has sided with CNN and forced the government to return Acosta’s press pass for the time being.

“In these situations, Boutrous said, ‘you look for a resolution that makes the most sense so everyone can get out of court and get back to their work. And that goes for the White House and for the journalists. So we’re open to anything.’ . . .”

• Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times: Why the ‘P’ word — propaganda — might be best for what we’re seeing on our TV screens
• Ballard Spahr LLP (on behalf of media organizations): Statement on Decision in CNN, et al. v. Trump, et al.
• National Association of Black Journalists: NABJ Applauds CNN White House Credential Reinstatement
• PEN America: Judge’s Ruling on CNN’s Jim Acosta’s White House Press Credentials a Win for Press Freedom
• Society of Professional Journalists: SPJ applauds judge’s decision to reinstate Acosta’s press pass
• White House Correspondents’ Association: WHCA Statement on Order Restoring White House Press Pass

Khashoggi’s Killers Messed With ‘the Wrong Editor’

“The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, contradicting the Saudi government’s claims that he was not involved in the killing, according to people familiar with the matter,” Shane Harris , Greg Miller and Josh Dawsey reported Friday for the Washington Post.

Khashoggi’s editor, Karen Attiah, tweeted, “Saudi Ambassador Khalid Bin Salman needs to be declared persona non grata, and formally expelled from Washington.”

She also tweeted, “I said it before, and I will say it again. #Khashoggi’s killers messed with the wrong paper (@WashingtonPost)

“And in me, the wrong editor.”

Attiah had vowed to keep the case in the public eye.

In response to a question, Attiah also wrote, “Here are a few names of people who Jamal #khashoggi mentioned in his columns that are sitting in Saudi prisons unjustly:

“Loujain Hathloul.

“Essam Al Zamel. (@essamz)

“Aziza Yousef.

“Saleh al-Shehi.”

Trump ‘Played’ Media on ‘Caravan’

Coverage Falls as President Moves On

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“In the past few days, many members of the media have pointed out a sudden change in President Trump’s priorities,” Brian Stelter wrote for CNN on Thursday. “In the closing week of the midterm campaign, Trump mentioned the migrants traveling through Mexico toward the US southern border more than 60 times. He portrayed the migrants as an imminent threat and parroted Fox’s use of the word ‘invasion’ to describe the travelers. He pushed to keep the migrants in the news.

“And yet Trump has only used the word ‘caravan’ once since election day, and it was almost in passing, at a news conference the next day. The migrants are still heading north, but you’d barely know it from Trump’s behavior.

“So here’s the thing: Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, predicted this would happen.

” ‘Right before the election, they try to scare the heck out of you,’ Obama said in a blunt critique of the GOP on October 26. ‘And then the election comes, and suddenly the problem is magically gone. Everything’s great. “I’m sorry, what did we say?” ‘

“This, Obama said, ‘is what happened in 2010, this is what happened in 2012, what happened in 2014, just over and over and over again, they’ll just run these same stories and then after the election, suddenly they’re not interested anymore.’

“He brought up three past examples and used each one to criticize Republican messaging techniques.

• “In the run-up to the 2010 midterms, the recent passage of Obamacare fueled rage on the right. ‘They said government bureaucrats are going to kill your granny. Remember? “Death panels.” Then right after the election, what death panels? Didn’t exist,” Obama said.
• “In the run-up to the 2014 midterms, the Ebola outbreak was a big story. At the time, then-businessman Trump argued that Ebola patients should not be allowed to enter the US for treatment. Obama described the faux panic this way: ‘Ebola’s going to kill everybody. Gotta keep everybody out.’
• “In 2016, he said, ‘it was Hillary’s emails. Terrible! That’s all you could read about, emails, emails, oh man, threatening our national security, irresponsible. They didn’t actually care about it because if they did, they’d be up in arms right now about the fact that the Chinese are listening to our President’s unsecured iPhone, which he leaves in his golf cart! What happened? What happened? You know, this was a national security threat. You remember?’

“So that was Obama’s argument: Republicans shamelessly hype certain stories for electoral advantage.

“His comments doubled as a critique of the media, too. And they’re interesting to re-read in light of the midterm results.

