Government-funded journalism fellowships are taking off in three states (and counting)

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Wednesday, July 12, 2023 [Government-funded journalism fellowships are taking off in three states (and counting)]( Though the fellowship in New Mexico is short — just nine months — the majority of alumni are currently working full-time in newsrooms across the state. By Sarah Scire. What We’re Reading Slate Magazine / Nitish Pahwa [“I did the most thankless job at Twitter” →]( People are still falling for Onion headlines, apparently. Bloomberg / Noam Cohen [Russian Wikipedia’s top editor will launch a Putin-friendly clone. Is a ban next? →]( “[Wikipedia’s] enduring presence in Putin’s Russia is a bit surprising, given the Kremlin’s aggressive attempts to control what is said about the government and its policies, a tendency that’s only accelerated since the invasion of Ukraine.” The New York Times / Alan Feuer and Jeremy W. Peters [Arizona man cited in conspiracy theories sues Fox News for defamation →]( “The suit paints a picture of Mr. Epps as a loyal Fox viewer who was duped by Fox’s coverage and convinced that he needed to attend the pro-Trump demonstrations on and around Jan. 6.” Defector / Ray Ratto [The slow hemorrhage of the American sports desk →]( “Will this work? Of course it will, if you keep in mind that the goal here is not broadened coverage but workforce reduction.” New York Times / Jennifer Schuessler [Conservative group withdraws lawsuit it’d filed over the name of a podcast’s subscription tier →]( Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth organization, filed a trademark infringement complaint against the two podcast hosts of Know Your Enemy, claiming their irreverent use of the phrase “Young Americans for Freedom” to describe one of its subscription levels was “deception.” (The other subscription levels are “West Coast Straussians” or “John Birchers.”) Intelligencer / Kevin T. Dugan [Shane Smith has a secret multi-million-dollar Vice deal →]( “Smith is on track to be paid around $8 million in salary and potentially far more in bonuses and commissions under the terms of a five-year deal scheduled to end in 2024.” The New York Times / Mark Landler [BBC crisis grows as staff member is accused of abuse by second person →]( “A crisis at the BBC over the conduct of a senior staff member deepened on Tuesday with a report that a second person had come forward with allegations that the unnamed male staff member had sent angry and abusive messages to the person via a dating app.” WSJ / Alexandra Bruell [The Washington Post hires a new revenue chief after a leadership exodus →]( “[Alex] MacCallum most recently oversaw CNN Digital on an interim basis and previously ran global product efforts at the company, including the short-lived CNN+ streaming platform. She previously spent eight years at the New York Times, and started her career at the Washington Post as a research assistant, she said.” Esquire / Madeline Diamond [The merch-ification of book publishing →]( “The more digital we all are, little things that are tangible and unique have a lot of currency.” The Atlantic / Justin Pot [Google’s new search tool could eat the internet alive →]( “It is all convenient, but where is the information coming from? There are a few links in the top-right corner, or you can click a tiny button to find a rundown of the sites that the bot used to create the result. (The list of laptops Google fed me was generated using information from articles in Engadget, USA Today, and PCMag, among others.)” INMA / Jodie Hopperton [How does this story make you feel? New Zealand’s Stuff tracks reader sentiment →]( “Stuff’s vision is to be the most trusted organisation in New Zealand. We know from our external research that part of what builds trust is that users feel they are understood, listened to, and respected. So that is very much at the front of our minds here, too, both with how we collect and use the data, but also in how we use it to enrich what we produce.” [Nieman Lab]( / [Fuego]( [Twitter]( / [Facebook]( [View email in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( You are receiving this daily newsletter because you signed up for for it at www.niemanlab.org. Nieman Journalism Lab Harvard University 1 Francis Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138 [Add us to your address book](