Newswomen's Club of New York

10/29/2021

06/14/2021

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https://www.newsandguts.com/cnns-christiane-amanpour-is-diagnosed-with-ovarian-cancer/?fbclid=IwAR21YlEzq20JA2WozYSHyiR66lJ_fUWuKnWc70hnOjl4gI_xFHP0y-witsk

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour is battling ovarian cancer. The network’s chief international anchor made the announcement on-air Monday saying: “I’ve had successful major surgery to remove it, and I’m now undergoing several months of chemotherapy for the very best possible long-term prognosis, ...

06/14/2021

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https://cpj.org/2021/06/cpj-announces-leadership-transition/?fbclid=IwAR1POwZRzuHUzCr7WvhotfuZlDWNszs9wceo9Yjqo6SAB1zqaP6LYFYry84

Executive Director Joel Simon will step down by the end of 2021 after 15 years in the role New York, June 9, 2021–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today announced that Executive Director Joel Simon has informed the board of directors that he will step down by the end of the year after al...

06/09/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/cnn-emails-gag-order/2021/06/09/d3f1f9d6-c94e-11eb-afd0-9726f7ec0ba6_story.html

The news network reported its lawyer and president were prohibited by a court from talking about the matter.

05/17/2021

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https://www.axios.com/ap-investigation-call-israeli-bombing-gaza-office-609c5fff-402c-4326-890e-07b60d89d6e4.html?fbclid=IwAR0Xp1_bbMkFpzDPA1xSz9yqPyOIR-lGDXKhlnp-b8L97G2J5PF08-OsJ4k

A media watchdog has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate whether the bombing "constitutes a war crime."

05/11/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/sally-buzbee-washington-post-editor/2021/05/11/63491212-b25d-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html

The longtime journalist has led the news service since 2017, serving as Washington bureau chief before that. She succeeds Martin Baron, who retired in February.

05/09/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-justice-dept-seized-post-reporters-phone-records/2021/05/07/933cdfc6-af5b-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html

The action grew out of a leak investigation surrounding reporting on Russia’s role in the 2016 election.

05/06/2021

Rosalind Massow Luger, a pioneer in our business who created Method Reporting and became world famous for her work at the Journal American and Parade, passed over on May 5. Roz, a past president of The Newswomen's Club of New York, was a journalist's journalist. She was beloved by members of the Club who worked with her and journalists who knew her through her work at newspapers and on behalf of our industry and the scholarship program at the Overseas Press Club. Her Front Page Awards balls were splendid and the talk of the town. RIP Roz. Thank you.

05/06/2021

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-05/photojournalists-sue-lapd-l-a-county-sheriff-over-alleged-abuses-at-protests?fbclid=IwAR0MlOySC8E7uaIAhn8IqFp1rJ_T2jvTvxCX_6WM0EPsYs8LPh5BgWPV0n8

Two photojournalists have alleged in federal lawsuits that they were physically assaulted by law enforcement officers at recent L.A. area protests.

04/25/2021

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https://rsf.org/en/news/myanmar-junta-now-publishing-lists-wanted-journalists?fbclid=IwAR2AaWau5sHLYADPNvbnIh1pZWdR4QYKAMHJTtSOngE3QWYXVO8xT1xpzNM

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the international community to react to the Myanmar military’s latest attempts to impose complete control over news and information, which have taken a new turn in the past two weeks with the publication of lists of wanted journalists as well as more arbitr...

04/13/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/04/11/vice-photos-khmer-rouge-victims/

Vice Media group is facing fierce backlash after publishing photographs of victims of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime that were altered to show some of the victims smiling.

04/05/2021

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https://www.axios.com/billionaires-push-to-derail-hedge-fund-takeover-of-local-newspapers-f8b720c4-c7de-4a00-b5f4-0e0a0ae766ff.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onhrs&fbclid=IwAR3Uc_PQmPZdLA1lcP7xJX7ithWtq2h8lYlJEGsEFGHpnueHBeVD3g3Gd-Q

They've agreed to put up over $600M of their own money to help finance a roughly $680M bid for Tribune Publishing, per the WSJ.

04/02/2021

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https://inthesetimes.com/article/mcgraw-hill-freelance-fee-wage-theft?fbclid=IwAR3FrN1Rc-0QS-BPsU1IChVUi0IuahjnfTBaZbY3W7f4n1VZjJoVweBcsOs

McGraw Hill is clawing back 2.2% of every invoice, and a worker says it feels like "wage theft."