“The ‘caravan’ received daily news coverage when the migrants set out on foot in Honduras in October. Some journalists, in retrospect, thought the amount of attention was excessive, given how far away the migrants were from the US border. Some news outlets produced excellent and nuanced stories about the travelers and their reasons for fleeing Central America. But other outlets, particularly on the pro-Trump side, portrayed the travelers as a threat and sowed conspiracy theories about who was behind the journey.

“As election day neared, many news outlets pulled back on the daily coverage. But Trump talked about the topic practically every day, either on Twitter, in interviews or at rallies. Many of his media boosters on Fox News did the same. So the topic hung in the air. . . .”

• Wayne Bennett, the Field Negro: Tribalism or racism?
• Michael Calderone, “Morning Media,” Politico: 2018 election continues — ‘Caravan’ coverage fades . . .
• Meagan Flynn, Washington Post: Lou Dobbs casually makes up story that ‘many’ illegal immigrants voted in midterms and had ‘immense impact’
• Latino Rebels: The Migrant Caravan Is Not an ‘Army’ (VIDEO) (Oct. 23)
• Jon Levine, the Wrap: Migrant Caravan Coverage Plummeted After Midterms 
• Alex Nowrasteh, Cato Institute: Does the Migrant Caravan Pose a Serious Terrorism Risk? (Oct. 23)
• Alex Pareene, HuffPost: In Journalism About Race, A Tinge Of Denial (Nov. 6)
• Reed Richardson, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: Who, Us? Corporate Media Ignore Their Role in Trump’s Refugee ‘Invasion’ Panic
• Asawin Suebsaeng and Maxwell Tani, Daily Beast: Trump Shut Up About the Caravan After the Election. Fox News Can’t Seem to Let It Go.
• Washington Office on Latin America: 9 Questions (and Answers) About the Central American Migrant Caravan (Oct. 22)
• Laura Weiss, “Latino USA”: A Humanitarian Exodus (Oct. 23)

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Comcast to Add Two More Black Channels

“Comcast has selected TV One’s Cleo TV and Afrotainment’s Afro as the latest independent channels to receive broad distribution on its cable systems to fulfill commitments made as part of Comcast’s 2011 acquisition of NBCUniversal,” Cynthia Littleton reported Thursday for Variety.

“Cleo TV (video) will target young women of color. Afro (video) is described as a ‘polycultural black network’ featuring movies, acquired and original TV series and other programming representing black cultures in the U.S. and beyond. Both channels will debut on Comcast’s platform in January.

“ ‘The offerings from both Afro and Cleo TV serve as an excellent complement to the growing catalog of programming choices we offer about global black communities,’ said Keesha Boyd, executive director, of multicultural products at Comcast Cable.

” ‘We remain committed to delivering a wide array of programming by partnering with independent networks, such as the two we’re announcing today, to better serve our increasingly diverse customer base.’

“When it first acquired a majority stake in NBCU, Comcast set an agreement with the Justice Department to launch 10 new independently owned channels across its cable systems by 2019. Eight of those channels were to be owned or operated primarily by persons of color. To date, the cable giant has launched six such channels, including Sean Combs’ Revolt and Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network. Cleo TV and Afro will bring the tally to eight. . . .”

• Tabie Germain, Shadow League: Ice Cube, LL Cool J On The Hunt To Buy Several Sports TV Stations

Harvard Crimson Gets First Black Female President

“She was trying to focus on reading ‘Chokehold: Policing Black Men’ Sunday night,” Jeneé Osterheldt wrote Thursday for the Boston Globe.

“Rihanna’s voice sang from the speakers, ‘All this work, no vacation.’ But no song or book could keep Kristine E. Guillaume from checking her phone for a call that could make Harvard history.

“At 7:40 p.m., the phone rang, and she got the news: Guillaume had been voted the next president of the Harvard Crimson, leader of the student paper’s 146th Guard, and the first black woman to head the organization. . . .

Osterheldt also wrote, “”It’s been a few days, and she’s still taking it all in. Come January, the 20-year-old junior will become the third black president to lead the Crimson, America’s oldest published daily college paper, founded in 1873.

