Trump Asked To Reconsider Anti-Media Talk

New York Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger said his main purpose for accepting a meeting with President Trump last month was to “raise concerns about the president’s deeply troubling anti-press rhetoric. I told the president directly that I thought that his language was not just divisive but increasingly dangerous,” he said.

KRCR Anchors Flee Wildfire While On Air

During a live update Thursday night about area wild fires on Sinclair’s Chico-Redding ABC affiliate, news anchors Allison Woods and Tamara Damante announced they were evacuating as flames moved closer to the station.

TV Reporter Uses Phone, FB To Cover Wildfire

Armed with a smartphone linked to Facebook Live, Lauren Day, a reporter for Entravision’s KMIR Palm Springs, Calif., this week went door to door checking on viewers’ homes in the mountains where a massive wildfire is burning.

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WDBJ Anchor Recalls 2015 Shooting Aftermath

WDBJ Roanoke, Va., anchor Kimberly McBroom was on air when two of her colleagues and friends, Adam Ward and Alison Parker, were killed on August 26, 2015. Nearly three years later, she shares how her newsroom made it through the tragedy.

White House Defends Barring CNN Reporter

Deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Kaitlan Collins was denied access to Trump’s Rose Garden event with the European Commission president on Wednesday because of her refusal to leave the Oval Office during a previous availability with the president.

CBS News Nominated For 31 News Emmys

By CBS’s count, that’s more than any other news organization. The venerable 60 Minutes accounted for 24 of the nominations with CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning and Sunday Morning picking up the other seven.

Ex-ESPN Britt McHenry Joining Fox News

Vice News Tops In Nightly News Emmys Noms

KXII Sherman Names Jeremy Thomas A.M. Anchor

WGRZ Buffalo Goes With All-Female Weather Team

Ex-Fox News Exec Leading WH Press Crackdown

Bill Shine, known as an enforcer during his time at Fox News, is now communications director in the Trump White House and leading a crackdown on the press there that came to a head Wednesday with the banning of CNN Kaitlin Collins from an event she was covering as a pool reporter.

 

Facebook Execs On Hot Seat At TCA

At the TCA summer tour, Facebook’s Fidji Simo and Ricky Van Veen wanted to talk about original entertainment programming, but, under questioning from reporters, they ended up defending Facebook’s policies regarding right-wing media organizations like InfoWars and Fox News and the spread of misinformation.

WH Press Corps Backs Snubbed CNN Reporter

Journalists reacted with dismay when the Trump administration barred CNN’s Kaitlan Collins from attending a presidential event in the Rose Garden. Two White House officials, Bill Shine and Sarah Sanders, told […]

First Lady May Watch Whatever She Wants On TV

The spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham made the assertion after the New York Times reported that President Trump was unhappy that his wife’s television aboard Air Force One was tuned to CNN — and not Fox News Channel — during their recent trip to Europe.

Hannity To Interview Roseanne On Thursday

Social Media Learning How To Control Content

Pressed by lawmakers and the media about the harm caused by misinformation, state-sponsored propaganda and harassment, Facebook and the other tech platforms have begun to radically overhaul their attitudes about what people can say online and how they can say it.

Guilfoyle Goes From Fox To Pro-Trump Super PAC

The former co-host of Fox News Channel’s The Five left the network amid news that she is dating the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.

NPR Sued Over Report On Retracted Fox Story

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Graham Expanding Coverage Of Midterm Elections

All five Graham newsrooms will be doubling down on the mid-term elections this fall, says CEO Emily Barr. “It is our responsibility at the local level to cover local, state and federal elections actively and comprehensively across all platforms.”

Tronc Slashes NY Daily News Edit Staff By Half

Sinclair’s D.C. News Ch. Rechristened WJLA 24/7

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Conventional Interviewing No Match For Trump

Fox News’ John Roberts Calls Himself ‘An Enemy Of The State’ After Trump Tweet

The Vanishing White House Press Briefing

The “daily” White House press briefing is a thing of the past. The White House has only held three on-camera briefings in the past 30 days, according to the administration’s own records on WhiteHouse.gov.

News Media Figures Lament Toxic Twitter

High-profile journalists are saying they might leave Twitter after tweets attacking them and family members. The latest controversy is underscoring how the popular social media platform has become toxic in the current political climate.

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KFOR Anchor Resigns Amid Sexting Scandal

CNN’s Zucker Taking Leave For Heart Surgery

CNN President Jeff Zucker has revealed he will be taking a six-week leave for heart surgery. CNN’s senior media correspondent Brian Stelter just revealed the news on Twitter.

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KMOV Reporter Justin Andrews Injured In Fire

New Tactic For White House Reporters: Solidarity