August 19, 2015

NYT Public Editor and Exec Weigh In on Amazon Expose

This story, plus black journalists discuss reporting on black deaths, how Americans use Twitter for news and more, all in today’s media headlines.

Top Stories

Aug 18, 2015

View: Was Portrayal of Amazon’s Brutal Workplace on Target?

Margaret Sullivan / The New York Times

Aug 19, 2015

View: How Black Reporters Report on Black Death

Gene Demby / NPR

Aug 19, 2015

How Do Americans Use Twitter for News?

Elisa Shearer, Michael Barthel / Pew Research Center

Media Business

Aug 19, 2015

Finally, Political Candidates Embrace Digital

Diego Vasquez / Media Life Magazine

Aug 19, 2015

The Rise of the Engagement Editor and What It Means

Elia Powers / MediaShift

Aug 18, 2015

Company-Wide Job Cuts Hit Alabama Media Group for the Second Time This Year

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter

Aug 19, 2015

View: What Are They Thinking? NBC-U and the ‘Digital Dozen’ Seek Perpetual Youth

Ken Doctor / Politico Media

Online Media

Aug 18, 2015

BuzzFeed Hires Trans Writer and Activist Meredith Talusan

Judah Robinson / The Huffington Post

Newspaper News

Aug 18, 2015

How Local Papers Are Looking ‘Over the Top’ As Part of a New Model for Video

Corey Hutchins / Columbia Journalism Review

Television News

Aug 18, 2015

Holt Maintains NBC’s Lead in News Ratings

David Bauder / Associated Press

Aug 19, 2015

The Donald Trump Conversation: Murdoch, Ailes, NBC and the Rush of Being TV’s “Ratings Machine”

Janice Min / The Hollywood Reporter

Radio News

Aug 18, 2015

Seattle Area to Celebrate New FM ‘Hyperlocal’ Radio

Jack Broom / The Seattle Times

Press & Government

Aug 18, 2015

View: The Huffington Post Still Isn’t Covering Donald Trump As a Serious Candidate. That’s Still a Mistake.

Chris Cillizza / The Washington Post

International

Aug 19, 2015

Paris Shootings Survivor Sues French Media for ‘Putting His Life in Danger’

The Guardian