04/01/2021

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https://ipondr.com/article/elsa-just-elsa-6307?fbclid=IwAR0mnGHA3iGRZesd1UIiWtPjTfGg_YQx5SeAEL5VxJw-BdU4h48n2XntqdM

Madonna. Sting. Beyonce. Cher. Bono. Adele. Prince. The music industry has a long list of artists known by a single name. In sports photography, we have Elsa. In the mid-1990s, when everyone was still shooting film, Elsa Garrison was hired by Allsport. When she submitted a slide to a Sports Illustra...

03/26/2021

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https://www.newsandguts.com/opinion-in-bidens-first-press-conference-the-media-miss-the-mark/?fbclid=IwAR3e_lE6gxYD2cUAEg6KbVYKDpo7YzEPcbg-PSonnGXf89ZL6VIti5_-Moo

The first press conference of Joe Biden’s presidency lasted 62 minutes, and it took less than half that time to confirm some people’s fears that the Washington press corps remains woefully out of touch with the American people and what matters to them. Washington Post media columnist Margaret Su...

03/21/2021

Congratulations to Edie Lederer on her 55th anniversary with The Associated Press. Her illustrious career is an inspiration to all journalists.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8X8_AMZEM

Edith Lederer, Chief UN Correspondent for the Associated Press talks about covering Vietnam and the Gulf War. She is interviewed by John Daniszewski, Senior ...

03/20/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/bear-spray-pepper-riot-dangerous/2021/03/19/053c3870-87fb-11eb-bfdf-4d36dab83a6d_story.html

Although it shares the same ingredient as pepper spray, it can be more potent and is dispensed more forcefully.

03/12/2021

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https://euobserver.com/opinion/151172?fbclid=IwAR2vwwE5rxtP_4Vm5MEc7WFgyONXWIaz5OR4EzyMIlNzKCCGEs80F2QgI2g

The time for euphemisms is over. The attack on media freedom in Poland clears the way for an all-out assault on fundamental EU values. You need to protect them, writes the editor of Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza.

03/11/2021

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https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-iowa-reporter-acquitted-george-floyd-protest-20210310-3oitpxaeyncibh6wqdomqlmkli-story.html

Andrea Sahouri, a Des Moines Register reporter, was found not guilty of failure to disperse and interference with official acts.

03/10/2021

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https://defector.com/jonah-peretti-lays-off-47-huffpost-staffers-in-latest-bloodbath/

BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti, who acquired HuffPost from Verizon in a deal that was announced last year with the promise that HuffPost would thrive in partnership with BuzzFeed, announced in an all-hands meeting today that 47 U.S. HuffPost staffers, including eight managers, would be losing their....

03/09/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/roger-mudd-dead/2021/03/09/78ddf308-8117-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html

As a top Washington reporter for CBS and NBC, Mr. Mudd changed political fortunes with his direct questions.

03/04/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/03/islamic-state-afghanistan-claims-slaying-three-female-journalists/

The three women were reportedly gunned down as they walked home from work.

02/20/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/02/19/texas-winter-storm-journalism/

Among millions of Texans who survived without electricity or water this week were hundreds of local journalists, responsible for publishing crucial information about the deadly winter storm while they were at its mercy.

02/20/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-rthk-media-freedom/2021/02/19/42397a18-7279-11eb-8651-6d3091eac63f_story.html

The director of RTHK, the only publicly funded broadcaster on Chinese soil, was replaced after a government review slammed editorial “deficiencies.”

02/18/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/tribune-alden-sale-local-journalism/2021/02/17/04411fc2-712a-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html

Alden Global’s likely purchase of major newspapers in Chicago, Hartford, New York City and Orlando is dreadful news for those communities.

02/18/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/baltimore-sun-new-owner-nonprofit/2021/02/17/dcf56bf0-7154-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html

Its sister papers will be sold to Alden Global, but Stewart Bainum Jr. plans to buy the 184-year-old newspaper.

02/17/2021

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https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ct-biz-tribune-publishing-alden-sale-20210217-jacw2c6a6beu3akpbnemlp5cxa-story.html

Tribune Publishing, publisher of the Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers, has agreed to be acquired by Alden Global Capital in a deal valued at $630 million.

02/15/2021

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-amlo-freedom-information-inai-democracy/2021/02/13/f73268ec-66e1-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html

The president calls the transition to democracy mostly a sham. Critics say the effort shows his authoritarian tendencies.

02/12/2021

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https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/bloomberg-news-layoffs-editors-1234906168/

Bloomberg News on Thursday began notifying a group of employees they were being terminated, according to three people familiar with the matter, the latest in an ongoing string of layoffs at media c…

02/11/2021

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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56028583

The Duchess of Sussex wins her claim over the publication of a letter to her father in the Mail on Sunday.