“ ‘It does make me feel weird that we’re still doing firsts,’ she said. ‘It’s about time. I’m nervous but excited. It’s a huge responsibility, and honestly it doesn’t feel real that I actually have the opportunity.’ . . .”

Wall St. Journal Seeks New ‘Tone’ on Diversity

Matt Murray became editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal in June, replacing Gerard Baker, who had been editor for five-and-a-half years. He said he and his managing editor, Karen Pensiero, are “improving the pipeline of the people coming in, improving our diversity, and helping people here take the next steps in their careers.

“I went to the NABJ this year, and Karen went to the NAHJ. We’re working hard to have a different tone in the newsroom and get the word out,” Chris Roush reported Thursday for Talking Biz News.

The acronyms stand for the National Association of Black Journalists and National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

In a Q-and-A with Roush, Murray said he was aware of gender discrimination. “Now, in our six key coverage drivers, half of the leaders in the U.S. are women. And half of our bureau chiefs are women.”

Murray also said, “In recruiting and hiring, one of the problems in the past is that hiring had gotten so decentralized, that the reality was diversity didn’t happen. So we’ve centralized hiring to look across the organization. We do not let our current managers hire managers or promote managers unless they look at diverse candidates.

Memphis Reporter Gets 2-Week Stay on Deportation

“A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that detained reporter Manuel Duran can have a two-week stay of deportation while it reviews his case,” Daniel Connolly reported Thursday for the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

” ‘The government is directed not to (deport Duran) prior to November 30, 2018. It is so ordered,’ the ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reads in part.

“The appeals court has not yet ruled on the underlying question of whether Duran’s immigration case should be reopened.

“Both an Atlanta immigration court and an immigration appeals board have denied Duran’s efforts to reopen the case and seek asylum, leaving an old deportation order in place.

“Duran is a longtime broadcaster with Spanish-language radio stations in the Memphis area and more recently was running his own online news outlet, Memphis Noticias. In April, he was arrested during a Memphis protest, leading to his transfer to immigration detention and triggering a complex legal fight.

“Duran originally comes from El Salvador. He has said threats related to his journalism in El Salvador prompted him to leave that country. . . .”

Reported Hate Crimes Rise for Third Year

“Reported hate crimes in America rose 17 percent last year, the third consecutive year that such crimes increased, according to newly released FBI data that showed an even larger increase in anti-Semitic attacks,” Devlin Barrett reported Tuesday for the Washington Post.

“Law enforcement agencies reported that 7,175 hate crimes occurred in 2017, up from 6,121 in 2016. That increase was fueled in part by more police departments reporting hate crime data to the FBI, but overall there is still a large number of departments that report no hate crimes to the federal database.

“The sharp increase in hate crimes in 2017 came even as overall violent crime in America fell slightly, by 0.2 percent, after increases in 2015 and 2016 . . .”

Meanwhile, “Hate crimes against Native Americans increased a whopping 63 percent in the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, according to new data released by the FBI,” Acee Agoyo reported Tuesday for indianz.com.

“Law enforcement agencies across the nation reported 251 hate crime incidents against American Indians and Alaska Natives in 2017. That represents a significant jump from the 154 incidents seen as the Barack Obama era came to a close. . . .”

58% in Poll Don’t Want Trump Re-Elected

“A Monmouth University poll out Wednesday found that though the president’s approval rating stands fairly steady at 43 percent, only 37 percent of registered voters want to see him reelected, compared to 58 percent of voters who want someone new in the Oval Office come January 2021,” Caitlin Oprysko reported for Politico.

“Those who don’t want to see Trump reelected predictably varies by party, but 16 percent — not an insignificant number — of Republicans say Trump should be a one-term leader, according to the poll, while 92 percent of Democrats and 58 percent of independents said the same. . . .”

