March 11, 2014

Western Journalist is Killed in Afghanistan

This story, plus John Cook is named as editor-in-chief at The Intercept, The Wall Street Journal embraces native ads, Sharyl Atkisson resigns from CBS news and more, all in today’s media news.

Top Stories

Mar 11, 2014

Western Journalist is Killed in Afghanistan

Haris Kakar, Matthew Rosenberg / The New York Times

Mar 10, 2014

View: John Cook Bolts Gawker for the Intercept

Erik Wemple / The Washington Post

Mar 10, 2014

Wall Street Journal Adopts Native Ads, Tactic Its Editor Has Said Can Lead to Faustian Pacts

Michael Sebastian / Ad Age

Mar 10, 2014

Sharyl Attkisson Resigns from CBS News

Dylan Byers / Politico

Press & Government

Mar 10, 2014

Juan Williams Defends Armstrong Williams’ Right to Stations

Richard Prince / Journal-isms

Online Media

Mar 10, 2014

‘The Upshot’ is the New York Times’ Replacement for Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight

John McDuling / Quartz

Mar 10, 2014

Life After Patch: Former Editors Start Their Own Hyperlocal Sites

Kaylin Bugos / American Journalism Review

Newspaper News

Mar 11, 2014

Freedom Sets April 16 for LA Register Debut

NetNewsCheck

Technology & News

Mar 10, 2014

Strictly Algorithm: How News Finds People in the Facebook and Twitter Age

Stuart Dredge / The Guardian

Mar 11, 2014

The Mobile Breaking-News Alert Gets Smarter

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday

Media Ethics

Mar 10, 2014

Insensitive Coverage of Missing Jet Sparks Twitter Backlash

Julienne Chan / Asian Correspondent

International

Mar 10, 2014

BBC ‘Can Make a Difference’ in North Korea – By Broadcasting World Service Programmes in Korean

Ian Burrell / The Independent

Mar 10, 2014

Growing Concerns About Press Freedom in Ukraine

Brian Padden / Voice of America

Mar 11, 2014

Crowd-Sourcing Campaign Launched to Find Missing Jet

David Stout / Time

Other News

Mar 10, 2014

‘Fatal Vision’ Author Joe McGinniss Dies at Age 71

Hillel Italie / Associated Press