Inside the Revolts Erupting in America’s Big Newsrooms
Date: 07 June 2020
By Ben Smith
Ben Smith
Staff members’ demands helped end the tenure of James Bennet as Opinion editor of The New York Times. And they are generating tension at The Washington Post. Part of the story starts in Ferguson, Mo.
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Axios Allows Its Reporters to Join Protests
Date: 08 June 2020
By Edmund Lee and Ben Smith
Edmund Lee
In a company memo, the chief executive of the politics news site said he supported staff members’ right to march, adding that the publisher would cover bail for any employee who is arrested.
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James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor
Date: 07 June 2020
By Marc Tracy
Marc Tracy
A. G. Sulzberger noted “a significant breakdown in our editing processes” before the publication of an Op-Ed by a United States senator calling for a military response to civic unrest.
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‘You Have to Be Willing to Get a Bit Uncomfortable’: How a Reporter Covers a Protest
Date: 07 June 2020
By Derek M. Norman
Derek
A lot of thought goes into how best to capture the scene and the individual stories behind it, but in the end, anything can happen.
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Refinery29 Editor Resigns After Former Employees Describe ‘Toxic Culture’
Date: 08 June 2020
By Katie Robertson
Katie Robertson
The editor, Christene Barberich, said she had decided to leave after reading accounts by black women and other women of color who said they had faced discrimination at the company.
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China Hails Its Virus Triumphs, and Glosses Over Its Mistakes
Date: 07 June 2020
By Keith Bradsher
Keith Bradsher
Trying to win a propaganda tug of war, Beijing staunchly defended its actions, saying it didn’t hide the emergence of the outbreak.
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China and India Move to Defuse Tensions After Clashes in the Himalayas
Date: 07 June 2020
By Steven Lee Myers
Steven Myers
The confrontations between troops along their shared border led to injuries and the most serious tensions between the two Asian powers in years.
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Forgetting Contagion, Stocks Recover Their Losses
Date: 08 June 2020
The latest on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.
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New Zealand Lifts Lockdown as It Declares Virus Eliminated, for Now
Date: 08 June 2020
By Damien Cave
Damien Cave
Saying the country had no active coronavirus cases and no new infections, officials declared that the strict clampdown on public life would end.
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Why Joe Biden Is in Good Shape (for Now)
Date: 08 June 2020
By Lisa Lerer
Lisa Lerer
His poll numbers look good. His opponent’s strategy seems disjointed. (But also, it’s June.)
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