• Rekha Basu, Des Moines Register: Not a blue wave, but brown, black, female, Muslim ones explain mixed election results
• Rekha Basu, Des Moines Register: Rep. Steve King’s re-election shows sowing division still pays. But it won’t always.
• Jarvis DeBerry, NOLA.com | Times-Picayune: Louisiana’s new unanimous jury law puts pressure on Oregon to follow suit
• Hannah Giorgis, the Atlantic: Oprah, Cousin Pookie, and the Long Tradition of Shaming Black Voters (Nov. 8) 
• Renée Graham, Boston Globe: For Trump, some votes are more equal than others
• Emil Guillermo, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund: A new divided America after the midterm elections, but Trump? Still the same. (Nov. 7)
• Akela Lacy, the Intercept: House Committee Leadership Is About to Get a Lot Less White. What That Means Remains to Be Seen
• John McCaullough, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: When Media Say ‘Working Class,’ They Don’t Necessarily Mean Workers — but They Do Mean White
• Mary Annette Pember, Indian Country Today: Witnessing history on Native Election Night
• Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: The media’s eagerness to discount the ‘blue wave’ feeds a dangerous problem
• Mark Trahant, Indian Country Today: Election lessons for Indian Country
• Vann R. Newkirk II, the Atlantic: Did Minority Voters Dethrone Scott Walker?

Short Takes

• On the death at 95 of Stan Lee, the face of Marvel Comics, Stereo Williams of the Daily Beast wrote Tuesday, “A 1968 post from Lee’s mail column has been making the rounds in the wake of his death. In it, Lee makes plain his stance on racism. ‘Let’s lay it right on the line. Bigotry and racism are among the deadliest social ills plaguing the world today. But, unlike a team of costumed super-villains, they can’t be halted with a punch in the snoot, or a zap from a ray gun. The only way to destroy them is to expose them — to reveal them for the insidious evils they really are. . . .”
• The National Association of Hispanic Journalists filled four vacancies Saturday. Jose Diaz, a Foreign Desk producer at CBS News is Region 2 director; Rafael Olmeda, reporter for the South Florida SunSentinel and a former NAHJ president, is vice president/print; Mirta Ojito, senior director, news standards for Telemundo network, is Spanish at large officer; and Rodrigo Cervantes, Mexico City bureau chief for KJZZ-FM in Phoenix, secretary.
• The Baltimore-based Afro-American newspaper is discontinuing the regular use of freelancers. Frances Draper Murphy, chairman of the board and publisher, told Journal-isms Thursday by email, “Traditionally, the AFRO has recreated itself in whatever ways that supported the relevant, niche-based storytelling role we’ve maintained for more than 125 years. Our present mandate is no different. We have restructured our news gathering to have one dedicated writer for each of our three focus markets, and we will use freelancers as special coverage requires. This ‘new’ model allows us to have greater reach into the community and establish relationships in more effective ways that facilitate qualitative news gathering and reporting.” The three markets are Baltimore, Washington and Prince George’s County, Md.
• Simmons University, alma mater of Gwen Ifill, the late co-anchor of the “PBS NewsHour, ” has announced Priscilla Wiltshire-Bland ‘20 and Alexandra Bohanan ‘19 as inaugural recipients of the Ifill Scholarships. The scholarships were conferred on Wednesday, the second anniversary of her death. Some black alumnae continue to protest that the inaugural deanship of the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts, and Humanities went neither to a woman nor a person of color, as they say Ifill would have wished.

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  “Channing Dungey called a meeting Friday of ABC’s top executives and revealed to them that she would step down as the network’s entertainment president,” Daniel Holloway and Cynthia Littleton reported for Variety. “Within an hour, Disney went public with the news that Dungey would be succeeded by Karey Burke,  head of programming for ABC’s sibling cabler Freeform. . . .”  Lynette Rice of Entertainment described Dungey as “the ABC Entertainment president who made the bold decision to yank Roseanne after its star made a racist tweet  . . .”

• “The New York Times has opened up applications for its 7th annual New York Portfolio Review on March 30 and 31 in New York City,” Gannon Burgett wrote Tuesday for Digital Photography Review. He also wrote, ” ‘The first session, on Saturday, March 30, will be for photographers 21 and older,’ reads The New York Times announcement post. ‘Each participant will receive six private critiques. The second session, on Sunday, March 31, will be solely for photographers 18 to 27 and will consist of at least four private critiques for each participant, as well as free workshops on how to best present, promote and publish photographs.’ . . . “
• “Journalist April Simpson, associate editor at Current, has accepted a position as a staff writer at Stateline, the state policy reporting and analysis service from the Pew Charitable Trusts,” Dru Sefton wrote Wednesday for Current.org, which covers public broadcasting.
• “7-Eleven, an American icon and the world’s largest convenience store chain, has become the highest-profile target of a sweeping corporate immigration crackdown by President Trump,” Lauren Etter and Michael Smith reported Nov. 9 for Bloomberg Businessweek. On Jan. 10, for example, “immigration officers fanned out across America, serving inspection notices and arresting suspected undocumented workers at 98 7-Eleven stores in 17 states and Washington, D.C. Since then agents have raided several more, and Bloomberg has learned that ICE and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, N.Y., are engaged in criminal investigations of multiple franchises. . . .”
• “The Los Angeles Times has named Bill Addison, Eater’s national critic, and Patricia Escárcega, formerly the food critic for the Phoenix New Times, the new restaurant critics . . .,” the Times announced Friday. “Escárcega and Addison will bring weekly restaurant criticism back to The Times, which has been missing since the death of critic Jonathan Gold” on July 21.
• “Consider this: If the Bahamas, Jamaica, Aruba, the Virgin Islands are inundated by rising oceans, water heated by climate change, where will all those residents flee to seek shelter? South Florida, most likely,” the Miami Herald editorialized Sunday.  The Herald is part of “The Invading Sea,” a collaboration with the South Florida SunSentinel, Palm Beach Post and WLRN Public Media. “Nov. 11 marks the launch of a smart major campaign by the United Nations Economic and Social Council, which has adopted the idea — with added urgency — of helping create a climate change survival blueprint for the Caribbean. . . .”  The editorial concluded, “For the islands of the region, the possibility of turning into the lost land of Atlantis is no myth. . . .”

• In Brooklyn, N.Y., “‘Aunty!,’ an exhibit curated by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and Catherine E. McKinley, reveals photography’s role as a tool or weapon when investigating identity and empowerment,” Fayemi Shakur wrote Wednesday for the “Lens” blog in the New York Times. It is intended “to counter uninformed portrayals of African women as servile or sexual figures.”
• “Univision on Tuesday said that Dish Network has decided not to renew its carriage agreement for Univision Deportes Network, [broadening] the dispute between the two companies,” Jon Lafayette wrote for Broadcasting & Cable. He also reported, “Univision said that its sports channel is the No. 2 most-watched sports network on the satellite service and that Dish subscribers will be missing out on more than 1,100 soccer matches and tournaments. . . .”
• “Univision Communications reported a third-quarter loss as revenues fell, [programmings] cost rose and it wrote off English language digital assets,” Jon Lafayette reported Wednesday for Broadcasting & Cable. “The company lost $83.8 million compared to net income of $104 million a year ago. The results include a $96.1 million loss from discontinued operations, including digital assets that are being sold off as part of a strategic revenue. . . .”

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  “Nikki Delamotte, a cleveland.com culture reporter whose passionate storytelling and kindness left an indelible mark on her community and newsroom, was found shot to death in a suspected homicide Monday in Wood County,” Evan MacDonald reported Monday for cleveland.com, updated Tuesday. “She was 30. . . .” On Wednesday, MacDonald, Eric Heisig and Courtney Astolfi reported that authorities determined that Delamotte’s uncle “shot her several times before he killed himself.” Fellow Cleveland journalist Afi-Odelia Scruggs told Journal-isms by email, “Nikki had a real commitment to inclusion and it showed in her reporting and her volunteer efforts. She was active in 12 Literary Arts, as ell as Lake Erie Ink. These nonprofits promote literacy among youth, especially youth of color.”

• Yumi Wilson, president of Journalism & Women’s Symposium (JAWS), apologized to members Sunday on behalf of the JAWS board.  Referring to its annual Conference and Mentoring Project, Wilson wrote, “Unfortunately, CAMP was not a safe space for many of us this year. Several attendees made unacceptable and harmful comments toward women of color during CAMP, while some older members said they felt disrespected and irrelevant because of their age. It is imperative that we as an organization and as individuals acknowledge these wrongs in order to begin to heal and ensure our community is welcoming, inclusive and supportive of all women. One of our first steps will be hiring a professional to guide us in this work. . . .”
• “Mayor Marty Walsh should not submit to . . . ill-advised requests to consider changing the name of historic Faneuil Hall,” named for Colonial-era slave-trader Peter Faneuil, publisher Melvin B. Miller editorialized Nov. 7 in Boston’s Bay State Banner. “Such hearings would potentially be harmful to the development of sound race relations in Boston. . . .” Boston Globe columnist Adrian Walker, writing Monday about a mock slave action staged in front of the building, agreed. “Renaming Faneuil Hall will not save us. Only a rededication to justice in the here and now can accomplish that,” Walker wrote.
• “Physicians have known for years that black people in the United States are at higher risk than whites of dying from sudden cardiac arrest, but the reasons have been unclear,” Tom Avril reported Monday for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “A new, large study identifies what is not causing this racial disparity, for the most part: differences in income, education, diet, smoking, stress, and other traditional markers of heart health. That suggests underlying biological differences are a likely culprit, said lead author Rajat Deo, an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. . . .”
• “I knew accents could be taboo for some radio people, but I thought NPR would be thrilled to have a piece about a Brazilian artist by a Brazilian journalist,” Brazilian-born Gisele Regatao wrote for Columbia Journalism Review. Months later, after editing the story, she wrote, she was told that “the piece wouldn’t air, in part because of space and in part because of my accent.” Tyler Falk wrote Nov. 9 for Current.org, “NPR spokesperson Isabel Lara confirmed that NPR does not have a policy regarding on-air talent who speak with foreign accents. ‘Anybody who listens to NPR will hear a wide variety of accents, [and] it is unfortunate Ms. Regatao had this experience,’ she said. . . .”
• “Cordelia A. Banny will join the Journal newsroom on Nov. 19 as Manager of Training & Outreach,” Brent Jones, Wall Street Journal assistant managing editor for training, wrote staffers on Tuesday. “Some of you might be familiar with Cordelia through her work as the program manager for Dow Jones’s Innovation team. . . .” Chris Roush wrote about the appointment for Talking Biz News.
• “GQ did not name Serena Williams its 2018 Woman of the Year on its cover. It named her its 2018 ‘Woman’ of the Year — and the quotation marks made a troubling difference to her fans,” Daniel Victor wrote Wednesday for the New York Times. He also wrote, “GQ did not immediately return an email seeking comment. But Mick Rouse, a research manager for the magazine, said on Twitter that there was a perfectly reasonable explanation: The word ‘woman’ on the cover was handwritten by Virgil Abloh, a celebrated designer who created Ms. Williams’s apparel at this year’s U.S. Open, and who frequently uses quotation marks in his work. . . .”
• Activist DeRay Mckesson, comedian Baratunde Thurston, press critic Jay Rosen and David Simon, creator of “The Wire,” are among supporters of The Correspondent (scroll down),  a member-driven start-up site that “has set a fundraising goal of $2.5 million ‘to fund a radically different kind of news organization,’ ” Michael Calderone reported for Politico on Wednesday. (video) Tech-Crunch
• “Futuro Media Group has chosen six participants for a new program that will train people of color with no formal experience in public media in developing podcasts,” Tyler Falk reported for Current.org. “The participants, all based in Boston, will complete a 15-week paid program at the PRX Podcast Garage in Boston. They will turn their ideas into stories that will be distributed as podcasts and on other platforms. The trainees range in age from 23 to 70, and all are women. . . .”
• “The Philippine government said on Friday that it would charge a veteran journalist and her online news start-up with tax evasion, a move the publication described as an attack against media in the country by the government of President Rodrigo Duterte,” Alexandra Stevenson reported Nov. 9 for the New York Times. Maria Ressa, founder of Rappler, the start-up, called the case a “clear form of continuing intimidation and harassment,” and accused the government of trying to silence critical coverage.
• “A dozen cadres of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) attacked journalist Lokendra Khanal of Nagarik daily in Rukum [district] in west Nepal on November 9,” The International Federation of Journalists reported on Tuesday. It also said, “Lokendra Khanal was attacked by a dozen assailants with knives while on his way to a religious ceremony at Magma of Bafiyakot in Rukum on the evening of November 9. . . .”

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